This song brings backs the tragedy that struck the USA on September 11. It reminds me of a little boy looking into the sky and see disaster stike at an instant and his fear and questions towards his mother.
No it's not Sept 11. The album came out in 93. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanging_in_the_Balance.
The lyric is clear that it's about dropping an atomic bomb. The Title is not so subtle: "Little Boy" was the codename of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Boy
The song, and especially the lyrics is a masterpiece.
"The heat turned the men to shadows, the sand into glass"
Thermal radiation can burn shadows onto ojects. Extreme heat turns sand into grass.
http://16838563.nhd.weebly.com/successes.html ("shadow was burnt into the ground. The shadow is all that remains, as the man himself was vaporized.")
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KgBT8kIRgBo/TFx1s8X2h1I/AAAAAAAAGwo/6fQdnw2JcyA/s1600/Nagasaki%25252BShadows.jpg...
This song brings backs the tragedy that struck the USA on September 11. It reminds me of a little boy looking into the sky and see disaster stike at an instant and his fear and questions towards his mother.
I'm surprised no one explained this.
I'm surprised no one explained this.
No it's not Sept 11. The album came out in 93. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanging_in_the_Balance. The lyric is clear that it's about dropping an atomic bomb. The Title is not so subtle: "Little Boy" was the codename of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Boy The song, and especially the lyrics is a masterpiece. "The heat turned the men to shadows, the sand into glass" Thermal radiation can burn shadows onto ojects. Extreme heat turns sand into grass. http://16838563.nhd.weebly.com/successes.html ("shadow was burnt into the ground. The shadow is all that remains, as the man himself was vaporized.") http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KgBT8kIRgBo/TFx1s8X2h1I/AAAAAAAAGwo/6fQdnw2JcyA/s1600/Nagasaki%25252BShadows.jpg...
No it's not Sept 11. The album came out in 93. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanging_in_the_Balance. The lyric is clear that it's about dropping an atomic bomb. The Title is not so subtle: "Little Boy" was the codename of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Boy The song, and especially the lyrics is a masterpiece. "The heat turned the men to shadows, the sand into glass" Thermal radiation can burn shadows onto ojects. Extreme heat turns sand into grass. http://16838563.nhd.weebly.com/successes.html ("shadow was burnt into the ground. The shadow is all that remains, as the man himself was vaporized.") http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KgBT8kIRgBo/TFx1s8X2h1I/AAAAAAAAGwo/6fQdnw2JcyA/s1600/Nagasaki%25252BShadows.jpg