Continuing the story, humanity stumbles -
Gone is the glory, there's a far distant rumble
The clouds have gathered and exploded now:
Axes shattered, there is no North or South
Far off, the ice is foundering slowly
The ice is turning to water
The ice is turning to water
The water rushes over all
Cities crash in the mighty wave;
The final man is very small
Plunging in for his final bathe
The water rushes over all
Cities crash in the mighty wave;
The final man is very small
Plunging in for his final bathe
This is the ending of the beginning
This is the beginning of the end
Middle of the middle, mid-point, end and start:
The first peak rises, forces the waves apart
Far off, the ice is now re-forming:
Poles are fixed once more
Water is receding, like death and blood leaving
And when the water falls again
All is dead and nobody lives
And when the water falls again
All is dead and nobody lives
And when the water falls again
All is dead and nobody lives
And when the water falls again
All is dead and nobody lives
And then he said:
"Every step appears to be
The unavoidable consequence of the preceding one
And in the end there beckons more and more clearly
Total annihilation" [1]
This is the ending of the beginning
This is the beginning of the end
And when the water falls again
All is dead and nobody lives
And when the water falls again
All is dead and nobody lives
And when the water falls again
All is dead and nobody lives
And when the water falls again
All is dead and nobody lives
Not one single one!
Gone is the glory, there's a far distant rumble
The clouds have gathered and exploded now:
Axes shattered, there is no North or South
Far off, the ice is foundering slowly
The ice is turning to water
The ice is turning to water
The water rushes over all
Cities crash in the mighty wave;
The final man is very small
Plunging in for his final bathe
The water rushes over all
Cities crash in the mighty wave;
The final man is very small
Plunging in for his final bathe
This is the ending of the beginning
This is the beginning of the end
Middle of the middle, mid-point, end and start:
The first peak rises, forces the waves apart
Far off, the ice is now re-forming:
Poles are fixed once more
Water is receding, like death and blood leaving
And when the water falls again
All is dead and nobody lives
And when the water falls again
All is dead and nobody lives
And when the water falls again
All is dead and nobody lives
And when the water falls again
All is dead and nobody lives
And then he said:
"Every step appears to be
The unavoidable consequence of the preceding one
And in the end there beckons more and more clearly
Total annihilation" [1]
This is the ending of the beginning
This is the beginning of the end
And when the water falls again
All is dead and nobody lives
And when the water falls again
All is dead and nobody lives
And when the water falls again
All is dead and nobody lives
And when the water falls again
All is dead and nobody lives
Not one single one!
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The original context for this quote runs as follows:
“If successful, radioactive poisoning of the atmosphere, and hence annihilation of any life on earth, has been brought within the range of technical possibilities. The ghostlike character of this development lies in its apparently compulsory trend. Every step appears as the unavoidable consequence of the preceding one. In the end there beckons more and more clearly general annihilation.”