Splitting Atoms

[Verse 1]

Why don't we just try?

It can't be hard to send a child, kicking, screaming into this world

Be it a boy or girl, we'll never know

Either way the clock is set to explode

I'll go on the record to say these creatures are easily among the most feared on Earth

For a nucleus inside a cell, we'll circumvent the laws of nature, the laws of love

[Pre-Chorus 1]

Born inside a house that seems so filled with ghosts

They're taking reservations at the door

I guess it's safe to say we'll all end up in the

Fetal position on the floor

[Chorus]

A nuclear power reaction

Jerry-rigged with low grade uranium

A sulfuric love affair using Pixy Stix and bubblegum

We're splitting the atom

[Verse 2]

The day that all the romance died

We cried and cried, as if it would never return

We found another way inside those hallowed halls

By spilling the ashes from the urn

[Pre-Chorus 2]

Forever giving up our nights to howl away

And all say "goodnight" to the moon

I think it's safe to say we'll always launch attacks

Three weeks too soon

[Chorus]

A nuclear power reaction, scout-knot tied to synthesized beryllium

Pulling life from the thin air, we're freaking out and speaking in tongues

We're splitting the atom

[Break]

[Chorus]

A nuclear power reaction with a side of weapons-grade plutonium

A sulfuric love affair using Pixy Stix and bubblegum

We're splitting the atom

We're splitting the atom