Cold War culture: 'Fly into the sun' [Lou Reed, 1984]

[In the early eighties it did seem nuclear war was again a distinct possibility. I didn't turn back to watching the sky for the early light of an atomic blast (as I used to do as a child- like so many others) but really was once more terribly afraid. It was the spirit of the times: impendind destruction, the sword of Damocles hanging over our head, unappellably.]

You Tube: LOU REED, 'Fly into the Sun'


"I would not run from the holocaust
I would not run from the bomb
I'd welcome the chance to meet my maker
And fly into the sun, fly into
the sun, fly into the sun
I'd break up into million
pieces and fly into the sun
I would not run from the blazing light
I would not run from its rain
I'd see it as an end to misery
As an end to worldly pain
An end to worldly pain
I'd shine by the light of the unknown moment
To end this worldly pain
Fly into the sun, fly into the sun
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I'd shine by the light of the unknown moment
And fly into the sun
The earth is weeping, the sky is shaking
The stars split to their core
And every proton and unnamed neutron
is fusing in my bones
And an unnamed mammal is darkly rising
As man burns from his tomb
And I look at this as a blissful moment
To fly into the sun
Fly into the sun, fly into the sun
I'd burn up into a million pieces
And fly into the sun
To end this mystery answer my mystery
I'd look at this as a wondrous moment
To end this mystery
Fly into the sun, fly into the sun
I'd break up into a million pieces
And fly into the sun"