Song Lyrics Watchtower - Mayday In Kiev    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> W>> Watchtower Singer Lyrics [Watchtower other resources]>> Mayday In Kiev Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Watchtower Music Title/Track: Mayday In Kiev Theme ID: 3424 Album: N/A Music: Jarzombec, Keyser Lyrics: Keyser "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 Related Lyrics Random lyrics: Like a Child, Losing, Sleep, Stripped Down, A Life Of Sundays, A Man Is In Love, A Pagan Place, All The Things She Gave Me, And A Bang On The Ear, Be My Enemy, Because The Night, Big Lover, Bigger Picture, Church Not Made With Hands, Crown, Death Is Not The End, Dont Bang The Drum, Dumbing Down The World, Fishermans Blues, Fishermans Blues, Forever Young, Further Up Further In, Glastonbury Song, His Word Is Not His Bond, How Long Will I Love You, In Search For A Rose, In Search Of A Rose, Is She Conscious?, Islandman, Kaliope House, Late Train To Heaven, Let It Happen, Love And Death, Lucky Day Bad Advice, Malediction, Medicine Bow, My Love Is My Rock In The Weary Land, Old England, Pan Within, Raggle Taggle Gypsy, Raggle-Taggle Gypsy, Rags, Red Army Blues, Room To Roam, Saints And Angels, Savage earth heart, Somebody Might Wave Back, Something That Is Gone, Song From The End Of The World, Spirit, Other Watchtower song Lyrics Argonne Forest Lyrics Asylum Lyrics Control and Resistance Lyrics Control Resistance Lyrics Dangerous Toy Lyrics Energetic Disassembly Lyrics Fall of Reason Lyrics Hidden Instincts Lyrics Instruments of Random Murder Lyrics Life Cycles Lyrics ...Show All Other Artists Water Sweet Lyrics Waterboys Lyrics Waterboys The Lyrics Waterdeep Lyrics Waterdown Lyrics Waterfront Lyrics Waterloo Robinson Lyrics Watermark Lyrics Waters Crystal Lyrics Crystal Waters Lyrics All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners and are strictly for educational purposes only. lyricstrue.net Copyright © 2005-2007 All Rights Reserved., , Privacy policy