That's great, it starts with an earthquake Birds and snakes and aeroplanes And Lenny Bruce is not afraid Okay, eye of a hurricane, listen to yourself churn World serves its own needs, don't misserve your own needs Speed it up a notch, speed, grunt, no, strength The ladder starts to clatter with fear of height, down, height Wire in a fire, represent the seven games And a government for hire and a combat site Left of west and coming in a hurry With the Furies breathing down your neck And 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 Okay, six o'clock, TV hour, don't get caught in a foreign tower Slash and burn, return, listen to yourself churn Lock him in uniform, book burning, blood letting Every motive escalate, automotive incinerate Light a candle, light a votive, 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 (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 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 (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) 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 And I feel