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."
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."