it's the end of the world as we know it (in Second Life)

written and performed by Niko Donburi


That's great, it starts with an update
griefers and a grid attack
noobies you should be afraid!

Keep an eye on the status page
Listening to second cast
Don't bother LiveHelp (there's no more LiveHelp)
See if you can teleport, IM anyone
the grid is down

Hope they'll do a roll back, set back, put back
Satisfy the buyers if their inventory's gone
Do a rolling update--yes, another update--
unless you want the furries breathing down your neck

Verified, unverified
payment, no payment
self-replicating objects there's no containing
uh-oh, too much growth
population overflow
it's getting out of hand....

It's the end of the world as we know it
It's the end of the world as we know it
It's the end of the world as we know it in Second Life

Reuters and Sony, Adidas and CNET
Corporations everywhere--haven’t you seen it?
Automotive islands to take away our flyin’
Once Walmart is here we’ll all be crying

Uh oh, no tier, oh dear, steer clear
The next thing you know
the IRS will be here

Let's send them all to Warcraft or The Sims Online
before we're out of time...

It's the end of the world as we know it
It's the end of the world as we know it
It's the end of the world as we know it in Second Life


Second-rate drama from Second Life divas
Aimee Weber, Prokofy Neva
Torrid Midnight
gone then returning
blogosphere so hot it's burning

ad hominem attacks with real life info
TOS says that's a no-no
perhaps it would help if we'd learn some decorum
or if Linden Lab would bring back the forums

All of these flames and all of this strife
isn't helping Second Life, right? right!

It's the end of the world as we know it
It's the end of the world as we know it
It's the end of the world as we know it in Second Life

* * * *
For a while it seems that every month something new would bring the death of Second Life, or at least the end of the way things were. This led naturally to a reworking of the REM classic. Of all my parodies, this one took the longest--primarily because the original has nonsensical lyrics so I had to try and match the scansion and tone of the original whilst creating a narrative that could be followed.