Paper crane in a dirty train
Trying to dry her wings
The atom split between her lips
In the final stage
Chemicals dissolve and the family disappears
She sees her life slip between the cracks in the atomic age
Like a shot in the vein
Like a shot in the vein

Can a pilot see the distant arc of history
A thousand suns all burst at once in a blinding rage
We need a drug
We need something to take the dreams away
The dream of peace has gone to sleep sleep
In the passing lane
Like a shot in the vein
Like s shot in the vein

There's a black dog hanging by a string
In the flutter of a thousand paper wings
You put your faith in the chemicals
But you fear the crash and you overreact
And you hear the bomb going off
Then you see the flash, it's out of sync
When you take bitter pills
No sugarcoat can mask the taste
A thousand paper cranes
Left out in the rain
A thousand paper cranes


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    the original title was "the unintended long-term effects of advanced nuclear waste," but geoff decided it was too long. geoff says in an article in AP about how he met a young woman in his depression support group whose family moved to america when she was just a girl. they were originally from hiroshima and they all ended up dying of radiation sickness and cancer and geoff can't help but think that because of america's actions, "there was a cloud that had drifted over America's sense of morality and self, after unleashing that kind of devastation on another people. This song is about living under that cloud."

    a scar in the skyon February 06, 2009   Link

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