Oppenheimer’s Burden Talkshow Boy

So proud we've gone too far
But will we even live to see tomorrow
Or will Shiva scorch the globe
And strike me down here in New Mexico?
See, not that long ago
We were the lonely few to
Know what one should never know
I couldn't turn away
I felt the spark inside me grow
And grow and grow and grow
And grow and grow

Another cigarette
When I am God and witness my creation
In the wake of its Big Bang
No cosmic function save destruction
I'll be damned
Hot nights of tireless perspiration
Miles of sand in each direction
My fixation saw completion
Then I felt cold apprehension
When the plans, they left my hands

Trying to imagine
Oppenheimer's burden
The pressure on a person
The pressure to perform
To see the fireball form
The monumental roar
The bomb to end the war
The calm before the storm
Feeling so uncertain
Oppenheimer's burden
Bigger than Manhattan
And brighter than a blinding light
The distant sphere
His fear ignites
The atmosphere