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