The Great Unknown - Dar Williams

Once upon a time there was a nuclear family

And we lived in a family time

And weЂ™d unite in a family way.

And off the ancient mountain

They were splitting every nucleus.

They said Ђ™donЂ™t be alarmed

Just donЂ™t try this at home.Ђ™

And they were the mystery that made the world run

And we had the powerЂ™cause they were the sun

And we called them our heroesand the future had come.

They saidЂ™look at the light weЂ™re giving you

And the darkness weЂ™re saving you from.Ђ™

Soon they were bringing it into our showroom

And theyЂ™d unveil it with itЂ™s title

Bring your familybring your family

ItЂ™s the great unknown.

You can lookbut you canЂ™t fathom

ItЂ™s the great unknown.

IЂ™m no ordinary princessI was born in the cold war

And my team is the rockets.

Go teamitЂ™s a dangerous time.

And I dream of the moon and building lunar clone colonies.

And I build my peace with strengththatЂ™s the best weapon youЂ™ve

Got.

OhI am the brainchildI am the mortar

With a plastic trophy and an eating disorder

And vision as big as a great big wall

And they tell me that IЂ™ll move forward for the good of us all

And the good of nuclear families all.

And they think I think I am important.

I know I never wasno I wasnЂ™t.

No I neverand how could I be?

ItЂ™s the great unknown.

Now weЂ™ve built itnow itЂ™s ticking

ItЂ™s the great unknown.

And I am your childrenI am millions.

And I wanted to sell outI wanted to try

But you know the sky got too lowand the ocean got too high.

And I tried to take God into my own hands.

Am I too late?

is it over?

Have I sacrificed my family to the great unknown?

ThereЂ™s a war between my conscience and the great unknown.

So I walked out into the gamma fields

Out in mercurynevada.

Where I stood in circle and that circle started to pray.

And the wind at the nuclear test sights floats the data at the radiation.

From the underground testing

Cross the lineyouЂ™ll get arrested.

And we came from all over in a silent appeal

As the drill comes down like a presidential seal.

And we stand for the livingand we stand for the dead

And we looked out to see your enemies

And we see that youЂ™re looking all at us instead.

And you think I am being disruptive?

But no IЂ™m running homeIЂ™m running

Ђ™cause IЂ™m trying to put the atom back together.

ItЂ™s the great unknown.

IЂ™m just trying to put the atom back together.

ItЂ™s the great unknown.