1952

(Verse 1) January frost on a divided land, Korea burns under a shaking hand. Columns of steel crawl through frozen mud, Hill after hill paid for in blood.

Across the sea, they test the sky— Nevada trembles as the fire climbs high. Yucca dust settling on a soldier’s coat, A silent warning in the mushroom smoke.

(Pre-Chorus) Telegram whispers, coded and cold, Superpowers flexing their grip on the world. The Iron Curtain breathes like a waking beast, 1952— peace is the one thing ceased.

(Chorus) 1952— hear the nations roar, History bending at the brink of war. 1952— the sirens cry, The whole world staring at a fallout sky. We rise from the fear our fathers knew, Carved by the fires of 1952.

(Verse 2) London lights dim under rationed nights, Berlin split by steel and spite. Children play beside the rubble spine— A scar that refuses to fall in line.

Operation Ivy shakes the earth below, Mike’s cold heart starts to glow. Hydrogen dawn breaking the chain, A new age born in a pillar of flame.

(Pre-Chorus) Borders trembling, treaties thin, The Cold War tightening its frozen grin. Every headline cuts the world in two— 1952, no one could see it through.

(Chorus) 1952— hear the nations roar, History bending at the brink of war. 1952— the sirens cry, The whole world staring at a fallout sky. We rise from the fear our fathers knew, Carved by the fires of 1952.

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(Chorus — Final) 1952—hear the nations roar, History bending at the brink of war. 1952— the sirens cry, The whole world staring at a fallout sky. Stand firm, stand true, let the old world rue, For we are the heirs of 1952.