Broken Skin

Today at 15:45 hours India conducted three underground nuclear tests In the Bogram range Hope falls softly from your hands Dreams burn deep beneath the land Time casts shadows overall Sweating fever, rain or river Brushing winds beneath your call Broken skin, distant fear Shattered worlds of endless tears Hidden fires, distant lies Buried hopes beneath the cries Broken skin, distant fears Silent lips, so far, so near Silence, it is every hope apart Two flames burn deep beneath one heart Teardrops flow faster with the tide Raging over calmer waters As the timeless land divides Broken skin, distant fear Shattered worlds of endless tears Hidden fires, distant lies Buried hopes beneath the cries Broken skin, distant fears Silent lips, so far, so near Broken, distant, shattered Hidden, distant, buried Broken, distant, silent Cold games repeat on eastern shores Strong winds blow over colder wars Proud lips stay silent in the rain There are half a million voices in the song without a name Broken, distant, shattered Hidden, distant, buried Broken, distant, silent Shattered Hidden, distant, buried Broken, distant, silent (So far so close) Shattered (There are half a million voices) Distant Shattered Distant Shattered (There are half a million voices) Just five miles from Indias nuclear test site Children play in the shade of the village water tank Here in the Rajahstan desert people say they're proud Their country showed their nuclear capability