Imagine a time
When it all began
In the dying days
Of a war
A weapon that would
Settle the score
Whoever found it first
Would be sure
To do their worst
They always had before
Imagine a man
Where it all began
A scientist pacing
The floor
In each nation
Always eager to explore
To build the best
Big stick
To turn the winning trick
But this was something more
The big bang took
And shook the world
Shot down the
Rising Sun
The end was begun
It would hit everyone
When the chain reaction
Was done
The big shots try
To hold it back
Fools try to
Wish it away
The hopeful depend
On a world without end
Whatever the hopeless
May say
Imagine a place
Where it all began
They gathered from
Across the land
To work in the secrecy
Of the desert sand
All of the
Brightest boys
To play with the
Biggest toys
More than they
Bargained for
The big bang took
And shook the world
Shot down the
Rising Sun
The hopeful depend
On a world without end
Whatever the hopeless
May say
Imagine a man
When it all began
The pilot of
Enola Gay
Flying out of the shockwave
On that August day
All the powers that be
And the course of history
Would be changed
For evermore
The big bang took
And shook the world
Shot down the
Rising Sun
The end was begun
It would hit everyone
When the chain reaction
Was done
The big shots try
To hold it back
Fools try to
Wish it away
The hopeful depend
On a world without end
Whatever the hopeless
May say
The big bang took
And shook the world
Shot down the
Rising Sun
The hopeful depend
On a world without end
Whatever the hopeless
May say