Mayday in Kiev
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โฑ๏ธ 5:48 duration
๐ ID: 535183
๐ Lyrics
"The unleashed power of the atom changed everything
Save our mode of thinking, and we thus drift toward
Unparalleled catastrophes." [- Albert Einstein]
In a nation for a dangerous penchant for secrecy
A dread disaster at Chernobyl was concealed
As a poisoning cloud spread over the Eastern Bloc
Alarming information was reluctantly revealed
An explosion in Reactor Four - a fire refusing to cease
No containment walls preventing radioactive release
Evidence that peaceful technology had gone awry
More catastrophically than Windscale or TMI
Alert - Celebration in Kiev
Under glowing skies - Soviet lies
Alert - In nearby Poland
A shower of radiation
Children iodized
Mayday - A day of rejoice
A cry of distress
Severe political fallout - toxic exchange of words
Soviet obscurantism under verbal attack
Abroad, outraged countries appeal for information
Met with grudging riposte, hesitant placation
At home, TASS reports no danger - nothing to fear
As deadly elemental isotopes spew into the biosphere
"The unleashed power of the atom..." - A warning from the past
The benefits of technology are reversed by careless human error
Science, once a saviour, now an effective destroyer
We must apply our knowledge with care
Entombed in concrete, Chernobyl will forever remain
A monument to the chilling effects of negligence
Save our mode of thinking, and we thus drift toward
Unparalleled catastrophes." [- Albert Einstein]
In a nation for a dangerous penchant for secrecy
A dread disaster at Chernobyl was concealed
As a poisoning cloud spread over the Eastern Bloc
Alarming information was reluctantly revealed
An explosion in Reactor Four - a fire refusing to cease
No containment walls preventing radioactive release
Evidence that peaceful technology had gone awry
More catastrophically than Windscale or TMI
Alert - Celebration in Kiev
Under glowing skies - Soviet lies
Alert - In nearby Poland
A shower of radiation
Children iodized
Mayday - A day of rejoice
A cry of distress
Severe political fallout - toxic exchange of words
Soviet obscurantism under verbal attack
Abroad, outraged countries appeal for information
Met with grudging riposte, hesitant placation
At home, TASS reports no danger - nothing to fear
As deadly elemental isotopes spew into the biosphere
"The unleashed power of the atom..." - A warning from the past
The benefits of technology are reversed by careless human error
Science, once a saviour, now an effective destroyer
We must apply our knowledge with care
Entombed in concrete, Chernobyl will forever remain
A monument to the chilling effects of negligence
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:03.00] "The unleashed power of the atom changed everything
[00:05.96] Save our mode of thinking, and we thus drift toward
[00:09.01] Unparalleled catastrophes." [- Albert Einstein]
[00:38.12] In a nation for a dangerous penchant for secrecy
[00:41.86] A dread disaster at Chernobyl was concealed
[00:46.39] As a poisoning cloud spread over the Eastern Bloc
[00:49.87] Alarming information was reluctantly revealed
[01:03.38] An explosion in Reactor Four - a fire refusing to cease
[01:07.38] No containment walls preventing radioactive release
[01:11.72] Evidence that peaceful technology had gone awry
[01:15.52] More catastrophically than Windscale or TMI
[01:24.76] Alert - Celebration in Kiev
[01:28.91] Under glowing skies - Soviet lies
[01:33.11] Alert - In nearby Poland
[01:37.20] A shower of radiation
[01:38.91] Children iodized
[01:41.62] Mayday - A day of rejoice
[01:45.14] A cry of distress
[02:00.75] Severe political fallout - toxic exchange of words
[02:04.48] Soviet obscurantism under verbal attack
[02:08.09] Abroad, outraged countries appeal for information
[02:11.89] Met with grudging riposte, hesitant placation
[02:16.03] At home, TASS reports no danger - nothing to fear
[02:19.84] As deadly elemental isotopes spew into the biosphere
[03:58.36] "The unleashed power of the atom..." - A warning from the past
[04:01.98] The benefits of technology are reversed by careless human error
[04:05.64] Science, once a saviour, now an effective destroyer
[04:09.54] We must apply our knowledge with care
[04:14.08] Entombed in concrete, Chernobyl will forever remain
[04:18.45] A monument to the chilling effects of negligence
[05:46.81]
[00:05.96] Save our mode of thinking, and we thus drift toward
[00:09.01] Unparalleled catastrophes." [- Albert Einstein]
[00:38.12] In a nation for a dangerous penchant for secrecy
[00:41.86] A dread disaster at Chernobyl was concealed
[00:46.39] As a poisoning cloud spread over the Eastern Bloc
[00:49.87] Alarming information was reluctantly revealed
[01:03.38] An explosion in Reactor Four - a fire refusing to cease
[01:07.38] No containment walls preventing radioactive release
[01:11.72] Evidence that peaceful technology had gone awry
[01:15.52] More catastrophically than Windscale or TMI
[01:24.76] Alert - Celebration in Kiev
[01:28.91] Under glowing skies - Soviet lies
[01:33.11] Alert - In nearby Poland
[01:37.20] A shower of radiation
[01:38.91] Children iodized
[01:41.62] Mayday - A day of rejoice
[01:45.14] A cry of distress
[02:00.75] Severe political fallout - toxic exchange of words
[02:04.48] Soviet obscurantism under verbal attack
[02:08.09] Abroad, outraged countries appeal for information
[02:11.89] Met with grudging riposte, hesitant placation
[02:16.03] At home, TASS reports no danger - nothing to fear
[02:19.84] As deadly elemental isotopes spew into the biosphere
[03:58.36] "The unleashed power of the atom..." - A warning from the past
[04:01.98] The benefits of technology are reversed by careless human error
[04:05.64] Science, once a saviour, now an effective destroyer
[04:09.54] We must apply our knowledge with care
[04:14.08] Entombed in concrete, Chernobyl will forever remain
[04:18.45] A monument to the chilling effects of negligence
[05:46.81]