IT'S SUPER TUESDAY AND "THE WORLD IS BURNING TO THE GROUND"

We've been watching 20/20 tonight on ABC, and naturally there have many promos featuring ABC's election coverage since tomorrow is Super Tuesday. One thing we've been baffled over is the selection of music in the background: "How Far We've Come" by Matchbox Twenty. It seems like a good election season song, right? It's a peppy, upbeat tune with a rousing chorus about how far we've come... It sounds unified. Optimistic. Inspiring, right?

Wrong-O. Check out the apocalyptic message in these lyrics...

I'm waking up at the start of the end of the world,
But it's feeling just like every other morning before,
Now I wonder what my life is going to mean if it's gone,
The cars are moving like a half a mile an hour if that
And I started staring at the passengers who're waving goodbye
Can you tell me what was ever really special about me all this time?

[Chorus]But I believe the world is burning to the ground
Oh well I guess we're gonna find out
Let's see how far we've come
Let's see how far we've come
Well I, believe, it all, is coming to an end
Oh well, I guess, we're gonna pretend,
Let's see how far we've come
Let's see how far we've come

I think it turned ten o'clock but I don't really know
Then I can't remember caring for an hour or so
Started crying and I couldn't stop myself
I started running but there's no where to run to
I sat down on the street and took a look at myself
Said where you going man you know the world is headed for Hell
Say your goodbyes if you've got someone you can say goodbye to

[Chorus]

It's gone gone baby it's all gone
There is no one on the corner and there's no one at home
It was cool cool, it was just all cool
Now it's over for me and it's over for you
Well it's gone gone baby it's all gone
There is no one on the corner and there's no one at home
Well it was cool cool, it was just all cool
Now it's over for me and it's over for you

[Chorus]
Let's see how far we've come (repeat)

Don't get me wrong... I love-love-love-me some Matchbox Twenty, and I think Rob Thomas is one of the most proflific songwriters of our generation. Seriously. His lyrics are brutally honest, edgy and angst-filled but also soulful and vulnerable at the same time. I've been a ridiculous fan since "Long Day" became a radio favorite back in 1997. But "How Far We've Come" as an election day anthem? I ain't buyin' it. Unless... Oh, God help us... Could this be a pop-music harbinger of Doomsday? If Hillary should somehow take the oval office, I could legitmately see the world burning to the ground... Gulp. I think I'll start eating carbs again... I mean, what's the harm if the world is coming to and end?