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Don't you forget what I've told you
So many years
We are hopeless and slaves to our fears
We're an accident called human beings
Don't be angry for loving the baby
And say it's unreal
So many lives turned to salt
Like roses who're hiding their thorns
It's the end of the world
The end of the world
It's a prison for dreams and for hopes
And still we believe there is God
It's the end of the world
The end of the world
We're dead but pretend we're alive
Full of ignorance, fools in disguise
In your room doing nothing
But staring at flickering screens
Streets are empty, but still you can hear
Joy of children turning to tears
Disease hides around every corner
Quiet, lay still
Wait for a moment to hear
We forgot what is touch, what to feel
It's the end of the world
The end of the world
It's a prison for dreams and for hopes
And still we believe there is God
It's the end of the world
The end of the world
We're dead but pretend we're alive
Full of ignorance, fools in disguise
Take this pill, it will make you feel dizzy
And then give you wings
Soon, boy, you'll fall into sleep
Without nightmares, without any fears
If you wake up in hell or in heaven
Tell the angels we're here
Waiting below for a dream
Here in the garden of sin
It's the end of the world
The end of the world
It's a prison for dreams and for hopes
And still we believe there is God
It's the end of the world
The end of the world
We're dead but pretend we're alive
Full of ignorance, fools in disguise
So many years
We are hopeless and slaves to our fears
We're an accident called human beings
Don't be angry for loving the baby
And say it's unreal
So many lives turned to salt
Like roses who're hiding their thorns
It's the end of the world
The end of the world
It's a prison for dreams and for hopes
And still we believe there is God
It's the end of the world
The end of the world
We're dead but pretend we're alive
Full of ignorance, fools in disguise
In your room doing nothing
But staring at flickering screens
Streets are empty, but still you can hear
Joy of children turning to tears
Disease hides around every corner
Quiet, lay still
Wait for a moment to hear
We forgot what is touch, what to feel
It's the end of the world
The end of the world
It's a prison for dreams and for hopes
And still we believe there is God
It's the end of the world
The end of the world
We're dead but pretend we're alive
Full of ignorance, fools in disguise
Take this pill, it will make you feel dizzy
And then give you wings
Soon, boy, you'll fall into sleep
Without nightmares, without any fears
If you wake up in hell or in heaven
Tell the angels we're here
Waiting below for a dream
Here in the garden of sin
It's the end of the world
The end of the world
It's a prison for dreams and for hopes
And still we believe there is God
It's the end of the world
The end of the world
We're dead but pretend we're alive
Full of ignorance, fools in disguise
| sajitjacob (Christchurch NZ) | Posted: Jun 16, 2013 - 17:07 Wow! This reminds me of my (English) sister in law's list of favorite things Americans have asked her. Number one being: "You speak pretty good English for a foreigner" My personal favorite: "England huh?, what language do they speak? is it anywhere near Sweden?" bb_matt wrote: I really shouldn't be bothered, but the inflection of the english by the vocalist puts me off the song. I'd like to hear this in the vocalists native language, I may not understand it, but I reckon it would work better. Not a bad song, completely derivative, but listenable. | |
| Limpopoking (The Parish of St. Alfonzo) | Posted: Jun 12, 2013 - 10:43 bb_matt wrote: I really shouldn't be bothered, but the inflection of the english by the vocalist puts me off the song. I'd like to hear this in the vocalists native language, I may not understand it, but I reckon it would work better. Not a bad song, completely derivative, but listenable. Oh that's just brilliant!!! Steve Wilson... Brit. You guys should get together. Be sure to take along a translator. | |
| shellbella (so california) | Posted: Jun 12, 2013 - 10:39 Whiners.... | |
| bb_matt (Hampshire, England) | Posted: Jun 03, 2013 - 05:19 I really shouldn't be bothered, but the inflection of the english by the vocalist puts me off the song. I'd like to hear this in the vocalists native language, I may not understand it, but I reckon it would work better. Not a bad song, completely derivative, but listenable. | |
| vaos (maastricht / liège) | Posted: Apr 26, 2013 - 01:49 Same playlist on april 26th. Axelito wrote: R.E.M. — It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine Elvis Costello — Waiting for the End of the World U2 — Until the End of the World Blackfield — End of the World Felling depressive Bill?! You want the end of the world that much? ^^ | |
| martinc (Ottawa Canada) | Posted: Apr 14, 2013 - 14:00 rdo wrote: When is Canada ever gonna elect a mulatto president, huh? I think we got you beat there. I don't think Canada has even elected a chick for prez yet. Unless you count Pierre Trudeau of course. Wow ignorantly into insulting just about everyone. Must have been a bad day. | |
| onelittlemoose (Mooseville, Canada) | Posted: Apr 10, 2013 - 10:25 rdo wrote: When is Canada ever gonna elect a mulatto president, huh? I think we got you beat there. I don't think Canada has even elected a chick for prez yet. Unless you count Pierre Trudeau of course. We've had a female prime minister, briefly. As she took over from the last right wing PM, she didn't get re-elected. And now we can only hope that our current right wing nut will get punted soon. He scares me. | |
| Keef (Confluence of the American River) | Posted: Apr 10, 2013 - 10:22 Axelito wrote: R.E.M. — It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine Elvis Costello — Waiting for the End of the World U2 — Until the End of the World Blackfield — End of the World Felling depressive Bill?! You want the end of the world that much? ^^ Need to add DMB "When the World Ends" to the set. One of my favorite Dave Matthews Band Songs. Good fuel for the haters. | |
| 1wolfy (Mission Viejo California) | Posted: Apr 10, 2013 - 10:20 I was humming this tune the other day while listening to the N. Korean Media.. Perhaps Bill should do the "this is only a test" transmission signal...followed by a scream and then silence. | |
| TheKing2 (on a small planet) | Posted: Mar 25, 2013 - 13:58 testpilot wrote: Where's the end of this song? The end of this sooooong? it is meant to go on till after the end of the world. They just wanted to make sure. Oh,.. .you've missed it? Pity | |
| testpilot | Posted: Feb 28, 2013 - 19:41 Where's the end of this song? The end of this sooooong? | |
| ereme (From a deep, dark fjord, Norway) | Posted: Feb 22, 2013 - 03:14 End of the world theme now, cool.. | |
| Axelito (France) | Posted: Feb 22, 2013 - 03:13
Felling depressive Bill?! You want the end of the world that much? ^^ | |
| rdo (DC) | Posted: Feb 06, 2013 - 15:02 westslope wrote: It is indeed the End of the World for many partisan Republican supporters. Against all odds, I reckon that the mulatto president will be re-elected.
Bill Clinton gave one helluva barn-burner of a speech the other day......
That panning camera..... wow, what a contrast from the Republican convention. The Republicans should have won this election; it was theirs to win. Oh well. History marches on. When is Canada ever gonna elect a mulatto president, huh? I think we got you beat there. I don't think Canada has even elected a chick for prez yet. Unless you count Pierre Trudeau of course. | |
| DavidS_UK (Central England, UK) | Posted: Jan 28, 2013 - 12:47 You can tell that the song is a bit of a dirge and boring - the comments go off topic so quickly - flames, political discourse .... anything to escape..... just proves that the world ends not with a bang but a whinge! PS: Fred Riley, nice to see you are still here! | |
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: Jan 10, 2013 - 10:30 westslope wrote: If your candidate loses the presidential election, I would just like to remind you that Canada is accepting US political refugees with open arms. It doesn't have to be the End of the World. Start afresh in Canada. Democrats, Greens, Republicans, come one, come all.  Republicans as well? Canada's not picky, then ;-)The mountains, the Mounties, the moose - I wouldn't say no myself :) | |
| natanshalva (Boring suburb in the center of Israel) | Posted: Jan 06, 2013 - 06:29 This is Aviv Geffen in the original song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wwcl3AKAL_c | |
| ufamsm (Austin, TX, USA) | Posted: Dec 21, 2012 - 11:11 Hippostar wrote: It's the end of the worlt. And I feel fine | |
| Hippostar (Portland, OR) | Posted: Dec 21, 2012 - 11:10 It's the end of the worlt. | |
| martinc (Ottawa Canada) | Posted: Dec 21, 2012 - 11:10 Hey I have this feeling that the world's going to end today. It is snowing like crazy here maybe we are going to be buried alive and freeze to death. | |
| linzie | Posted: Dec 05, 2012 - 21:42 quite likeable | |
| FourFortyEight | Posted: Nov 08, 2012 - 16:53 I came to this thread to get opinons about the song. Bill would not approve of this political crap. Pull it together
and take it to the forum. End it now, please. | |
| horstman (Syracuse, New York) | Posted: Nov 04, 2012 - 12:35 westslope wrote: If your candidate loses the presidential election, I would just like to remind you that Canada is accepting US political refugees with open arms.
It doesn't have to be the End of the World. Start afresh in Canada.
Democrats, Greens, Republicans, come one, come all. Westslope. Please, please, please get away from all this political hogwash! I come here to get away from American politics as well as politics in general.  | |
| westslope (BC coast) | Posted: Nov 04, 2012 - 12:28 If your candidate loses the presidential election, I would just like to remind you that Canada is accepting US political refugees with open arms.
It doesn't have to be the End of the World. Start afresh in Canada.
Democrats, Greens, Republicans, come one, come all. | |
| westslope (BC coast) | Posted: Oct 26, 2012 - 10:46 Poacher wrote: What on earth are you talking abo. . . Oh, I get it - your election. You know what? Outside of the USA it is hardly reported. Everyone has realised the two party system is about picking two different people from the same party. Whoever gets elected, nothing will change. Please could you have a revolution instead? THAT would be far more interesting. Nonsense. Absolute nonsense. This scribe is writing from Canada. And I have travelled enough of the world and can read in enough other languages to know that the US presidential election campaign is given more coverage in the rest of the world than any other non-domestic election campaign. | |
| kingart (Brooklyn NY) | Posted: Oct 08, 2012 - 07:55 Stingray wrote: HORRIBLE SAUCE FROM THE 70's! Supertramp meets Barley James Harvest! True: that's the end of the (musical) world! Hey, Stingray, all you do is f'in complain and denigrate. I can't recall a comment you've ever made that wasn't snooty. Have you ever posted something positive, affirmative, a declaration of your own pleasures? Please, share with us your enlightened swami humble perspicacious perfect views of what music and artists surpasses your threshold of mediocrity and rises to the exalted ether. Be specific, please; however, it's almost guaranteed that at least some of what you consider the soundtrack for nirvana (the state of bliss, not the band) will be noise for others on this list. Feel free to cast your pearls of wisdom before us swine on any section of this forum. | |
| Poacher (Brighton, UK) | Posted: Oct 08, 2012 - 07:43 westslope wrote: It is indeed the End of the World for many partisan Republican supporters. Against all odds, I reckon that the mulatto president will be re-elected. Bill Clinton gave one helluva barn-burner of a speech the other day...... That panning camera..... wow, what a contrast from the Republican convention. The Republicans should have won this election; it was theirs to win. Oh well. History marches on. What on earth are you talking abo. . . Oh, I get it - your election. You know what? Outside of the USA it is hardly reported. Everyone has realised the two party system is about picking two different people from the same party. Whoever gets elected, nothing will change. Please could you have a revolution instead? THAT would be far more interesting. | |
| Stingray | Posted: Oct 04, 2012 - 04:16 HORRIBLE SAUCE FROM THE 70's! Supertramp meets Barley James Harvest! True: that's the end of the (musical) world! | |
| westslope (BC coast) | Posted: Sep 06, 2012 - 18:19 It is indeed the End of the World for many partisan Republican supporters. Against all odds, I reckon that the mulatto president will be re-elected.
Bill Clinton gave one helluva barn-burner of a speech the other day......
That panning camera..... wow, what a contrast from the Republican convention. The Republicans should have won this election; it was theirs to win. Oh well. History marches on. | |
| itaish (Berkeley, CA) | Posted: Aug 24, 2012 - 10:47 Great song, I prefer this version over Aviv Geffen's. | |
| stevendejong | Posted: Aug 02, 2012 - 04:24 Deadwing wrote: The new Blackfield album is pretty solid and what we have come to expect from Aviv and SW. What I am looking forward to is the new SW solo album that will be out in September (supposedly). The samples from that one sound better than anything since Deadwing, if you ask me. I haven't been thrilled by anything that SW has done in the last 3-4 years (PT is still my fav band though LOL). I think he is spreading himself too thin and the material is suffering for it. He is rushing through everything and you can tell. I agree. I am very curious, and a bit anxious, about the future of PT, now Wilson has openly stated he's had it with metal as an inspiration. While I like Grace for Drowning a lot, it is also fitting with the output of Wilson in the last few years, i.e., very heavy, very difficult, and rather unenjoyable in a way. | |
| michaelgmitchell (Ontario, Canada) | Posted: Jul 05, 2012 - 19:59 Hope not. | |
| Euskadita (MX) | Posted: Jun 22, 2012 - 14:05 1wolfy wrote: tick, tick, tick anticipation Maybe, who knows? I like this song, simple but powerful | |
| 1wolfy (Mission Viejo California) | Posted: Jun 22, 2012 - 13:45 tick, tick, tick anticipation | |
| pixelpeda (a small forest, a runnel (more luck one can stand)) | Posted: Apr 20, 2012 - 00:44 is there fear?  | |
| niro | Posted: Apr 20, 2012 - 00:41 respect for israel!! | |
| offroadbiker (gooder 'n grits) | Posted: Mar 28, 2012 - 09:18 +1 for the poignant lyrics! | |
| rdo (DC) | Posted: Feb 16, 2012 - 14:06 westslope wrote: Only North Americans can separate art and politics. Sigh For once, we may agree on something. | |
| anikke (Carmel Coast, Israel) | Posted: Jan 25, 2012 - 00:20 Aviv gefen with Berry Saharoff at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbcYohxzaSs Is a nice Hebrew version of "Sof ha Olam" End of the world. | |
| jberko (Franklin, TN) | Posted: Nov 26, 2011 - 17:21 natanshalva wrote: one of the best song by Aviv Gefen - saund beter in english then in the origenl in Hebrow. thank you bob for play it. זה סוף העולם.. ידידי Not yet, friend. | |
| jberko (Franklin, TN) | Posted: Nov 26, 2011 - 17:17 westslope wrote: I would still like to hear the original version in Hebrew.
.......
please As would I.... | |
| westslope (BC coast) | Posted: Nov 22, 2011 - 12:36 natanshalva wrote: one of the best song by Aviv Gefen - saund beter in english then in the origenl in Hebrow. thank you bob for play it. זה סוף העולם.. ידידי I would still like to hear the original version in Hebrew.
.......
please | |
| rtrudeau (Bay Area, California) | Posted: Oct 21, 2011 - 22:10 Oh Bill, you sly dog. Are you playing this on purpose, this second time that we're supposed to have Rev. Camping's predicted rapture? | |
| hbs47 (SE England) | Posted: Sep 20, 2011 - 06:16 I like this album ,the new one is pretty good, saw them do it live earlier this year, a good concert. I agree with Deadwing, SW is a bit of a whirlwind, in some ways I wish he would just be PT. We'll see what the new solo album has to offer. I like PT and Blackfield but not a fan of No Man. | |
| Deadwing (Cincinnati OH) | Posted: Jul 23, 2011 - 18:13 The new Blackfield album is pretty solid and what we have come to expect from Aviv and SW. What I am looking forward to is the new SW solo album that will be out in September (supposedly). The samples from that one sound better than anything since Deadwing, if you ask me. I haven't been thrilled by anything that SW has done in the last 3-4 years (PT is still my fav band though LOL). I think he is spreading himself too thin and the material is suffering for it. He is rushing through everything and you can tell. | |
| azdcryan (DC Metro) | Posted: Jul 23, 2011 - 16:36 SCORPIONS! | |
| westslope (BC coast) | Posted: Jul 19, 2011 - 12:47 G-d, I wish the Israeli counter-culture would dial into Radio Paradise. | |
| vandal (arriving somewhere, but not here. . .) | Posted: Jun 08, 2011 - 22:39 bbryan wrote: Two parts Porcupine, one part schmaltz BB 1 part Porcupine Tree, 2 parts maudlin treacle. . . and I love PT. . . | |
| bbryan (Don't believe everything you think) | Posted: May 17, 2011 - 05:42 Two parts Porcupine, one part schmaltz BB | |
| palad1 (London UK. A froggie in exile.) | Posted: May 17, 2011 - 05:40 I was about to comment how much Porcupine Tree-esque this sounded then I did hit wikipedia  |