baffled, trumped, tethered, cropped

Hørte R.E.M i køkkenet og hørte Trump blive nævnt i "It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" og tænkte, at det er den perfekte profetiske sang (og googlende fandt jeg en minutiøs nærlæsning af teksten som Trump-profeti hele vejen igennem), for det synes virkelig som afslutningen på verden, som vi kender den, og jeg har det faktisk rigtig godt (men ikke derfor!):

"Team by team, reporters baffled, trumped, tethered, cropped
Look at that low plane, fine, then
Uh oh, overflow, population, common group
But it'll do, save yourself, serve yourself.
World serves its own needs, listen to your heart bleed
Tell me with the Rapture and the reverent in the right, right
You vitriolic, patriotic, slam fight, bright light
Feeling pretty psyched

[Chorus]
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, and I feel fine"