[Intro]
You're gonna have to breathe

[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 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, representing seven games
The government for hire and a combat site
Left of west and coming in a hurry
With thе Furies breathing down your neck
Tеam 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

[Chorus]
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!
Fine!
[Verse 2]
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, 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 and steering clear
A tournament, a tournament, a tournament of lies
Offer me solutions, offer me alternatives, and I decline

[Chorus]
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!
Fine!
Fine...
Fine...
Fine!

[Chorus]
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!
[Verse 3]
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!)

[Chorus]
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!
Fine...

[Bridge]
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!

[Chorus]
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 fine!)
Fine!
[Outro]
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!
Fine! 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
And I feel fine!
Fine!
Fine...
Fine!

[Outro, Narration]
R.E.M., in fine form, at Milton Keynes Bowl, last summer