In the autumnal colors A brilliance to blindness Land of the rising sun Over which shadow prevailed The much anticipated Island project Made in me potent science A force to tame, a fatal force The trinity's threshold passed In the midst of flame - A new sun, Forming the perfect darkness Totems of a fire-breathing age And the damage done Ghost adaptation Its knell across the plain Coming on the wings of the wind White light - black rain Potsdam issued Declaration rejected And I could launch Absolute destruction In the gutter they would die I made them all die (Repeat) Like an abyss It opened up Silent thunder Struck through everything