Lyrics
Home watching Star Trek
Engaged in a normal activity, watching Star Trek at home
Everything's o.k.
Expressing that everything seems fine
Little do I know
Unaware that a crisis is imminent
Soviet missiles are on the way
A realization that Soviet missiles are en route
The bastards set loose
Referring to those responsible for the attack as "bastards"
The wardogs Tyr and Loki
Naming the war dogs Tyr and Loki, possibly symbolic
Weatherman's predicting rain
Contrasting the weather prediction with the impending fire
But fire it'll be
Emphasizing the destructive power of fire
Minutemen launching, Air-sirens haunting
Referring to Minutemen launching missiles, air-sirens sounding
Warheads detonating, Cremating
Depicting the grim aftermath of warheads detonating
I'm living at - Ground Zero
Indicating the narrator's residence at Ground Zero
I'm dying at
Highlighting the imminent danger of death
I'm burning at
Describing the narrator's experience of burning
I'm frying at
Emphasizing the intense heat or emotional turmoil
From my bed I hear the sirens
Hearing warning sirens from bed
Screaming of foreboding
Describing the eerie and ominous nature of the sirens
Populous escaping highways overloading
Mass exodus with highways overcrowded
Bridge is down tunnel's flooded
Infrastructure damage with a bridge down and tunnel flooded
Only got six minutes
Highlighting the urgency with only six minutes left
Head between my legs I kiss my balls goodbye
Expressing a resigned acceptance of impending doom
They're finished
Mentioning MX missiles and the destruction of skyscrapers
MX's blasting, Skyscrapers crashing
Describing the fallout and the aftermath of destruction
Fallout liberated, We're wasted
Desperation and plea for life to a higher power
Jesus I beg of thee
Expressing a desire to be spared from death
Don't take my life
Expressing a desire to return to the safety of the womb
Return me to the womb
Questioning the morality of birth and death
From which I was torn
Rejecting the idea of existence and regretting birth
Birth is a sin
Expressing fear and desperation in the face of death
And the punishment is death
Expressing regret for being born in the first place
I wish you had left me unborn
Conveying intense fear and anxiety
I shit my pants as I wait for the reaper
Physical and emotional response to imminent death
Lie in fetal position
Symbolic position representing vulnerability
Tears stream down my cheeks
Visualizing tears as a response to impending doom
As I call out for my mother
Expressing a plea for comfort in the face of death
And say an act of contrition
Turning to religion for solace and forgiveness
We'll fight this war with germs and atoms
Contemplating the destructive power of biological and nuclear weapons
Destroy our only home
Expressing a reckless approach to environmental destruction
Our mutated descendants battle the next
Predicting a future where mutated descendants fight with primitive weapons
With sticks and stones
Highlighting the cyclical nature of violence and destruction
Are we not savages
Questioning the inherent savagery of humanity
Innately destined to maim and kill?
Attributing violence to environmental, hereditary, or evolutionary factors
Blame it on the environment
Recognizing human responsibility despite external influences
Heredity or evolution we're still responsible
Commenting on human culpability and accountability
Our intelligence may progress
Noting technological progress alongside social aggression
At geometric rates
Reflecting on rapid intellectual advancement but stagnant social development
Yet socially we remain belligerent neonates
Describing societal immaturity despite technological growth
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