The World Has Just Come to an End

I've just now remembered the details:
last night I dreamed I was damned,
and sitting in Hell's movie theatre
with souls in a similar jam.

We were watching a long documentary
alleging how things would unfold -
there wasn't a soul that could follow,
and we sat there for hours untold.

The soundtrack was hisses and mumbles.
The credits were sanskrit and blots.
No one could reckon an image,
and no one could follow the plot......

......but if could still pray at that moment -
if Heaven was listening that day -
I'd beg and I'd bargain for reel after reel,
for soon, there would be Hell to pay.

The World has just come to an end.
The World has just come to an end.
Convinced for today
that I'm out of harm's way, but
The world has just come to an end.

I've just now remembered the details:
last night I dreamed you were gone -
your clothes finally out of my closet
and your nails finally out of my palms.

How long have I dreaded this moment!
But now that it's finally here,
I find that I'm cool and collected:
my head is remarkably clear.

I think I'll spend money more freely.
I think I'll consort with my friends.
I think I'll change radio stations -
I won't even try to pretend

that the World has just come to an end.
The world has just come to an end.
The melody's sweet,
you can dance to the beat,
but the World has just come to an end.

I've just now remembered the details:
I was supposed to be born
a century ago, or a century from now -
but not when I was, that's for sure.

If there was a tree in the forest
that fell down for reasons unknown,
and no one had been there to hear it -
then would you leave me alone?

The World has just come to an end.
The World has just come to an end.
The people I meet
when I walk down the street
say the World has just come to an end.

The World has just come to an end.
The World has just come to an end.
The melody's sweet,
you can dance to the beat,
but the World has just come to an end.

The World has just come to an end.
The World has just come to an end.
Convinced for today
that I'm out of harm's way,
but the World has just come to an end.