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It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

from Best of: Years 1 & 2 by Drew G. Smith

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That's great, it starts with an earthquake, birds and snakes, an aeroplane; Lenny Bruce is not afraaaaaaaaiiiiid.
Eyeofahurricane,listentoyourselfchurn,worldservesits ownneedslistentoyourheartbleed.Feeditupaknock,speed,grunt,no,strength,thelatterstartstoclatterwithafearofheightdownheight.Wireinafire,reeeeeepresentthesevengames,agovernmentforhireandacombatsite.

Leftherwasn'tcominginahurrywiththefuriesbreathingdown. Your. Neck. Teambyteamreportersbaffled,trumped,tetheredcropped.
Lookatthelowplaneflying,thenUhohoverflow, population,commongroupbutit'lldo save yourself, serve yourself. World serves its own needs,dummyserveyourownneedsfeeditwiththeraptureandthereverentandtheright, right.Youvitriolicpatrioticslamfightbrightlight, feeling pretty psyched.

It's the end of the world as we know it's the end of the world as we know it's the end of the world as we know and I feel fine.
I feel fine.
I feel fine.
I feel fine.

Sixo'clockTVhourdon'tgetcaughtforeigntowerSlashandburnreturnlistentoyourselfchurnLockhiminauniformingbookburningbloodlettingeverymotiveescalate,automotiveincineratelightacandlelightavotivestepdownstepdown.Watchyourheelcrush,crush,uhohthismeansnofearcavalierrenegadeandsteerclearAtournamentatournamentatournamentoflies.Offermesolutions,offermealternativesandI DECLINE!

It's the end of the world as we know it's the end of the world as we know it's the end of the world as we know and I feel fine.
I feel fine.
I feel fine.
I feel fine.

The other night I dreamt a nice continental drift divide. Mountains sit in a line. LEONARDBERNSTEIN! LeonidBrezhnevLennyBruceAndLesterBangs.Birthdaypartycheesecakejellybeanboom!Yousymbioticpatrioticslambuttneckright? Right.

It's the end of the world as we know it's the end of the world as we know it's the end of the world as we know and I feel fine.
I feel fine.
I feel fine.
I feel fine.

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from Best of: Years 1 & 2, track released December 4, 2010

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