23/4/2019 0 Comments I love that song #24 - "It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) by R.E.M.This is NOT an analysis of a song, merely personal observations about a song that I love. Enjoy. "It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) by R.E.M. A bit of a thrash from the 1987 album, Document. The song uses the same list technique in the "tradition" of Bob Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues". I find the concept of it being the End Of The World and it really not being bothered by the idea oddly amusing. Either way, it is a good old romp! "That's great, it starts with an earthquake Birds and snakes, and aeroplanes And Lenny Bruce is not afraid" "Six o'clock, T.V. hour, don't get caught in foreign tower Slash and burn, return, listen to yourself churn!" "It's the end of the world as we know it It's the end of the world as we know it It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine" "It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
Written by John Michael Stipe, Michael E. Mills, Peter Lawrence Buck, William Thomas Berry • Copyright © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc, Universal Music Publishing Group That's great, it starts with an earthquake Birds and snakes, and aeroplanes And Lenny Bruce is not afraid Eye of a hurricane, listen to yourself churn World serves its own needs, Don't mis-serve your own needs Speed it up a notch, speed, grunt, no, strength, The ladder starts to clatter With a fear of height, down, height Wire in a fire, represent the seven games And a government for hire and a combat site Left her, wasn't coming in a hurry With the Furies breathing down your neck Team by team, reporters baffled, trumped, tethered, cropped Look at that low plane, fine, then Uh oh, overflow, population, common group But it'll do, save yourself, serve yourself World serves its own needs, listen to your heart bleed Tell me with the Rapture and the reverent in the right, right You vitriolic, patriotic, slam fight, bright light Feeling pretty psyched It's the end of the world as we know it It's the end of the world as we know it It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine Six o'clock, T.V. hour, don't get caught in foreign tower Slash and burn, return, listen to yourself churn Lock him in uniform, book burning, bloodletting Every motive escalate, automotive incinerate Light a candle, light a motive, step down, step down Watch your heel crush, crush, uh oh This means no fear, cavalier, renegade and steering clear A tournament, a tournament, a tournament of lies Offer me solutions, offer me alternatives and I decline It's the end of the world as we know it (I had some time alone) It's the end of the world as we know it (I had some time alone) It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine (time I had some time alone) I feel fine (I feel fine) It's the end of the world as we know it (time I had some time alone) It's the end of the world as we know it (time I had some time alone) It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine (time I had some time alone) The other night I drifted nice continental drift divide Mountains sit in a line, Leonard Bernstein Leonid Brezhnev, Lenny Bruce and Lester Bangs Birthday party, cheesecake, jellybean, boom You symbiotic, patriotic, slam but neck, right, right It's the end of the world as we know it (time I had some time alone) It's the end of the world as we know it (time I had some time alone) It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine (time I had some time alone) It's the end of the world as we know it It's the end of the world as we know it It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine (time I had some time alone) It's the end of the world as we know it (time I had some time alone) It's the end of the world as we know it (time I had some time alone) It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine (time I had some time alone) It's the end of the world as we know it (time I had some time alone) It's the end of the world as we know it (time I had some time alone) It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine (time I had some time alone)
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