It was an extremely average day, Without a single obstacle in my path Until I was bored, listening to the radio, And I heard this said: "It's very unfortunate I have to say this, But the world is going to end today" So said some country's president, In tears as he spoke...
Out the windows was a huge flock of birds, Congesting to cover up the sky Swallowing up the crescent moon, Headed some unknown direction...
I had a half-shinied game with no save; A scarcely-touched textbook lay on my desk And to stop my body from trembling, I promptly put on my headphones
Just as I was listening to an obscure artist, A number they did with an unknown title, Just as it came to my ears, I heard: "You want to survive, yes?"
Waving over the wriggling world, The skyscrapers seemed to tremble This voice seemed unmistakable: It was my own, which I tired of hearing "If you cross that hill, then in twenty seconds, You'll know what I mean, for better or worse Don't doubt, just listen close - go twenty seconds ahead..."
The intersection was crowded, of course; Man, woman, child, it didn't matter I was buried uder people yelling and babies' cries
Rioting people, a sobbing girl, A priest praying, I passed them all by One single person headed the other way, Towards what was beyond that hill...
The voice from the headphones persisted: "Twelve minutes left," it told me If everything was going to up and vanish, Then I had no other way...
The chorus of shrieks and screams Turned to tearful eyes in ten seconds I had my doubts, but no matter who did what, There was no ending humanity's song "Run, run, there's one minute left," But I couldn't even hear it by then; The hill which I thought to cross Was right before me...
My breath faint, I finally arrived Before a wall which projected the sky Behind it, scientists in white applauded; "Magnificent," they said - Doubt...
From there, I saw the town Was some kind of experimental facility; "No longer necessary," A scientist said, and calmly tossed a bomb I was told I had been living My whole life in a little world in a box So I could only stare, dumbfounded At the burnt wreckage that had been the town And from the headphones at my ear, I heard a faint "sorry"...