Lyrics of Mayday in kiev

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