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The Great Unknown by Dar Williams

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Once upon a time there was a nuclear family

And we lived in a family time we'd unite in a family way

And off the ancient mountain they were splitting every nucleus

But 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 that we're saving you from"

 

And soon they were bringing it into our showrooms

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 through 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 a vision as big as a great big wall

And they tell me that i'll move forward for the good of us all

And for the good of nuclear families all

 

And they think i think i am important

I know i never was 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 and i am millions

And i wanted to sell out i wanted to try

But you know that the sky got too low

And the ocean got too high

 

And i i had 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 a circle and that circle started to pray

And now 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

 

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

 

 

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