It's the End of the World as We Know It Lyrics

Lyric discussion by monsuier garlic 

Cover art for It's the End of the World as We Know It lyrics by R.E.M.

This song is about all those catastrophists who are endlessly proclaiming that the end of the world is nigh. It lists off all the possible ends of the world that people fear (corrupt government, co2 emmisions, boom burning regimes, continental drift) but he feels fine because it doesn't seem to be happening and the truth is it won't. Thats what this song is about