School is Cool are an indie band from Belgium, founded in late 2009. Debut … Read Full Bio ↴School is Cool are an indie band from Belgium, founded in late 2009. Debut album 'Entropology' (2011) introduced Belgium, the Netherlands and France to School is Cool's indiepop in the form of a 16-song chaotic cathedral-like structure of energetic drums, eighties synths, dark, apocalyptic lyrics and grand, baroque choruses, produced by Das Pop's Reinhard Vanbergen. 2012 and '13 saw the band touring Belgium (including Rock Werchter and Pukkelpop), the Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, Germany and France, and playing at showcase festivals like Eurosonic, The Great Escape and Popkomm. One of School is Cool's strong suits is its extremely intense, energetic live performance, combining complex baroque arrangements with a punk-like desperate rage. On stage and on record, influences of Pixies, the Dodos, Menomena, Kate Bush and Bruce Springsteen go hand in hand with 18th century orchestral music and tribal, ethnic percussion. In 2014 they released 'Nature Fear', their self-produced second album, planned to be released in 2014. The band now consised of Johannes Genard, Matthias Dillen, Toon Van Baelen, Dieter Beerten and Hanne Torfs. Michael Van Ostade, Nele Paelinck, Andrew Van Ostade and Justine Bourgeus left the band between 2012 and 2014 for several different reasons. A third album is on the way with a new single in 2017 as teaser.

The World Is Gonna End Tonight
School Is Cool Lyrics

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I think you need a little helping hand
to get you back in line,
don't think I don't know you're stranded.
I don't believe in a personal god,
how come, when he says he loves me, he makes me ugly?
I got it from good source, say your prayers and goodbyes
the world is gonna end tonight.

I hope your friends have gotten over this,
I know when you got troubles you just tell it like it is.
It's not the same for the man without heart,
he just sits around while the room falls apart.
I just goes to show but not by a long sight,
the world is gonna end tonight.

I know that it's hard, but no were not stuck
with a lotta determination and a bit of luck
we'll just wrestle eachother to the break of day
and then I'll give up, and that's OK
and we'll stay together for fifty-odd years,
but not quite 'cause
the world is gonna end tonight.

On a bed, never slept upon
On a bed, never slept upon

On a bed, never slept upon
On a bed, never slept upon

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of School Is Cool's song "The World Is Gonna End Tonight" delve into themes of existentialism and spirituality, reflecting on the idea that despite the chaos and troubles of life, everything is ultimately in the hands of fate. The opening lines express a desire to help someone who has strayed from their path, and a recognition of their feelings of being stranded or lost. The following lines, however, reveal the singer's skepticism towards the idea of a personal God -- if there is a higher power, why does it allow bad things to happen to good people? This sense of disillusionment with the concept of divine intervention sets the tone for the rest of the song.

The chorus repeats the phrase "the world is gonna end tonight," evoking a sense of finality and urgency. The verses describe people grappling with their problems and trying to make sense of their lives, but ultimately realizing that they have little control over their fate. The line "It's not the same for the man without heart, he just sits around while the room falls apart" suggests that those who lack empathy are immune to the effects of the impending apocalypse, further highlighting the sense of unfairness and chaos in the world.

The final verse offers a glimmer of hope, with the singer encouraging others to persevere and fight until the end, even if they ultimately know that they will lose. The use of the phrase "a bed, never slept upon" repeating at the end of the song reinforces the idea that everything is fleeting and ephemeral, and that ultimately we are all just passing through this world.

Line by Line Meaning

I think you need a little helping hand to get you back in line, don't think I don't know you're stranded.
I believe you require some assistance to guide you back onto the correct path, and I am aware that you are currently lost and in need of direction.

I don't believe in a personal god, how come, when he says he loves me, he makes me ugly? I got it from good source, say your prayers and goodbyes the world is gonna end tonight.
I don't subscribe to the idea of an individual god, and yet when this supposed deity professes love for me, it brings only ugliness; I have been informed on good authority that we should all prepare for the end of the world tonight by saying our final prayers and goodbyes.

I hope your friends have gotten over this, I know when you got troubles you just tell it like it is. It's not the same for the man without heart, he just sits around while the room falls apart. I just goes to show but not by a long sight, the world is gonna end tonight.
I pray your companions have managed to overcome the turmoil you caused, given your tendency to speak the unvarnished truth; the same cannot be said of those who lack empathy, as they refuse to take action even as everything crumbles in plain sight; this is ample evidence that the world is indeed coming to an end tonight.

I know that it's hard, but no were not stuck with a lotta determination and a bit of luck we'll just wrestle each other to the break of day and then I'll give up, and that's OK and we'll stay together for fifty-odd years, but not quite 'cause the world is gonna end tonight.
I am aware that things are difficult, yet we are not helpless and can make progress with determination and some good fortune; we will grapple with the difficulties until the morning light, after which I will relinquish, but that is not a hindrance, and we will remain united for roughly fifty years or so, though it is not guaranteed, as the world is scheduled to come to an end tonight.

On a bed, never slept upon On a bed, never slept upon On a bed, never slept upon On a bed, never slept upon
This is a repetition of a phrase that is likely intended as a refrain and does not convey an explicit meaning beyond a sense of finality and loss.

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