Yeah, i agree that it is about the atom bomb being dropped on Japan. There is more evidence in the lyrics of a demo version of the song. In that version, instead of "no one was waiting to throw out the pilot, Darroh says "no one was eating and barely surviving." There's another line where he says "mixing the coral skies, igniting the 9-5, streets here are not alive." I think that's pretty conclusive evidence that it is about the atom bomb. When the bomb was dropped, everyone was working, or heading to work, so they "ignited the 9-5" One more line from that song is "searching the scattered sticks, all handshakes and loving it. Whats a captain without his ship." Meaning, people were searching though the rubble, while the Japanese emperor surrendered aka" all handshakes and loving it"
"Whats a Capitan without his ship" means that he really had no choice to surrender because his enemies were just going to keep dropping bombs, and whats the point of being the emperor when there's no country left to rule.
Yeah, i agree that it is about the atom bomb being dropped on Japan. There is more evidence in the lyrics of a demo version of the song. In that version, instead of "no one was waiting to throw out the pilot, Darroh says "no one was eating and barely surviving." There's another line where he says "mixing the coral skies, igniting the 9-5, streets here are not alive." I think that's pretty conclusive evidence that it is about the atom bomb. When the bomb was dropped, everyone was working, or heading to work, so they "ignited the 9-5" One more line from that song is "searching the scattered sticks, all handshakes and loving it. Whats a captain without his ship." Meaning, people were searching though the rubble, while the Japanese emperor surrendered aka" all handshakes and loving it" "Whats a Capitan without his ship" means that he really had no choice to surrender because his enemies were just going to keep dropping bombs, and whats the point of being the emperor when there's no country left to rule.