"Red Rain" has often been interpreted as a euphemism for fallout, while "End Of The Innocence" has that second verse:įor this tired old man that we elected king.īut then, the old man's challenge of an arms race eventually bankrupted the Soviet Union, so we won the Cold War without firing a shot! You may be right about "Shout", Tish, but I lean more toward the theory that the song was based on how the group's 2 founders met in a Primal Scream therapy group. This week is the 30th anniversary of the Three Mile Island accident. While machines prepare for the holocaust. Now machines control while the man obeys. While the man prepares for the holocaust. Now machines make music while the man makes plans. Man made machines make music for the man. Wow! That's a lot songs about nuclear war! Some of them are only tangentially about nukes. The beat of the drum is the fear of the dark.
My features form with a change in the weatherįollowing in the footsteps of a funeral pryreįollow in the footsteps of a solider girl I heard that "Shout" by Tears for Fears was written to protest the presence of US nuclear missiles on British soil, so I guess that could count, also.
Never comprehending the race has long gone bye I made a pilgrimage to save this humans race Maybe "melting with you" refers to being burned in a nuclear explosion: And maybe the reason he's frustrated is that the world's about to come to an end: It's a rant by a guy who's unsatisfied and frustrated with the world. In the paper today tales of war and of waste Theres a battle ahead, many battles are lost The song seems to be about a couple trying to stay together through adversity or having to be separated, but if you look closer, maybe it's about the couple trying to survive the aftermath of a nuclear bomb blast: "Don't Dream it's Over" by Crowded House: Oh wow, I would never have thought most of these of songs were about nuclear war, but when I think about it, I guess I can see how some of the lyrics could be interpreted that way. I called it 'La Guerra Fria', meaning THE COLD WAR! I once did a whole quiz on songs like this.
It's got the one line "Don't say you're easy on me you're about as easy as a nuclear war," but I don't really think you can say that the song as a whole is about it. "Is There Something I Should Know?" by Duran Duran is about nuclear war? I was just looking at the lyrics, and I'm not too sure about that: Is there something I should know - Duran Duran So if I gotta die I'm gonna listen 2 my body tonight War is all around us, my mind says prepare 2 fight On the surface, the song seems to just be about partying with wild abandon, but when you look closer, you see that it's really about the end of the world. It never occurred to me before, but when I look at the lyrics, I see that's what the subject matter of the song is: Oh yeah, "1999" by Prince was inspired by the idea of nuclear war. To work in the secrecy of the desert sandĬlose."The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades". The hopeful depend on a world without end The end was begun - it would hit everyone Where it all began a scientist pacing the floor When it all began in the dying days of a war