Текст песни Watchtower - Mayday In Kiev
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Music: Jarzombec, KeyserLyrics: Keyser"The unleashed power of the atom changed everythingsave our mode of thinking, and we thus drift towardunparalleled catastrophes." - Albert EinsteinIn a nation for a dangerous penchant for secrecyA dread disaster at Chernobyl was concealedAs a poisoning cloud spread over the Eastern BlocAlarming information was reluctantly revealedAn explosion in Reactor Four - a fire refusing to ceaseNo containment walls preventing radioactive releaseEvidence that peaceful technology had gone awryMore catastrophically than Windscale or TMIAlert - Celebration in KievUnder glowing skies - Soviet liesAlert - In nearby PolandA shower of radiationChildren iodizedMayday - A day of rejoiceA cry of distressSevere political fallout - toxic exchange of wordsSoviet obscurantism under verbal attackAbroad, outraged countries appeal for informationMet with grudging riposte, hesitant placationAt home, TASS reports no danger - nothing to fearAs deadly elemental isotopes spew into the biosphere"The unleashed power of the atom ..." - A warning from the pastThe benefits of technology are reversed by careless human errorScience, once a saviour, now an effective destroyerWe must apply our knowledge with careEntombed in concrete, Chernobyl will forever remainA monument to the chilling effects of negligence