The song explains the cover art of the album (it's about a dystopia world following the end of civilization) and in a way sums of the direction of R.E.M. throughout their course.
The song also references many R.E.M. songs, including Electron Blue, Feeling Gravity's Pull, High Speed Train, and It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine).
If this is the end of R.E.M., it is an appropriate finish.
The song explains the cover art of the album (it's about a dystopia world following the end of civilization) and in a way sums of the direction of R.E.M. throughout their course. The song also references many R.E.M. songs, including Electron Blue, Feeling Gravity's Pull, High Speed Train, and It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine). If this is the end of R.E.M., it is an appropriate finish.