It’s the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine) Songtext
von R.E.M.

That′s great, it starts with an earthquake
Birds and snakes, an aeroplane
And Lenny Bruce is not afraid

Eye of a hurricane, listen to yourself churn
World serves it's own needs, don′t mis'serve your own needs
Feed it up a knock, 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 it′s 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, TV 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
It's the end of the world as we know it
It's the end of the world as we know it (I had some time alone)
And I feel fine
(I feel fine)

It′s the end of the world as we know it (it′s time I had some time alone)
It's the end of the world as we know it (it′s time I had some time alone)
It's the end of the world as we know it (it′s time I had some time alone)
And I feel fine


The other night I dreamt a 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 (it′s time I had some time alone)
It's the end of the world as we know it (it's time I had some time alone)
It′s the end of the world as we know it (it′s time I had some time alone)
And I feel fine

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 (it′s time I had some time alone)
And I feel fine

It's the end of the world as we know it (it′s time I had some time alone)
It's the end of the world as we know it (it's time I had some time alone)
It′s the end of the world as we know it (it′s time I had some time alone)
And I feel fine

It's the end of the world as we know it (it′s time I had some time alone)
It's the end of the world as we know it (it′s time I had some time alone)
It's the end of the world as we know it (it′s time I had some time alone)
And I feel fine

It's the end of the world as we know it (it's time I had some time alone)