Hercules Lyrics
I want to keep it that way, I won't cry
My life's such a valuable thing
And some things don't fade away, but I don't mind
We won't forget, we can't forgive
Keep us radioactive free
Strike a bell in Hiroshima park
You know that we can't see in the dark
We try and we try and we try and we try and we try
When everybody's got you on the run?
South Pacific carry on
Nobody really wants to talk about it
This is no time to be wondering why
I do the best I can do
The human jungle and the global zoo
I'll find my way it's a very special world, oh now
Why wait for the planes to come
When everybody's got us on the run?
South Pacific carry on
Here come the Hercules
Here come the submarines
Sinking south pacific dreams
Is this something I will remember?
Is this something I will remember
Remember, remember
This song actually refers to the sinking of the Rainbow Warrior outside of Aukland harbour by french secret service/submarine (depends who you listen to). The rainbow warrior was protesting nuclear testing in french polynesia and a hercules was a RAAF plane sent to look for survivors but warned of by the french navy.
@mattc1 rainbow warrior was tied up at the wharf in auckland harbbour, basically right in the middle of the city. French special forces operatives set a bomb and sunk it, killing one person. In defence of the frogs, the boat was supposed to be empty and nuclear testing has to be done somewhere.......ok, thats a pretty sh#t defence.
@mattc1 rainbow warrior was tied up at the wharf in auckland harbbour, basically right in the middle of the city. French special forces operatives set a bomb and sunk it, killing one person. In defence of the frogs, the boat was supposed to be empty and nuclear testing has to be done somewhere.......ok, thats a pretty sh#t defence.
Basically about the fear of the consequences of The Cold War and the nuclear testing in the South Pacific. The Hercules is a transport plane commonly used by the USAF and the RAAF.