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A song about the Cold War that I wrote for AP Euro. It doesn't have much historical value, but at least it's better than We Didn't Start The Fire [citation needed].

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It all started with the splitting of an atom
Over Hiroshima, in 1945
We showed the world that it was possible to end it
leaving no one left alive
No one to survive

And we're out here on our own
Just running from the monster we created
As the bombs rain down in all the fears of every man alienated
By the thought of tearing other men apart
With the heat of nuclear fire
In the winter's cold

Agent orange
Blanketing the hillsides of Vietnam
Falls down like snow
To cover both the living and the dead down here
The dead down here are everywhere

And we're out here on our own
Just running from the monster we created
As the bombs rain down in all the fears of every man alienated
By the thought of tearing other men apart
With the heat of nuclear fire
In the winter's cold

In space the soviet dog can see
The lights of divided Germany
Families split up by the wall
Will die before the day it falls
It doesn't matter much at all
To her
The capsule spins out of control
There's no safe landing protocol
Her fate was sealed all along
She lifts her head, she must stay strong
The heat leaks in to fill the metal ball

And we're out here on our own
Just running from the monster we created
As the bombs rain down in all the fears of every man alienated
By the thought of tearing other men apart
With the heat of nuclear fire
In the winter's cold

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from The Procrastinator (And Demos), released March 16, 2016

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