Hercules Lyrics

Lyric discussion by mattc1 

Cover art for Hercules lyrics by Midnight Oil

This song actually refers to the sinking of the Rainbow Warrior outside of Aukland harbour by french secret service/submarine (depends who you listen to). The rainbow warrior was protesting nuclear testing in french polynesia and a hercules was a RAAF plane sent to look for survivors but warned of by the french navy.

@mattc1 rainbow warrior was tied up at the wharf in auckland harbbour, basically right in the middle of the city. French special forces operatives set a bomb and sunk it, killing one person. In defence of the frogs, the boat was supposed to be empty and nuclear testing has to be done somewhere.......ok, thats a pretty sh#t defence.