That song lyric is almost fifty years old.
And it meant the same thing back then as the way you're using it now.
It was all hitting the fan back then, and we were told it was the last days of Amerikkkan imperialism, bourgeoise capitalism, and above all, The Man. Between then and now we had the 70s, 80s, 90s, and 2000s. All with challenges, all with amazing new things, all with things happening that nobody ever predicted, and all notably lacking in Collapses of Civilization.
(The "head exploding" thing was just me pointing out the incongruity of you criticizing your own primary debate tactic. I am unaware that it is specifically "conservative.")