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 - catastrophe

In Oppenheimer's mind

And man did see the universe

Atomically collide