Pripyat '86

Ordinary April Life in the shadow of Reactor 4 Everybody sleeping Dreaming of life the way it was before The Mayday celebration coming Ferris wheel in place Days in this atomic town Seemed normal on the face But in the plant By early morning, the damage had been done A surge of power, a steam explosion The end had begun Could it be this whole disaster Covered up a lie? A secret phone call made at midnight Saving one man’s life? Unaware of danger Watching the fire from the bridge of death Radiation breezes Life getting shorter now with every breath A hundred twenty minutes spared To pack their things and go Told it’s only temporary How were they to know? That in the plant By early morning, the damage had been done A surge of power, a steam explosion The end had begun