Down the stairs the fallout shelter Destination of mankind The citizens of our hometown Waiting silently and blind Are you joking are you kidding There's no solution to the end The countryman sings on the air That some broken hearts never mend Empty streets and an imaginary skyline Not to find in tourists' guides Liberty has lost its feet A view on missing city lights Sheets so wet and within I sweat A worm inside the Big Apple I awake from sleep and I start to weep The end has not yet started started to happen Ten minutes to midnight Hide run just a few seconds to live Ten minutes to midnight A fatal mistake the world will not forgive Ten minutes to midnight Hide run just a few seconds to live Ten minutes to midnight A fatal mistake the world will not forgive While melting away ... We're melting away.