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Song «It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)» von R.E.M..

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Veröffentlichungsdaten: 1987 08 31 (Album), 1987 08 (Single)
Label: I.R.S. IRS-42059, I.R.S. IRM 145
Songwriter Bill Berry & Peter Buck & Mike Mills & Michael Stipe
Produktion: Scott Litt & R.E.M.
Genre: Indiepop - Janglepop, Alternativerock - Poprock

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Michael Stipes Sprechgesang mit stream of consciousness Lyrics in der Tradition von Dylans Subterranean Homesick Blues. Stipe trägt sie im jeweiligen Grundton der harmonischen Begleitung als Einnotenmelodie vor.

Personen und Querverweise

R.E.M.
Bill Berry
Peter Buck
Mike Mills
Michael Stipe
Scott Litt
R.E.M.

Lyrics

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, dummy serve your own needs Feed it off an aux speak, grunt, no, strength The ladder starts to clatter with fear fight down height Wire in a fire, representing seven games 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, book burning, blood letting Every motive escalate. Automotive incinerate Light a candle, light a votive. 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 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 (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 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 (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