[Narration: Mike Mills]
Welcome, dear listeners, to the Mike Mills [(sung)] "IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT AND I... [(spoken)] ...Don't Feel Too Good About It To Be Honest Show!"

Okay, so you've no doubt heard the news: there is a massive giant fiery bastard of a meteorite headed straight toward Earth -- wait, is it an asteroid or...? [(shuffles papers)] ah, anyway, that's beside the point

Five months, folks. Five months until our planet becomes a cosmic ashtray. That's, uh, pretty grim news, not gonna lie. Well anyway, I hope you do stick around with me people, bеcause I sure could use thе company, and we can ride this whole thing out together until the very end
				

[Narration: Mike Mills]
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[Verse 1: Arjen Lucassen]
Waves of fear flood the air
No sound, anywhere
Now the word has spread from pole to pole
As if time stopped, the world's on hold

[Verse 2: Arjen Lucassen]
Softly now, cries are heard
Silent whispers, fearful words
Let the truth sink in, our fate is known
Now it's coming fast, the end is close

[Chorus]
Time to learn to live with the fears that lie ahead
Time to hold our own, and meet our bitter end
Can we gather strength, surrender to our fate?
Or will the world collapse, will we never change?
Let's ride it out as the clock ticks down

[Verse 3: Arjen Lucassen]
Men of science, brilliant minds
Unite as one to save mankind
This was not the plan, it can't be true
We will find a way, we always do

[Chorus]
Time to learn to live with the fears that lie ahead
Time to hold our own, and meet our bitter end
Can we gather strength, surrender to our fate?
Or will the world collapse, will we never change?
Let's ride it out as the clock ticks...

[Bridge]
Crime is up, stocks are down, inflation's running high
The whole damn world has lost its mind
The working man, he quit his job, the kids won't go to school
No more laws, no more rules

She draws the blinds
And she switches off her phone
Alone in silence
She doesn't want to know
He misses his son
Tried to call him on the phone
They haven't talked in ages
He just can't be alone as the clock ticks down

Power's out, riots rage, the net has gone offline
Chaos reigns, all hope dies

She grabs her keys
Gonna make her dream come true
Finally see the ocean
Before her time is through
He lifts the glass
And he swallows them all down
His dream is over
He just can't be around as the clock ticks down

[Verse 4: Arjen Lucassen]
Nothing matters anymore
Nothing left worth fighting for
No plans to make, no life to build
All desires left unfulfilled

[Chorus]
Time to learn to live with the fears that lie ahead
Time to hold our own, and meet our bitter end
Can we gather strength, surrender to our fate?
Or will the world collapse, will we never change?
Let's ride it out as the clock ticks down
				

[Narration: Mike Mills]
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[Intro: Koen Herfst]
One, two, three, four

[Verse 1: Arjen Lucassen]
It's all a lie, it's all a fake
Come on, man, gimme a break
They'll never fool me
A goddamn conspiracy

[Verse 2: Arjen Lucassen]
The earth's round, a man on the moon
Yeah right, I ain't no fool
It's so easy to see
A goddamn conspiracy

[Chorus: Arjen Lucassen & Irene Jansen, Irene Jansen]
They try to control our minds
Don't buy anything that they say
It's all about power, it's all about cash
They're trying to keep us blind
We can't let them have it their way
It's all about politics
It's all about fear
It's all about life
It's all about death

[Verse 3: Arjen Lucassen]
Elvis is alive, Paul is dead
You know I'm right, you're all misled
It's like a disease
A goddamn conspiracy

[Verse 4: Arjen Lucassen]
5G, JFK
Chemtrails, climate change
We''ll never agree
A goddamn conspiracy

[Chorus: Arjen Lucassen & Irene Jansen, Irene Jansen]
They try to control our minds
Don't buy anything that they say
It's all about power, it's all about cash
They're trying to keep us blind
We can't let them have it their way
It's all about politics
It's all about fear
It's all about life
It's all about death

[Bridge: Arjen Lucassen]
They gonna lie to you
They gonna hide the truth
They gonna try to deny what they gonna do
They gonna break you down
They gonna fake you out
They gonna blame you and shame you into the ground
I'm gonna drive them out
I'm gonna strike them down
I'm gonna fight them and ride them right out of town
I'm gonna make 'em stop
I'm gonna drain the swamp
I'm gonna rock them and shock them and make 'em jump
They gonna lie to you
They gonna hide the truth
They gonna try to deny what they gonna do
They gonna break you down
They gonna fake you out
They gonna blame you and shame you into the ground
[Verse 5: Arjen Lucassen]
UFO's, ET arrived
No mistake, you can't deny
As far as I can see
A goddamn conspiracy

[Verse 6: Arjen Lucassen]
This rock of doom, the end of man
It's all a ruse, it's all a scam
We'll never be free
Of goddamn conspiracies

[Chorus: Arjen Lucassen & Irene Jansen, Irene Jansen]
They try to control our minds
Don't buy anything that they say
It's all about power, it's all about cash
They're trying to keep us blind
We can't let them have it their way
It's all about politics
It's all about fear
It's all about life
It's all about money
				

[Narration: Mike Mills]
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[Verse 1: Arjen Lucassen, Floor Jansen, Arjen Lucassen & Floor Jansen]
Remember those days, the endless tomorrows
In every way, we knew what we wanted
Remember those days, the dreams that we followed
And our lives had just begun

[Verse 2: Arjen Lucassen, Floor Jansen, Arjen Lucassen & Floor Jansen]
Horizons expanded
The future was open
Our seed was planted
And our lives were full of hope

[Chorus: Arjen Lucassen & Floor Jansen]
Would she be shy, and face the world alone?
We'll never know
Would she be kind, to heal a heart of stone?
We'll never know
Would she be wise, and right the world from wrong?
We'll never know
Would she be wild, adventurous and tall?
If only she could be here at all

[Verse 3: Arjen Lucassen, Floor Jansen, Arjen Lucassen & Floor Jansen]
Feeling so helpless
The future's been stolen
Lost and defenceless
Oh, and how can we go on?

[Chorus: Arjen Lucassen & Floor Jansen]
Would she be shy, and face the world alone?
We'll never know
Would she be kind, to heal a heart of stone?
We'll never know
Would she be wise, and right the world from wrong?
We'll never know
Would she be wild, adventurous and tall?
If only she could be here at all

[Bridge: Floor Jansen]

[Chorus: Floor Jansen]
Would she be shy, and face the world alone?
We'll never know
Would she be kind, to heal a heart of stone?
We'll never know
Would she be wise, and right the world from wrong?
We'll never know
Would she be wild, adventurous and tall?
If only she could be here at all
If only she could be here at all

[Outro: Floor Jansen]
We'll never know
We'll never know
				

[Narration: Mike Mills]
Aghast! The internet and television have all been shut down, and so I've had to resort to a damn HAM radio broadcast! So, if you're still listening, how does HAM radio even work? And how did you figure out how to tune in!?

People are fleeing in droves to "Sanctuary Island," the cities are in complete chaos right now, everything's on fire, people are looting the shops... I mean, really, people!? For what!? You can't take any of this stuff to the grave! You'll be lucky to even GET a grave at this point!

No, seriously, just stay home!

Or better yet, head to the island!

[I. Sanctuary Island]

[Verse 1: Arjen Lucassen]
We escape the chaos
Here on Sanctuary Island
A song is played and music floods the night
Our final haven
A refuge from the violence
Now darkness falls as embers light the sky

[Chorus: Arjen Lucassen]
The music stops as the sun goes down
And silence fills the air
Faint shadows hide in the afterglow
Mere moments left to share
We're prepared on Sanctuary Island

[Verse 2: Arjen Lucassen]
The tension's rising
Here on Sanctuary Island
Our time has come
The countdown has begun
The sound of evil
Roaring in the distance
All hope now gone
We'll never see the dawn

[Chorus: Irene Jansen, Arjen Lucassen]
The music stopped as the sun went down (We see the sun going down)
And silence filled the air (In this place devoid of violence)
Faint shadows hid in the afterglow (They are hiding from the danger)
Mere moments left to share (We're prepared here on Sanctuary Island)

[II. Flight of the Asteroid]

[Irene Jansen]
Behold, don't miss the show
Here we go, look at that glow
Bring it on!

Behold, don't miss the show
Here we go, look at that glow
Bring it on!
[III. Regrets]

[Verse 3: Arjen Lucassen]
His endless days filled with regret
Mistakes he can't forget
A life so hard, a life unfulfilled
A scarred man plagued by guilt

[Chorus: Arjen Lucassen]
He should have told her but
Words would never come
Every lie a secret war
He believed he'd won
He thought the truth would break her
Tear her world apart, it's pointless now
This precious time is all we've got

[Verse 4: Arjen Anthony Lucassen]
She had a lie
She buried in shame
A child born his in name
He always knew something felt wrong
The truth held in the dark

[Chorus: Irene Jansen]
She should have told him and so many times she tried
Or she could have let him know instead of all the lies
She thought the truth would break him
Tear his world apart, it's pointless now
This precious time is all we've got
[IV. A Really, Really Bad Day]

[instrumental]

[V. Anger and Acceptance]

[Verse 5: Robert Soeterboek, Marcela Bovio]
The earth will burn, whatever we do
Wiped out, you're all screwed
I stand my ground, never give in
Don't fight a fight, you can't win
We're all deranged, we're insane
Face up, you can't escape
We'll break away, out of this place
You'll die in a fiery grave

[Bridge: Arjen Lucassen]
Here we stand on the shoreline
Underneath a blood red sky
Burning bright, its reflection on the sea
A deadly light yet so serene
Our world seems small
Now it dominates the sky
Its fire consumes the night
Time is still, and in some way we feel so strong as we sing
Our final song

[Verse 6: Robert Soeterboek, Marcela Bovio]
I won't waste time, trying to pray
That's right, accept your fate
I can't believe we're all gonna die
Back down, say your goodbyes
There's no way to stay alive
Can't stop the funeral fire
Blast that rock out of the sky
Too late, you're all gonna fry

[Bridge: Arjen Lucassen]
And me, I'm out here all alone
I'm free, as music fills my soul
Inspiration madly flows I feel no fear
Writing songs no one will hear

[VI. This is the End]

[Arjen Lucassen]
This is the end
The end of humanity
The end of a dream
The end of a race

This is the end
The end of existence
The end of our reign
A moment in space

This is the end
The end of utopia
The end of all pain
The end of disease

This is the end
The end of an era
The end of regret
Of all we achieved

[Arjen Lucassen, Irene Jansen]
This is the end (The end of prosperity)
The end of a race (The end of the wars)
This is the end (The end of our history)
A moment in space (What was it all for?)
This is the end (The end of our paradise)
The end of all grief (The end of despair)
This is the end (The end of emotions)
Of all we achieved (The end of...)

*Meteor crashing into Earth*

[Spoken Interlude: Michael Mills]
"Oh, my god, it happened! I can't believe it actually happened! Guys, I really doubt anyone will hear this but by strange chance if anyone's still listening, thank you. And remember, always look on the bright side of—"

[VII. We'll Never Know Reprise]

[Arjen Lucassen]
Would we evolve, transcend and persevere?
We'll never know
Or would we fail, burn out and disappear?
We'll never know
Maybe one day we'd reach out for the stars
Were we alone?
We'll never know

[VIII. The Last Embrace]

[instrumental]

[Spoken Outro: Peter Daltrey]
"Mission complete. Let the new phase begin."