And I Feel Fine

“It’s the end of the world as we know it. It’s the end of the world as we know it. It’s the end of the world as we know it.  And I feel fine. And I feel fine.”

This is one of the song lyrics I listen to every time I’m painting.  It’s from my YouTube playlist, called Anne Rocks Out.  The song was recorded in 1987 by R.E.M. It was appropriately titled as “It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine.”)

I get a mixture of feelings whenever I listen to this song: worry and despair … and yet, hope as well.

As I say, the song came out in 1987. Some of its lyrics resound with me and I can’t stop thinking about them., because they remind me of the things that are happening today.  For example,: “Eye of a hurricane, listen to yourself churn, world serves its own needs”; “A government for hire and a combat site”; “Teams and teams of reporters baffled, trumped, tethered, cropped”; “Uh oh, overflow, population, common food, it will do.”

Sound familiar?  Yeah, I thought so.  

To be continued…