Imagine a time
When it all began
In the dying days
Of a war

A weapon that would
Settle the score
Whoever found it first
Would be sure

To do their worst
They always had before

Imagine a man
Where it all began
A scientist pacing
The floor

In each nation
Always eager to explore
To build the best
Big stick

To turn the winning trick
But this was something more

The big bang took
And shook the world
Shot down the
Rising Sun

The end was begun
It would hit everyone
When the chain reaction
Was done

The big shots try
To hold it back
Fools try to
Wish it away

The hopeful depend
On a world without end
Whatever the hopeless
May say

Imagine a place
Where it all began
They gathered from
Across the land

To work in the secrecy
Of the desert sand
All of the
Brightest boys

To play with the
Biggest toys
More than they
Bargained for

The big bang took
And shook the world
Shot down the
Rising Sun

The hopeful depend
On a world without end
Whatever the hopeless
May say

Imagine a man
When it all began
The pilot of
Enola Gay

Flying out of the shockwave
On that August day
All the powers that be
And the course of history

Would be changed
For evermore

The big bang took
And shook the world
Shot down the
Rising Sun

The end was begun
It would hit everyone
When the chain reaction
Was done

The big shots try
To hold it back
Fools try to
Wish it away

The hopeful depend
On a world without end
Whatever the hopeless
May say

The big bang took
And shook the world
Shot down the
Rising Sun

The hopeful depend
On a world without end
Whatever the hopeless
May say