Artist: R.E.M.
Track: It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
Lyrics
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 its own needs, don't misserve 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 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, 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 (I had some time alone)
It's the end of the world as we know it (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 (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)
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, 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)
(It's time I had some time alone)
Full Lyrics and Meaning
Genius Meanings
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R.E.M. – It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
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“It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)”, stylized as ITEOTWAWKI(AIFF), features stream-of-consciousness lyrics that border on a rant, encompassing a wide
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Islander – It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
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Islander covered R.E.M.’s 1987 song “It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)” to raise money for the NYC Low-Income Artist + Freelancer Relief Fund in honor of
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Riddlin' Kids – It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
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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 its own needs
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R.E.M. – It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) (Unplugged, Live 1991)
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[Verse 1] / 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
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R.E.M. – It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) - Live in Chicago / 1995
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[Intro, spoken] / Okay, well here we go / Gimme that beat, boy / Free my soul / [Verse 1] / That's great, it starts with an earthquake / Birds and snakes, an aeroplane / Lenny
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DC Talk – It’s the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) (Live 1996)
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[Verse 1: Kevin Max] / That's great, it starts with an earthquake / Birds, snakes, and aeroplanes / You know I am not afrai-ai-ai-ai-aid / [Refrain: TobyMac] / Eye of a hurricane
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Math the Band – It's Gonna be Awesome
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It starts off with earthquakes / Birds and snakes and airplanes / It's so awesome / Awesome, YEAH! / Lenny Bruce is not afraid / Eye of the hurricane / It's so awesome / Awesome
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George Lynch & Jeff Pilson – It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
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[Verse 1] / 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
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R.E.M. – It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) Covers
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The Last Breakfast Club (Ft. Anna Grace Barlow, Damon Gravina, Garrett Clayton, Jimmy Ray Bennett, Jonah Platt, Lana McKissack & Max Ehrich) – It's The End of the World as We Know It
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BENDER / That's great, it starts with an earthquake / Birds and snakes, and aeroplanes / And Lenny Bruce is not afraid / CLAIRE / Eye of a hurricane, listen to yourself churn
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R.E.M. – It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) [Karaoke Version]
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[Instrumental]
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Neil Cicierega – Space Monkey Mafia
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“Space Monkey Mafia” is a mashup of the song “It’s the End of the World as We Know It” by R.E.M. and “We Didn’t Start the Fire” by Billy Joel. Both songs are played simultaneously
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The Hood Internet – 1987
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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
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Ph0ton – The End
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