From the recording Marble Ghosts

‘End of the World’ is cynical and angry and reflects the mentality of a millennial generation that grew up being told that their actions would make a difference in the world, and they didn’t. Late-stage capitalism dividing the rich and the poor, rampant homelessness and environmental devastation, ‘End of the World’ is the anthem for those disillusioned by the fact that greed persists despite these devastating problems and is even celebrated in the likes of Elon Musk, a man who can lose 41 billion and still be the richest man in the world.

We live in a world where billionaires invest in space tourism and multi-million dollar vanity projects when millions can’t afford housing and when the world in some cases is literally burning, and the people who can help lack the affluence and ability to do so.

Inspired by the epidemic of wildfires in Canada and specifically the devastating fires in Fort McMurray, ‘End of the World’ is a biting, cynical and powerful takedown of the greed that is destroying our world.

Lyrics

Cities flooding and I can’t breathe
Dead rising with history
Sun-baked thrones for bones
Every new generation moans
It’s so hot I think I’ll die
Heavy air in my lungs
Tick tock time bomb
It’s the end of the world
Fire in the sky
Fire beat us down
Fire in the night
Fire in the sky
Love your children but watch them burn
No future without a turn
The fixers will never win
Choose them and hope you can swim
Blast off with billionaires
Astro baby without any cares
Pay a mil to save your life
It’s the end of the world
Fire in the sky
Fire beat us down
Fire in the night
Fire in the sky
Fire
Fire
Fire
Fire
Fire
Fire in the sky
Fire beat us down
Fire in the night
Fire in the sky
In the sky