The above version of the lyrics contain errors as I have the sleeve insert right now in front of me. The song is about the progression and possible future of atomic weapons.
"Iron fingers stab the sky...on it's tower, ready to fall" describes hundreds of early atomic weapons tests in which bombs were suspended on steel towers for above ground desert testing.
E=MC^2 relates to direct energy-to-mass conversion formula made famous by Einstein obviously. However the lyrics mention a Robert instead. Robert Oppenheimer led the Manhattan Project.
The part that segways into the future is the "cold fusion and fury" line. We have fission and fusion nuclear capabilities, but cold fusion is a debatable (even dubious) principle which has no scientific validity as of today.
The last verse deals with "bombers launch with no recall" and the rest of that verse is pretty obvious what will happen in this grim prediction of the future.
The above version of the lyrics contain errors as I have the sleeve insert right now in front of me. The song is about the progression and possible future of atomic weapons.
"Iron fingers stab the sky...on it's tower, ready to fall" describes hundreds of early atomic weapons tests in which bombs were suspended on steel towers for above ground desert testing.
E=MC^2 relates to direct energy-to-mass conversion formula made famous by Einstein obviously. However the lyrics mention a Robert instead. Robert Oppenheimer led the Manhattan Project.
The part that segways into the future is the "cold fusion and fury" line. We have fission and fusion nuclear capabilities, but cold fusion is a debatable (even dubious) principle which has no scientific validity as of today.
The last verse deals with "bombers launch with no recall" and the rest of that verse is pretty obvious what will happen in this grim prediction of the future.