To the east of Java back in eighteen eighty three
Stood a peaceful island basking in the sea
No one knew the danger lying deep beneath the earth
That Mother Nature's victim would sooth the monsters ..?..
Krakatoa
The earth...was .. Sunda with a deadly roar
When the dust had settled Krakatoa was no more
With a scream of fury the power was released
The biggest known explosion the world had ever seen
The shockwaves traveled 'round the earth to smash the Richter scale
The tidal wave that followed left death and desolation in it's trail
Krakatoa
The earth...was .... Sunda with a deadly roar
When the dust had settled Krakatoa was no more
Blasting chunks of magma into the stratosphere
A thousand scarlet sunsets the land, a sea of fear
To the east of Java basking in the sea
The sign of Krakatoa is rising from the deep
Krakatoa
The earth.. was... Sunda with a deadly roar
When the dust had settled Krakatoa was no more
Krakatoa
Krakatoa
Krakatoa
Stood a peaceful island basking in the sea
No one knew the danger lying deep beneath the earth
That Mother Nature's victim would sooth the monsters ..?..
The earth...was .. Sunda with a deadly roar
When the dust had settled Krakatoa was no more
The biggest known explosion the world had ever seen
The shockwaves traveled 'round the earth to smash the Richter scale
The tidal wave that followed left death and desolation in it's trail
The earth...was .... Sunda with a deadly roar
When the dust had settled Krakatoa was no more
A thousand scarlet sunsets the land, a sea of fear
To the east of Java basking in the sea
The sign of Krakatoa is rising from the deep
The earth.. was... Sunda with a deadly roar
When the dust had settled Krakatoa was no more
Krakatoa
Krakatoa
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This bonus track is about one of the most famous natural disasters in history. In 1883, the volcano Krakatoa erupted, and at least 36,417 deaths were attributed to the eruption as well as the tsunamis it created. The explosion is thought to have been the loudest heard in modern history, being heard 3,110 kilometers (1,930 mi) away in Perth, Western Australia, and Rodrigues near Mauritius, 4,800 kilometers (3,000 mi) away; The pressure wave was reported to have circled the globe more than three times.