The Great Unknown - Dar Williams

作词：Dar Williams

作曲：Dar Williams

Once upon a time there was a nuclear family

And we lived in a family time

And we'd unite in a family way

And off the ancient mountain

They were splitting every nucleus

They said 'don't be alarmed

They said just don't try this at home '

And they were the mystery that made the world run

And we had the power 'cause they were the sun

And we called them our heroes

and the future had come

They said 'look at the light we're giving you

And the darkness we're saving you from '

Soon they were bringing it into our showroom

And they'd unveil it with it's title

Bring your family bring your family

It's the Great Unknown

You can look but you can't fathom

It's the Great Unknown

I'm no ordinary princess I was born in the cold war

And my team is the Rockets

Go team it's a dangerous time

And I dream of the moon

and building lunar clone colonies

And I build my peace with strength

that's the best weapon you've got

Oh I am the brainchild I am the mortar

With a plastic trophy and an eating disorder

And vision as big as a great big wall

And they tell me

that I'll move forward for the good of us all

And the good of nuclear families all

And they think I think I am important

I know I never was no I wasn't

No I never and how could I be

It's the Great Unknown

Now we've built it now it's ticking

It's the Great Unknown

And I am your children I am millions

And I wanted to sell out I wanted to try

But you know the sky got too low

and the ocean got too high

And I tried to take God into my own hands

Am I too late Is it over

Have I sacrificed my family to the Great Unknown

There's a war between my conscience

and the Great Unknown

So I walked out into the Gamma fields

Out in Mercury Nevada

Where I stood in circle and

that circle started to pray

And the wind at the nuclear test sights floats

the data at the radiation

From the underground testing

Cross the line you'll get arrested

And we came from all over in a silent appeal

As the drill comes down like a presidential seal

And we stand for the living

and we stand for the dead

And we looked out to see your enemies

And we see that you're looking all at us instead

And you think I am being disruptive

But no I'm running home I'm running

'Cause I'm trying to put the atom back together

It's the Great Unknown

I'm just trying to put the atom back together

It's the Great Unknown