Grey Victory Lyrics

by 10,000 Maniacs

album: The Wishing Chair (1985),
  Hope Chest: The Fredonia Recordings 1982-1983 (1990),
  The Secrets Of I-Ching (1983)

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There was light and atomic fission 
Swelling wind 
Rising ash 
Tide of Black 
Rain 
Cement seared shadow traces 
Reminiscent of their last commands 
Instantly one thousand flames arising 
Ill scent the burning hides surrounding 
A settlement debased entirely 
Enola Gay had made a casual delivery 
Please build a future, darling 
With our bomb 
Cherish and love it 
For the sake of 
Earth bound kingdom come 
The undersides of fallen metal trusses 
Evil debris of human bodies 
Each window's glass shards pelted 
Secure confines 
Brittle collapse 
Neighbors lay beside 
Each other unknowing 
Faces scorched of all familiar bearing, 
Too few hands 
Many wounds for closing 
Marred by 
Thirsting 
Anguish 
Fear lamenting 
Here we stand 
At the door to gold atomic age 
Don't spoil your face with worry 
Trust in 
Earth bound kingdom come

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