So proud we've gone too far
But will we even live to see tomorrow
Or will Shiva scorch the globe
And strike me down here in New Mexico?
See, not that long ago
We were the lonely few to
Know what one should never know
I couldn't turn away
I felt the spark inside me grow
And grow and grow and grow
And grow and grow

Another cigarette
When I am God and witness my creation
In the wake of its Big Bang
No cosmic function save destruction
I'll be damned
Hot nights of tireless perspiration
Miles of sand in each direction
My fixation saw completion
Then I felt cold apprehension
When the plans, they left my hands

Trying to imagine
Oppenheimer's burden
The pressure on a person
The pressure to perform
To see the fireball form
The monumental roar
The bomb to end the war
The calm before the storm
Feeling so uncertain
Oppenheimer's burden
Bigger than Manhattan
And brighter than a blinding light
The distant sphere
His fear ignites
The atmosphere

In the calm before the storm
My blood was boiling as I saw the fireball form
I'll show those bastards it's the reason I was born
Am I Destroyer or the one to win the war?
Transfixed in horror by the glory of the orb
And though "it works" I know not what it's working for
The cloud expands atop the column to the roar

The brilliance of the distant sphere
My fear ignites the atmosphere
The brilliance of the distant sphere
My fear ignites the atmosphere
The brilliance of the distant sphere
My fear ignites the atmosphere
The brilliance of the distant sphere
My fear ignites the atmosphere
The brilliance of the distant sphere
My fear ignites the atmosphere
The brilliance of the distant sphere
My fear ignites the atmosphere
The brilliance of the distant sphere
My fear ignites the atmosphere
The brilliance of the distant sphere
My fear ignites the atmosphere

Perfect in precision
Oppenheimer's vision
The waves of indecision
The fission unperceived
Too bold to be believed
A paradox of peace
A sight to melt the mind
The apex of mankind
King of all devices
Oppenheimer's crisis
Smaller than an atom
But louder than an angel's horn
The instant doubt
Once witnessing
The mushroom cloud