The song is about Einstein's reserach leading to the development of the atomic bomb: The lines "One more sun comes sliding down the sky/One more shadow leans against the wall" are a clear reference to the radiation burns or "shadows" literallty left of people who were incinerated in Hiroshima. The line "the worst things come from inside here" and "some inflated form of hit and run" refer to the desire to end the war quickly but decisively: the drive for peace leads to the development of the most catastrophic instrument of war.
@nylaw129 thank you. I’ve always thought “one more shadow leans against the wall” was powerful af. It refers to the shadows you can still see because the radiation was so hot that it devoured the people but bc radiation is mostly light the areas shadowed by the people were less burned than the rest of the wall. It’s nuts.
@nylaw129 thank you. I’ve always thought “one more shadow leans against the wall” was powerful af. It refers to the shadows you can still see because the radiation was so hot that it devoured the people but bc radiation is mostly light the areas shadowed by the people were less burned than the rest of the wall. It’s nuts.
The song is about Einstein's reserach leading to the development of the atomic bomb: The lines "One more sun comes sliding down the sky/One more shadow leans against the wall" are a clear reference to the radiation burns or "shadows" literallty left of people who were incinerated in Hiroshima. The line "the worst things come from inside here" and "some inflated form of hit and run" refer to the desire to end the war quickly but decisively: the drive for peace leads to the development of the most catastrophic instrument of war.
@nylaw129 thank you. I’ve always thought “one more shadow leans against the wall” was powerful af. It refers to the shadows you can still see because the radiation was so hot that it devoured the people but bc radiation is mostly light the areas shadowed by the people were less burned than the rest of the wall. It’s nuts.
@nylaw129 thank you. I’ve always thought “one more shadow leans against the wall” was powerful af. It refers to the shadows you can still see because the radiation was so hot that it devoured the people but bc radiation is mostly light the areas shadowed by the people were less burned than the rest of the wall. It’s nuts.