Tom Bell - Millennium Lyrics

It was so very long ago
How long was it?
A millennium, an aeon, an epoch
Before the dawn of TikTok

The world was shrouded in gloom
In that strange enchanted time
And darkness loomed
As we left 1999

It was the aughts, the dark age
It was the Y2Ks, the ancient 2000s
Things were much harder then
Game of Thrones was still just books

In the time of the boy bands
When Timberlake and Chasez roamed the land
In the time of Eminem
When man first learned how to Stan

'Twas the time of Papa Roach
The lord of the nü metal clan
'Twas the time of Fall Out Boy
When emo was the law of teen boy land

There was anthrax and terror attacks
Did people still fax?
I can't remember, you know
It was so very long ago

For it was the aughts, the dark age
It was the Y2Ks, the ancient 2000s
People were much younger then
Oops I Did It Again was a quarter of a century ago

'Twas a time of darkness
Of misery and desperation
But at least we still had Ye Olde Kanye
He peaked at Graduation

So roll out the Mapquest if you dare
Just beware, there be Imagine Dragons there
You think that reference is a decade too late
But look it up, they formed in the year of our lord 2008

The housing bubble burst and what's worse
Jersey Shore was still on TV
Such darkness, I know
It was so very long ago

For it was the aughts, the dark age
They were such previous days
Things had not even been yassified
And Pitfall was not yet Mr. Worldwide

When nations warred over resources and borders
Oh wait, that's now
We were beset by plagues and virus
Ok that is also now

So the world is still a little bit medieval
Just a tad bit evil
But there's still hope right?
I mean look, we have A.I

Well at least we'll always
Have Ye Olde Kanye's
Third studio album
Graduation