Mayday In Kiev Lyrics

Mayday In Kiev lyrics

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