Like a snap of the finger
It was just that quick
The building had fallen and shattered and melted
Under the heat
We found a buddy who was covered in blood
He kept on trying to get up and look
Lay down, lay down, lay down, marine
Under the heat
[Chorus]
All our lives changing under the heat
All our lives changing under the heat
"Take your cameras and get out of here!"
"Forget it," said the C. O, "You're out of line"
"You're angry, I'm angry, they're angry, just do the job."
Under the heat
We stopped to listen for voices
And then we'd dig with whatever we had
Listen and dig, listen and dig, listen and dig
Under the heat
[Chorus]
Reaching through this curtain of fear
My arms are stretched beyond the limit
I take the heat from streaming tears
To bear the cold and walk out in it
Walk out in it
All my plans for the future
Are a frozen picture
That has fallen and shattered and melted
Under the heat
[Chorus]
Under the heat
Under the heat
Under the heat
"Papers fluttered in the gentle October
Breeze and a page from a pocket-sized
Bible lay on the ground. It was open to
The book of Psalms. The pa**age said
"For they do not talk of peace, but
Against the quiet ones of the land they
Plot treacheries... "
- The San Francisco Chronicle
Monday, October 24, 1983