Death machine that ran on a dream The holocaust team That kept the machine With nuclear fusion Nuclear fission Living inside the big politician crown American hero Modern day Nero Testing effects of ground zero Uranium medium Treated in platinum Find em' and feed em' And hurry and batten' em' down Killing is easy as pressing a button All the years we've leveled to nothin' Alienation with all radiation Pulsing sensation of annihilation Here is the church And here is the steeple Open the door And here are the people That built the machine To thread the needle Filling its tank With high powered diesel Feeling the power Of living gone sour Being the race That's starting to cower Hating each other Killing our brothers Needlessly strung We're starting to shudder out Killing all hopes of a new generation Dying of guilt of premeditation Knowing and showing The world would be going Setting the river of blood flowing out No more tomorrow Life that we borrow No more decision No more religion Man's finest hour Nuclear shower Snowing in our hydrogen power