Roger Joseph Manning, Jr. - Survival Machine lyrics

Oppenheimer's refugees The greatest minds that science Could convene Welcome home, hail to the chief He swears his ends will justify Your means Now, all you men of great renown I need your smarts, so gather 'round Right or wrong, it's our destiny All I ask is that you try You'd be saving so many lives Go forth now, invent our vaccine Survival machine Trinity in '45 The sum of all our fears now Quite alive So in the east a fireworks show Just to prove at last That god, in fact, does take sides A voice cheers through the telephone "Now I can bring our boys back home" You just might have stopped World War Three But this intellect can't reconcile How could our gifts become so vile? Come home, lads, you've set us all free Bless the survival machine Machine Late one lonely night My soul was given up to flight A chance to see what happens when Love gives way to self defense Now don't you worry You are forgiven now Come, child, take my hand I'll walk you through our ravaged land You'll breathe that fire into your lungs And feel the heat of a thousand suns Now don't be sorry You are forgiven now Brothers, sisters, pity me I lost all sense of family Was blinded by the victory signs A hero's welcome in my mind We know you're sorry You are forgiven now