The Riptides - End of the World

  

  Hailing from Ottawa, The Riptides (https://www.facebook.com/TheRiptides) have been around since 1998 (check out their music here https://theriptides.bandcamp.com/) and first featured on this blog 10 years ago (https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2015/01/the-riptides-shit-outta-luck.html). 

  They return today with a new song that they wrote “as a satirical commentary during the dark days of the pandemic.” 

  It's a teaser track for their upcoming album Burn After Listening. The album will be available on March 7th on 12" Aqua Blue Vinyl or 12" Tide Pod Marble Vinyl. Check out the Pirates Press store for pre orders : https://shop.piratespressrecords.com/pages/the-riptides

  Released on Inauguration Day in the USA, let's raise a toast to the end of it all. This is End Of The World...

Some said it would end in fire and some said ice We were warned but still ignored, and now we pay the price So let’s toast to the end of all we know what we held tight As long as there’s an open bar you know we’ll be alright We are the authors of our fall, ignored the writing on the wall Now it’s all over and we don’t even give a fuck at all The cannonballs still fly ‘cause they were never banned There’s no more seas to sail the doves are decaying in the sand We are the authors of our fall, ignored the writing on the wall Now it’s all over and we don’t even give a fuck at all It’s the end of the world, and I’m just glad it’s over It’s the end of the world, no way I’m staying sober Cause we went and messed it up and now we’re lost to history It’s the end of the world tonight, and that’s alright with me And now, we’ve had enough We’re calling your bluff Without you to contend, we’ll let it all just end And maybe we can start all over again… It’s the end of the world, and I’m just glad it’s over It’s the end of the world, no way I’m staying sober Cause we went and messed it up and now we’re lost to history It’s the end of the world tonight, and that’s alright with me.