Survival Machine Lyrics

Roger Joseph Manning, Jr. Survival Machine

Oppenheimer's refugees
The greatest minds that science
Could convene

Welcome home, hail to the chief
He swears his ends will justify
Your means

Now, all you men of great renown
I need your smarts, so gather 'round
Right or wrong, it's our destiny

All I ask is that you try
You'd be saving so many lives
Go forth now, invent our vaccine

Survival machine

Trinity in '45
The sum of all our fears now
Quite alive
So in the east a fireworks show
Just to prove at last
That god, in fact, does take sides

A voice cheers through the telephone
"Now I can bring our boys back home"
You just might have stopped World War Three
But this intellect can't reconcile
How could our gifts become so vile?
Come home, lads, you've set us all free

Bless the survival machine

Machine

Late one lonely night
My soul was given up to flight
A chance to see what happens when
Love gives way to self defense

Now don't you worry
You are forgiven now

Come, child, take my hand
I'll walk you through our ravaged land
You'll breathe that fire into your lungs
And feel the heat of a thousand suns

Now don't be sorry
You are forgiven now

Brothers, sisters, pity me
I lost all sense of family
Was blinded by the victory signs
A hero's welcome in my mind
We know you're sorry
You are forgiven now