Two Million Degrees

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Two Million Degrees They're counting carbon while the silos warm Two degrees tomorrow, but they miss the storm Politicians play with matches in the gasoline Lessons from Cuba? Just a faded magazine Deterrence was a word they used to know Now the generals say: "We've got room to grow" Winnable wars in their computer games Collateral damage – just forget the names

They're betting billions on a flash of light While you're sleeping peaceful in your bed at night

We don't need no nuclear war! It'll burn it all down, leave us back to the core No way to restore, no, nothing at all We don't need no nuclear war!

Corporate ledgers don't count human souls Profit margins written in the missile holes Eiskalt they calculate the losses high Your life, my life – just numbers in the sky Reason's been blown away by the wind Madness is back, and it's wearing a grin They forgot the fear that froze the world that day Now they're pushing buttons like it's just a game to play

They're trading futures for a mushroom cloud While the sirens wait to scream out loud

October '62, we held our breath Thirteen days dancing close to death Kennedy and Khrushchev – they understood But this generation's running blind and wild Playing Russian roulette with a planet's child

No more! No more!

NO MORE!

Your portfolio won't breathe when the air is gone No dividend can buy a new dawn They trade our future for a quarterly report While the missiles wait in their concrete fort You can't rebuild what the fire consumes No seed will grow in those poisoned wombs Our lives are precious, not entries in their file This world is worth it – we need one more trial!

WE DON'T NEED NO NUCLEAR WAR! IT'LL BURN IT ALL DOWN, LEAVE US BACK TO THE CORE! NO WAY TO RESTORE – NOTHING AT ALL! WE DON'T NEED NO NUCLEAR WAR!

End all wars. Now. Peace is the condition of growth. Let love flow into your hearts.