In an interview, lead vocalist Biff Byford explained the inspiration for this song by paraphrasing its first line: "We were on the Russian border the day Chernobyl blew up." Pretty simply put, the song is about Chernobyl and depicts the terrifying moments after the Chernobyl disaster in 1986. The band was on tour in Eastern Europe near the Russian border at the time when they then heard the news of the nuclear reactor meltdown. It describes the fear and confusion that ensued, as people scrambled to find shelter and protect themselves from the deadly fallout that was spreading across the land.
In an interview, lead vocalist Biff Byford explained the inspiration for this song by paraphrasing its first line: "We were on the Russian border the day Chernobyl blew up." Pretty simply put, the song is about Chernobyl and depicts the terrifying moments after the Chernobyl disaster in 1986. The band was on tour in Eastern Europe near the Russian border at the time when they then heard the news of the nuclear reactor meltdown. It describes the fear and confusion that ensued, as people scrambled to find shelter and protect themselves from the deadly fallout that was spreading across the land.