Songs about the apocalypse

~~TumorAttitude~~ · 08-02-2009, 02:18 PM

I'll start with the two most nutnumbingly famous ones:

YouTube - The Clash- London Calling

YouTube - Talking Heads "Burning Down the House"

pizza pie · 08-02-2009, 02:29 PM

Metallica - blackened

lyrics:
Blackened is the end
Winter it will send
Throwing all you see
Into obscurity

Death of Mother Earth
Never a rebirth
Evolution's end
Never will it mend

Never

Fire
To begin whipping dance of the dead
Blackened is the end
To begin whipping dance of the dead
Color our world blackened

Blistering of earth
Terminate its worth
Deadly nicotine
Kills what might've been

Callous, frigid chill
Nothing left to kill
Never seen before
Breathing nevermore

Never

Fire
To begin whipping dance of the dead
Blackened is the end
To begin whipping dance of the dead
Color our world blackened

Blackened
Opposition, contradiction, premonition, compromise
Agitation, violation, mutilation, planet dies
Darkest color
Blistered earth
True death of life

Termination, expiration, cancellation, human race
Expectation, liberation, population laid to waste
See our mother
Put to death
See our mother die

Smoldering decay
Take her breath away
Millions of our years
In minutes disappears

Darkening in vain
Decadence remains
All is said and done
Never is the sun

Never

Fire
To begin whipping dance of the dead
Blackened is the end
To begin whipping dance of the dead
Fire
Is the outcome of hypocrisy
Darkest potency
In the exit of humanity
Color our world blackened

Blackened

sweet_nothing · 08-02-2009, 03:04 PM

Apocalypse Please by Muse has to be on of the worst about the end of the world. The lyrics are just awful even for Muse standards. I'll spare you posting a vid.

But REM's It's The End of the World has got to be my favorite.

Akira · 08-02-2009, 03:07 PM

^^ Bad Day

Yeah, quite a good tune, a bit different from their other stuff at the time. Just a fun track.

crash_override · 08-02-2009, 06:55 PM

Great thread idea, I ****ing love this song. Super cheese though.

Six Feet Under - This Graveyard Earth

Every one of us already plagued
Soon to wipe out the human race
A planet of life, infected since birth
Dominated by power, war and wealth
Over time accelerated
A vicious circle we have perpetuated
We will die before we wake
We'll never know it's too late
This graveyard earth
Time to bleed again and again
When it's all over we'll just be bones in the sand
Monuments built of stone and blood and skin
Decaying through the years and found by no one
Over time accelerated
A vicious circle we have perpetuated
We will die before we wake
We'll never know it's too late
This graveyard earth
We've got our own blood on our hands
We are all cursed
Our world is dead, another faded memory
Desolation - sacrificed for nothing
This graveyard earth
Our fate we create, but we still destroy
Murdering ourselves - time to diewe are all cursed
Every one of us already plagued
Soon to wipe out the human race
A planet of life, infected since birth
Dominated by power, war and wealth
Over time accelerated
A vicious circle we have perpetuated
We will die before we wake
We'll never know it's too late
This graveyard earth

Knightfall · 08-02-2009, 07:15 PM

Have you any idea how many of these there are? Anywho, if it's apocalypse ya wants, check out God Forbid's album "IV: Constitution of Treason", entire album tells a story of a post-apocalyptic America very similar to that of the Fallout series (I still say the song "Welcome To the Apocalypse" belongs in the part of Fallout 3 when you first leave the vault, the lyrics and the tone of the song fit the scene perfectly).

What's this? An elitist metalhead is suggesting a -core band? Yes, yes I am, one of the few -core bands I like, not all -core sucks, just most of it

Astronomer · 08-02-2009, 08:18 PM

I always thought Tool's Ænema had themes of apocalypse running through it... more specifically California sinking into the ocean but still a song that promotes thought about the end of the world, etc.

jackhammer · 08-02-2009, 08:46 PM

Tool's videos are so damn good.

Astronomer · 08-02-2009, 08:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jackhammer

Tool's videos are so damn good.

Yeah Adam Jones is pretty amazing.

asshat · 08-03-2009, 01:35 AM

...I didn't know "burning down the house" was apocalyptic, I thought it was just about a really wild party.

The lyrics to this song always make me smile.Especially the nukes: "giant pencil and lipstick tube shape things continue to rain and cause screaming pain".

Jimi Hendrix
1983 (A Merman I Should Turn To Be)

Hurrah i awake from yesterday
alive but the war is here to stay
so my love catherina and me
decide to take our last walk
through the noise to the sea
not to die but to be re-born
away from a life so battered and torn....
forever...
oh say can you see its really such a mess
every inch of earth is a fighting nest
giant pencil and lip-stick tube shaped things
continue to rain and cause screaming pain
and the arctic stains
from silver blue to bloody red
as our feet find the sand
and the sea is strait ahead..
strait ahead.....
well its too bad
that our friends
cant be with us today
well thats too bad
"the machine
that we built
would never save us"
thats what they say
(thats why they aint coming with us today)
and they also said
"its impossible for man
to live and breath underwater..
forever" was their main complaint
(yeah)
and they also threw this in my face:
they said
anyway
you know good well
it would be beyond the will of God
and the grace of the King
(grace of the King yeah yeah)

so my darling and I
make love in the sand
to salute the last moment
ever on dry land
our machine has done its work
played its part well
without a scratch on our bodies
and we bid it farewell

starfish and giant foams
greet us with a smile
before our heads go under
we take a last look
at the killing noise
of the out of style...
the out of style, out of style

08-02-2009, 02:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
~~TumorAttitude~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Purgatory Posts: 749	Songs about the apocalypse I'll start with the two most nutnumbingly famous ones: YouTube - The Clash- London Calling YouTube - Talking Heads "Burning Down the House"

08-02-2009, 02:29 PM	#2 (permalink)
pizza pie Groupie Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Nazareth Posts: 9	Metallica - blackened lyrics: Blackened is the end Winter it will send Throwing all you see Into obscurity Death of Mother Earth Never a rebirth Evolution's end Never will it mend Never Fire To begin whipping dance of the dead Blackened is the end To begin whipping dance of the dead Color our world blackened Blistering of earth Terminate its worth Deadly nicotine Kills what might've been Callous, frigid chill Nothing left to kill Never seen before Breathing nevermore Never Fire To begin whipping dance of the dead Blackened is the end To begin whipping dance of the dead Color our world blackened Blackened Opposition, contradiction, premonition, compromise Agitation, violation, mutilation, planet dies Darkest color Blistered earth True death of life Termination, expiration, cancellation, human race Expectation, liberation, population laid to waste See our mother Put to death See our mother die Smoldering decay Take her breath away Millions of our years In minutes disappears Darkening in vain Decadence remains All is said and done Never is the sun Never Fire To begin whipping dance of the dead Blackened is the end To begin whipping dance of the dead Fire Is the outcome of hypocrisy Darkest potency In the exit of humanity Color our world blackened Blackened __________________ Ballgame's in the refrigerator The door closed Lights are out Butters getting hard!

08-02-2009, 07:15 PM	#6 (permalink)
Knightfall Groupie Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 24	Have you any idea how many of these there are? Anywho, if it's apocalypse ya wants, check out God Forbid's album "IV: Constitution of Treason", entire album tells a story of a post-apocalyptic America very similar to that of the Fallout series (I still say the song "Welcome To the Apocalypse" belongs in the part of Fallout 3 when you first leave the vault, the lyrics and the tone of the song fit the scene perfectly). What's this? An elitist metalhead is suggesting a -core band? Yes, yes I am, one of the few -core bands I like, not all -core sucks, just most of it __________________

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Astronomer we are stardust Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 2,894	I always thought Tool's Ænema had themes of apocalypse running through it... more specifically California sinking into the ocean but still a song that promotes thought about the end of the world, etc. __________________

08-02-2009, 08:46 PM	#8 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	Tool's videos are so damn good. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

08-03-2009, 01:35 AM	#10 (permalink)
asshat king of sex Join Date: May 2009 Location: canada Posts: 331	...I didn't know "burning down the house" was apocalyptic, I thought it was just about a really wild party. The lyrics to this song always make me smile.Especially the nukes: "giant pencil and lipstick tube shape things continue to rain and cause screaming pain". Jimi Hendrix 1983 (A Merman I Should Turn To Be) Hurrah i awake from yesterday alive but the war is here to stay so my love catherina and me decide to take our last walk through the noise to the sea not to die but to be re-born away from a life so battered and torn.... forever... oh say can you see its really such a mess every inch of earth is a fighting nest giant pencil and lip-stick tube shaped things continue to rain and cause screaming pain and the arctic stains from silver blue to bloody red as our feet find the sand and the sea is strait ahead.. strait ahead..... well its too bad that our friends cant be with us today well thats too bad "the machine that we built would never save us" thats what they say (thats why they aint coming with us today) and they also said "its impossible for man to live and breath underwater.. forever" was their main complaint (yeah) and they also threw this in my face: they said anyway you know good well it would be beyond the will of God and the grace of the King (grace of the King yeah yeah) so my darling and I make love in the sand to salute the last moment ever on dry land our machine has done its work played its part well without a scratch on our bodies and we bid it farewell starfish and giant foams greet us with a smile before our heads go under we take a last look at the killing noise of the out of style... the out of style, out of style __________________ Rye Catcher II: Electric Boogaloo http://oldhickory666.blogspot.com/ Last edited by asshat; 08-03-2009 at 01:40 AM.