Five Years
The Spiders from Mars Lyrics

Pushing through the market square, so many mothers sighing
Walking through the busy market, I could hear the collective sadness of mothers all around.

News had just come over, we had five years left to cry in
A news report had just announced that Earth only had five years left before it would irreversibly begin to decline, leaving us with nothing to do but cry.

News guy wept and told us, earth was really dying
The news reporter cried and informed us that our planet was truly dying.

Cried so much his face was wet, then I knew he was not lying
The reporter cried so much that his face was damp, and I became certain that he was telling the truth.

I heard telephones, opera house, favorite melodies
I was hearing the usual sounds of daily life, including telephones ringing and music from the opera house.

I saw boys, toys electric irons and T.V.'s
In the same way, I saw plenty of boys playing with toys and electronics, and plenty of televisions broadcasting in the background.

My brain hurt like a warehouse, it had no room to spare
My head was overwhelmed to the point where it felt like it was running out of space, like a warehouse near its capacity.

I had to cram so many things to store everything in there
I struggled to store this constant influx of sensory information in my head, feeling like I had to cram everything in to remember it.

And all the fat-skinny people, and all the tall-short people
I observed all sorts of people, with different builds, heights, and weights.

And all the nobody people, and all the somebody people
I saw people from all walks of life, from those who were seemingly unimportant, to those who were influential.

I never thought I'd need so many people
I was taken aback by the sheer number of people around me, realizing how much we rely on one another.

A girl my age went off her head, hit some tiny children
I witnessed a girl my age losing control and violently attacking children.

If the black hadn't a-pulled her off, I think she would have killed them
If it weren't for someone pulling her aside, I believed she would have caused serious harm or even death to the children.

A soldier with a broken arm, fixed his stare to the wheels of a Cadillac
A soldier whose arm was injured fixed his gaze intently on the wheels of a Cadillac, as if to distract himself from the pain.

A cop knelt and kissed the feet of a priest, and a queer threw up at the sight of that
I saw a policeman kissing the feet of a priest, while someone who appeared to be gay became sick at the sight of it.

I think I saw you in an ice-cream parlor, drinking milk shakes cold and long
I thought I recognized you in an ice cream shop, enjoying a long and cold milkshake.

Smiling and waving and looking so fine, don't think
You looked incredible, grinning and waving at those around you.

You knew you were in this song
I couldn't help but think how familiar you were to me, like you belonged in this song.

And it was cold and it rained so I felt like an actor
It was raining and chilly, making me feel like I was acting in a scene rather than living life naturally.

And I thought of Ma and I wanted to get back there
I missed my mother and longed to return to the comfortable familiarity of home.

Your face, your race, the way that you talk
I couldn't help but admire your face and listen to what you had to say, no matter your race.

I kiss you, you're beautiful, I want you to walk
You were so beautiful that I wanted to show my affection by kissing you and walking with you.

We've got five years, stuck on my eyes
The news of the world ending in five years was etched into my mind and I couldn't escape it.

Five years, what a surprise
Realizing that the world would end in a mere five years was a tremendous shock.

We've got five years, my brain hurts a lot
The thought of the world ending was overwhelming, causing me severe mental pain.

Five years, that's all we've got
We only had five years left before the world would meet its end, making every action and decision all the more important.