Verse 1 The clocks were still working The buses still ran A woman bought oranges A kid chased a can The river kept moving The pigeons complained The world didn’t notice The match had been aimed The headlines were arguing The experts took sides The cameras found angles The truth learned to hide A man at a podium Grinned into the light And somewhere a century Lost hold of the night ⸻ Chorus (Full band enters, soaring melody) It wasn’t fire falling from heaven It wasn’t trumpets over the sea It came in pieces small enough to carry A joke A shrug A signature A screen And by the time we called it ending It looked so much like yesterday The end of the world arrived politely And asked if it could stay ⸻ Verse 2 A scientist packed up her office A teacher erased one more board A judge stared down at old promises And wondered what they were for The books were all still on the shelves The flags were all still in the square But language was changing its meaning Like furniture moved in the dark somewhere The rich bought generators The poor bought extra bread The markets found fresh records While the future played dead ⸻ Chorus (Larger backing vocals) It wasn’t fire falling from heaven It wasn’t angels drawing near It came disguised as entertainment Year by year by year by year And by the time we called it ending The exits had all been renamed The end of the world arrived laughing And nobody stopped the game ⸻ Bridge (Half-time, piano and bass only) History rarely kicks down doors It prefers a quieter art A tiny crack inside a beam A hairline fracture in a heart One fact ignored One law bent One oath reduced to sentiment One crowd demanding certainty From people selling make-believe ⸻ Instrumental Break (Electric guitar, rising strings) ⸻ Final Chorus (Biggest vocal, choir harmonies) It wasn’t fire falling from heaven It wasn’t darkness at noon The sky stayed blue above the wreckage The birds still sang their borrowed tunes And when the last reporters packed up And when the last applause was gone The world we’d spent a lifetime building Looked around and found itself withdrawn ⸻ Outro (Band drops away, piano only) The clocks were still working The buses still ran A woman bought oranges A kid chased a can The river kept moving As rivers will do The world didn’t end in an instant It simply stopped becoming new
