(with apologies to REM)
[Verse 1]
That’s right, it starts with a drone strike, black site, deep fake
Crypto crash, server flash, panic on your coffee break
Deep state, clickbait, AI at a breakneck pace
TikTok, gridlock, Bezos with a new face
Ice caps, hive collapse, microplastic heart attacks
Blackrock, AdBlock, deported from a traffic stop
Rogue bots, blue sky, Elon in a bowtie
Pardon me, pardon who? Feed it to the TV crew
No sense, no shame, deep fry meme chain
5G, war spree, clapback dopamine
Dead reef, tax cheat, hackers working two screens
Zero hour, out of power, livestreamed golden showers
Smart fridge talks back, fact-check, panic attack—
It’s a bioengineered Tuesday
[Chorus]
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)
It’s the end of the world as we know it, and I—
Scroll on through the timeline
[Verse 2]
Data breach, train wreck, deep-sea oil tech
Mars base, rat race, lawyers placing bets
AI Jesus face, clone babies, fascists with a fanbase
Gaslight, foresight, thoughts and prayers interface
NFT, STD, in a right-wing parody
Q drop, MAGA cops, satellite lobotomy
Drone bee, micro-need, “influencer’s gonna plead”
Two truths, no proof, scream it in a feedback loop
Gender war, dance floor, billionaire wants more
Boomers age, climate change, censorship is all the rage
Dead zone, meat grown, cyber-nuke no-fly zone
Firewall, protocol, metaverse shopping mall
It’s absurd, and disturbed, Zuckerberg is so perturbed
[Chorus]
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)
It’s the end of the world as we know it, and I—
Keep swiping past the signs
[Bridge / Breakdown]
Power out, bug-out bag, glitch inside the launchpad
No food, bad mood, silence in a Reddit thread
Freedom fries, monetized, reality is digitized
Filter face, deep disgrace, someone’s yelling “normalize”
Too much news, choose your views, whoever wins, you lose
VR pope, AI hope, 8 billion on a slippery slope
Cloud burst, floods first, billionaires rehearse
Martial law, fatal flaw, click to watch the final straw
It’s all a game, pass the blame, same names, no shame—
But hey, at least there’s free shipping
[Chorus – Big Finale]
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)
It’s the end of the world as we know it—
And I still got Wi-Fi
[Outro / Fadeout]
Feel fine, feel fine, doom scroll past the signs
Don’t look up, drink the brine
Buy a bunker, feel divine
Everything is by design
It’s the end of the world as we know it…
…and I feel fine.
