Little Boy Lyrics
From a blue sky falling?
Father, I'm frightened, what will happen if it falls again?
Will you be there to shelter me?
The little dot that falls, a little boy, that's all
That's all
but something's in the air
Things have changed, there's war at hand,
but I'm too young to care
My home is a paradise, a jewel in the east
My family, they have seen the battles,
they're praying for relief
Soon to be over, my father he said, victory is ours son
We will mourn all of our dead
In order to win, does someone else keep the score?
I think of my future on this beautiful day
How could I have known that the end's on its way?
Just one single plane
To bring destruction
Has mankind gone insane?
Metal fused with stone
Nothing remains, nothing lives
Burned through the bone
One city barren wasteland, a split-second blaze
The heat turned the men to shadows, the sand into glass
A master stroke of evil in a blinding flash
For years to come we pay the price of science gone astray
I think this song is about nuclear war. I think the bomb dropped on Hiroshima was codenamed "Little Boy", because witnesses said that only one plane was in the sky, and there weren't a bunch of them ready to carpet bomb the city. They didn't think it was going to drop the first ever nuclear bomb and vaporize Hiroshima, but that's what happened. Let's hope someday we will never see a city in ruins from a nuke again.
The song is about the devastating consequences of war, specifically, the dropping of an atomic bomb, with the title referring to the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, codenamed "Little Boy". It delves into the devastating consequences of war, particularly from the perspective of a young boy who witnesses the destruction caused by nuclear warfare. The lyrics vividly describe the transformation of the land into a barren wasteland, with thermal radiation burning shadows onto objects and extreme heat turning sand into grass.
This song brings backs the tragedy that struck the USA on September 11. It reminds me of a little boy looking into the sky and see disaster stike at an instant and his fear and questions towards his mother.
I'm surprised no one explained this.
I'm surprised no one explained this.
No it's not Sept 11. The album came out in 93. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanging_in_the_Balance. The lyric is clear that it's about dropping an atomic bomb. The Title is not so subtle: "Little Boy" was the codename of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Boy The song, and especially the lyrics is a masterpiece. "The heat turned the men to shadows, the sand into glass" Thermal radiation can burn shadows onto ojects. Extreme heat turns sand into grass. http://16838563.nhd.weebly.com/successes.html ("shadow was burnt into the ground. The shadow is all that remains, as the man himself was vaporized.") http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KgBT8kIRgBo/TFx1s8X2h1I/AAAAAAAAGwo/6fQdnw2JcyA/s1600/Nagasaki%25252BShadows.jpg...
No it's not Sept 11. The album came out in 93. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanging_in_the_Balance. The lyric is clear that it's about dropping an atomic bomb. The Title is not so subtle: "Little Boy" was the codename of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Boy The song, and especially the lyrics is a masterpiece. "The heat turned the men to shadows, the sand into glass" Thermal radiation can burn shadows onto ojects. Extreme heat turns sand into grass. http://16838563.nhd.weebly.com/successes.html ("shadow was burnt into the ground. The shadow is all that remains, as the man himself was vaporized.") http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KgBT8kIRgBo/TFx1s8X2h1I/AAAAAAAAGwo/6fQdnw2JcyA/s1600/Nagasaki%25252BShadows.jpg
