"You are dreaming…"
"Wake up now…"
"Dreaming of atoms…"
Welcome to Atomic Land,
Population: everyone.
Your tour guide today—
Mr. Oppenheimer and the funky scientists,
Juggling plutonium cocktails, shaken not stirred.
"Over here's Albert Hofmann,
Taking LSD, cycling with destiny,
Seeing visions clearly, colours glow,
While Oppenheimer whispers,
'What have we let go?'"
La la land, Atomic la la land
Science in our hands, we're in atomic la la land
La la land, Atomic la la land
Press the button, don't understand.
Einstein sipping coffee, scribbling equations,
Relativity dancing, Cold War vacations.
CIA hosting psychedelic soirees,
"Taste the Kool-Aid," they say, "It'll open the way."
Duck and cover, kiss your kids goodbye,
Mushroom clouds bloom under summer skies.
Huxley knocks on perception’s door,
Everyone’s smiling, "Can we have some more?"
"You think this is progress, huh?
Atomic cocktails on a Friday night,
Wear your best suit, put your morals aside.
We're dancing to the rhythm of annihilation.
But at least we look good…
Right?"
Welcome to atomic La La Land,
Smiling, sleeping, dreaming,
Welcome to atomic La La Land,
Your government loves you, keep believing…
"Are you awake yet…?"
"Or still sleeping…?"
“Duck… cover… dance… repeat.”]
[Bridge (deep male spoken word, voice distorted and sinister):]
"Did you feel the heat in Hiroshima?
Did you taste the air in Nagasaki?
Or were you busy shopping…
Building perfect lives,
Atomic cocktails, picket-fenced lies?"
"You are dreaming…
Wake up,
Wake up now,
Your world is changing,
And you're sleeping…"
"Atomic La La Land,
Sleep deeper, dream darker,
Keep believing, keep sleeping…
You are dreaming…
You are dreaming…
And you're never waking up."
