When the end of the world came It passed like an awkward remark. No light for believers No scientists left in the dark And no-one proved right And no-one was wrong We weren’t left alone And we didn’t belong When the end of the world came It passed like an awkward remark
When the end of the world came We thought they were just crying wolf again No time for forgiveness No time for the meaningless blame again And the sound, it was soft And the weather was warm The sky had forgotten To put up a storm When the end of the world came We thought they were just crying wolf.
We knew we were the fortunate ones We’d always been right and we knew all along That if there is a hell, it’s a heavenly song Sung by those we’d always labelled as wrong.
When the end of the world came Everyone swore that they’d seen it coming No matter their creed or conviction They knew they had seen it coming They’d seen the pattern In scriptures or Saturn In beakers or latin Dan Brown’s antimatter The end of the world came And everyone swore that they’d known.
When the end of the world came We all were sorta relieved! We looked at our pictures And saw what we’d finally achieved. No need for regret And forget all the need All of our assets Were frozen or freed When the end of the world came We all looked kinda relieved.
We knew we were the fortunate ones We’d always been right and we knew all along That if there is a hell, it’s a heavenly song Sung by those who’d always labelled us as wrong
When the end of the world came I sat and I sipped my earl grey. No-one was gendered or violent Or straight or gay No-one afflicted By war or religion We all turned to dust And the dust was beginning To bundle together To start the whole story again…