[Acoustic Guitar] [Synthesizer - Spacious Drums] [Verse 1] It was a summer's day A quiet Sunday afternoon The sun high in the sky In an isolated country cottage Jane prepared the Sunday lunch As Jim watched birds flying by On the day the meteorite came [Verse 2] They sat and ate their dinner And talked about the weather It seemed another ordinary day Jane sided away the dishes As Jim sat by the fireside Unaware of what was on the way On the day the meteorite came [short synthesizer solo] [Verse 3] They both settled in the living room and tried the television set But the aerial was on the blink again If they had seen the news They would have seen the rioting Mass panic and tears of pain On the day the meteorite came [short guitar solo] [Verse 4] They sat and reminisced about family Wondered what they were doing that day It was awhile since their last visit As towns and cities were in chaos Maybe it was best to sit in ignorance A sense of normality for a bit On the day the meteorite came [slow guitar solo] [Heavy guitar riff - syncopated drums] [Faster tempo] [Bridge] A colossus giant of stellar rock Over two miles wide the scientists predict Fifty eight thousand miles per hour Nothing on earth would survive it [Chorus] Nothing can slow it Nothing can divert it Nothing can destroy it As it approaches our orbit [Complex guitar solo] [Chorus] Nothing can slow it Nothing can divert it Nothing can destroy it As it approaches [Heavy Riff - Syncopated Drums] [Verse 5] In the cottage everything is shaking And the pictures fall from the wall They both embrace waiting for the quake to end But the shaking increases And a shadow obscures the sun And darkness starts to descend On the day the meteorite came [guitar solo] [Verse 6] They both seek shelter under the stairs Huddled together in despair Jane in tears as Jim says his prayers THREE HUNDRED AND NINETY MILLION TONNES THROWING UP DUST AND MOLTEN ROCK EXTINGUISHES ALL LIFE EVERYWHERE On the day the meteorite.. came [short piano] On the day the meteorite came [ending]