Breathing
Outside
Gets inside ooh
Through her skin
I've been out before
But this time it's much safer in
Last night in the sky, ooh
Such a bright light
My radar send me danger
But my instincts tell me to keep
Breathing,
(out in out in out in)
Breathing,
Breathing my mother in,
Breathing my beloved in,
Breathing,
Breathing her nicotine,
Breathing,
Breathing the fall-out in,
Out in, out in, out in, out in
We've lost our chance
We're the first and the last, ooh
After the blast
Chips of Plutonium
Are twinkling in every lung
I love my
Beloved, ooh
All and everywhere,
Only the fools blew it
You and me
Knew life itself is
Breathing,
(out in out in out in)
Breathing,
Breathing my mother in,
Breathing my beloved in,
Breathing,
Breathing her nicotine,
Breathing,
Breathing the fall-out in,
Out in, out in, out in, out in,
(background narration)
"In point of fact it is possible to tell the difference between a small
nuclear explosion and a large one by a very simple method. The calling
card of a nuclear bomb is the blinding flash that is far more dazzling
than any light on earth, brighter even than the sun itself, and it is
by the duration of this flash that we are able to determine the size of
the weapon. After the flash a fireball can be seen to rise, sucking up
under it the debris, dust and living things around the area of the explosion,
and as this ascends, it soon becomes recognisable as the familiar "mushroom
cloud". As a demonstration of the flash duration test let's try and count
the number of seconds for the flash emitted by a very small bomb; then
a more substantial, medium-sized bomb; and finally, one of our very powerful,
'high-yield' bombs"
(What are we going to do without?)
Ooh please,
(What are we going to do without?)
Let me breathe!
(What are we going to do without?)
Ooh quick, breathe in deep!
(We are all going to die without)
Oh, leave me something to breathe!
(What are we going to do without?)
Oh, leave me something to breathe!
(We are all going to die without)
Oh god please leave us something to breathe!
(What are we going to do without?)
Oh, life is...
Breathing
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