The blast begins its devastating wave Nothing can protect, no one can be saved The beast has risen, ground zero to the sky In seconds, eighty thousand die Hiroshima Flesh peeling in strips Not many have survived Agonizing pain, the fortunate die A hell on earth, no way to resist Everything you've ever known has ceased to exist Hiroshima The corpses burn in piles on the streets Their ashes and the fallout cover all beneath We strive for war, not to survive Humanity desires death more than to stay alive Hiroshima