This song is from REM's 1987 album Document. Guitarist Peter Buck indicated that one of the primary inspirations of the song was Bob Dylan's Subterranean Homesick Blues.
Its the end of the world as we know it
And I feel fine
(It's time I had some time alone)
2. The Future by Leonard Cohen
This song is from Cohen's 1992 studio album The Future. The strings are arranged and conducted by David Campbell. Even though the song hinted the apocalypse, Cohen's poetically crafted lyrics and beautiful sultry rhythm make one feel like waltzing along 'til the end of the time.
Things are going to slide, slide in all directions
Won't be nothing
Nothing you can measure anymore
The blizzard, the blizzard of the world
has crossed the threshold
and it has overturned
the order of the soul
When they said repent repent
I wonder what they meant
You don't know me from the wind
you never will, you never did
I'm the little Jew who wrote the Bible
I've seen the nations rise and fall
I've heard their stories, heard them all
but love's the only engine of survival
Your servant here, he has been told
to say it clear, to say it cold:
It's over, it ain't going any further
And now the wheels of heaven stop
you feel the devil's riding crop
Get ready for the future:
it is murder
3. Goodbye Blue Sky by Pink Floyd
Goodbye Blue Sky is from Pink Floyd's 1979 album The Wall. The song tells the story of the Blitz, the bombing of Britain by German Nazi in 1940.
Did you see the frightened ones?
Did you hear the falling bombs?
Did you ever wonder why we had to run for shelter
when the promise of a brave new world unfurled beneath a clear blue sky?
Did you see the frightened ones?
Did you hear the falling bombs?
The flames are all gone, but the pain lingers on.
Goodbye, blue sky.
Goodbye.
4. Here Comes the Flood by Peter Gabriel
Gabriel wrote Here Comes The Flood when he was departing Genesis in 1976. The flood in thte song referred to a mental flood, a wash over the mind. This song also appears as a different version in Robert Fripp's album Exposure in 1979.
Lord, here comes the flood
We'll say goodbye to flesh and blood
If again the seas are silent in any still alive
It'll be those who gave their island to survive
Drink up, dreamers, you're running dry
5. The End by The Doors
The End was released on The Door's self-titled album on January 4, 1967. The song runs nearly 12 minutes long. Jim Morrison wrote the song about breaking up with his girlfriend.
This is the end
Beautiful friend
This is the end
My only friend, the end
