Mortui te salutant
Mortui te salutant

In days gone by, the Chinese man
As wise as he was old
Did formulate the concentrate
The world would now explode

The cannonball, the rifle shot
The forces we unfold
We devastate and terminate
A triumph, we are told

Who can tell?
Break the spell
Reign in hell
When you're messing with

The bullet and the bomb
The bullet and the bomb

The race was on, the will to kill
When science joined the game
Unmerciful and finally
It all became insane

In forty-five, a catastrophe
In Oppenheimer's mind
And man did see the universe
Atomically collide

Who can tell?
Break the spell
Reign in hell
When you're messing with

The bullet and the bomb
The bullet and the bomb

Who can tell?
Break the spell
Reign in hell
When you're messing with

The bullet and the bomb
The bullet and the bomb

The bullet and the bomb
The bullet and the bomb