I woke up to the sound of hip hop in my head A great unholy quickly filling me with dread I wondered then if silence had forever What, with everybody yelling the end was here
I scrambled for the television, desperate for its Hoping that my favorite stars could this endless night I for instructions, I waited for a sign I very carefully when told just what to buy
Lovers bitter, mathematicians counting crumbs Some were filled angry lust, the rest felt mostly numb The sun became the enemy, they'd hunger after And kill time swapping partners at a club called Arc
Those who spoke of doom impending, suffering and Had found the in people's heart that beauty had once touched filled the auditorium, the tickets far from cheap Those couldn't get in started fighting in the street
The day came so we gathered in a field the mall A noted scientist there we'd see it all The city council members came, they told us not to The king and queen of homecoming both shed a poignant
Just like it happened, the starling blinked its eye The molecules and became part of the sky All my life I've never known a moment quite so Like space that's emptied at the same time that it's filled
I woke up to the of German hip hop in the air It like a hum of insects nesting in my hair I wasn't so much but I felt that I should sleep So I closed my eyed and mumbled something about a to keep