Sunday, May 22, 2011

It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)- REM

"The other night I dreamt of knives, continental drift divide, mountains sit in a line, Leonard Berstein"

So the world didn't end.  Sure the volcano in Iceland blew up but I'm pretty sure that is mere coincidence.  You know, I was actually going to be quite upset if the world ended because there is so much in life that I haven't done yet.  I mean, come on, I'm only 20.  But, it is kind of funny how many people were actualy convinced that the world was going to end.  This is just my opinion, but I'm pretty sure Jesus isn't going to tell us when he is coming back.  If he did, people would get on their best behavior only because they are expecting him, not because they actually want to be good people.  I totally support Jesus' element of surprise. 

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So, in honor of our non-impending doom, the song of the day is REM's wonderful mishmash of lyrics.  Kind of funny in this situation because supposedly the world was supposed to end but I feel still alive, hence I feel fine. 

That's great, it starts with an earthquake, birds and snakes, an aeroplane
Lenny Bruce is not afraid
Eye of a hurricane, listen to yourself churn
 World serves its own needs, dont misserve your own needs
Feed it off an aux speak, grunt, no, strength,turn
Ladder start to clatter with fear fight down height.
Wire in a fire, representing seven games, in a government
For hire and a combat site
 Left of west and coming in A hurry with the furies breathing down your neck
Team by team reporters baffled, trumped, tethered cropped
Look at that low playing
Fine, then. Uh oh, Overflow, population, common food, but it'll do
Save yourself, serve yourself. World serves its own needs,
Listen to your heart bleed dummy with the rapture and the revered and 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 towers
Slash and burn, return, listen to yourself churn
Locking in, uniforming,and book burning, blood letting.
Every motive escalate. Automotive incinerate
Light a candle, light a motive. Step down, step down
Watch your heel crush, crushed, uh-oh, this means no fear cavalier
Renegade steer 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 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 and I feel fine (it's time I had some
time alone)
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 and I feel fine (it's time I had some
time alone)
I feel fine

The other night I dreamt of knives, continental drift divide, mountains sit in a line
Leonard Bernstein
Leonid Brezhnev, Lenny Bruce and Lester Bangs
 Birthday party, cheesecake, jelly bean, boom
You symbiotic, patriotic, slam book 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 and I feel fine (it's 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 (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)
It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine (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)
It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine (it's time I had some
time alone)




 

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