It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) - Live From Pyramid Stage, Glastonbury Festival / 1999 Songtext
von R.E.M.

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, don't misserve your own needs

Feed it up a knock, speed, grunt, no, strength, no
Ladder, structure clatter with fear of height, down height
Wire in a fire, represent the seven games
In 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, trump, tethered crop
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, TV hour, don′t get caught in foreign tower
Slash and burn, return, listen to yourself churn
Lock him in uniform and book burning, blood letting
Every motive escalate, automotive incinerate

Light a candle, light a motive, step down, step down
Watch a heel crush, crush, uh oh, this means no fear
Cavalier, renegade and 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 the end of the world as we know it
It's the end of the world as we know it
And I feel fine, 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
And I feel fine


The other night I tripped a nice continental drift divide
Mount St. Edelite, Leonard Bernstein
Leonid Breshnev, Lenny Bruce and Lester Bangs
Birthday party, cheesecake, jelly bean, boom
You symbiotic, patriotic, slam but neck, right? Right

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
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
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
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