The Day Before The Earth Stood Still

The song is from sin sin's musical comedy for the stage, Hospital For Skeletons which premiered at tf2 Theaterfestival van Nederland en Vlaanderen, Amsterdam, 2007.
The Benelux-look visuals were assembled from various copyright-free detritus on the internet.

Remember when the world was young ?
Happy Days. We were like children playing.
There was so much time to kill
The day before the earth stood still.

Looking back with hindsight now
We should have realized the ramifications
But hindsight was impossible
The day before the earth stood still
The day before the earth stood still

It was completely unexpected.
It came out of the blue
Everybody panicking not knowing what to do
It was a random act of violence
Next time it could be you.
I know you know. I'm only saying.

I was watching television
With the sound turned down
Another devastation. People falling down.
To think we were invincible
The day before the earth stood still
The day before the earth stood still