All of us atomic orphans
scattered out across these killing fields
From the cradle to the coffin
dancing through the radioactive yields
Doesn't matter what your nation,
doesn't matter what country or race
Planetary situation,
everybody here from the same place

Just because you didn't do it
doesn't mean you don't have to explain
Just because you ain't been through it
doesn't mean you cannot feel the pain
Didn't anybody tell you
didn't anyone give you the news
Maybe they can buy and sell you
you're the one who's gonna have to choose

When there's a hole torn in the sky
And the world's turned upside down
Everybody finds themselves
standing on the Proving Ground

People got a lot of questions
only get an answering machine
With the power of suggestion
You should keep your eyes glued to the screen
Telling you to duck and cover
waiting for the 'big one' to arrive
Even make you love BIG BROTHER
'cause you're so afraid to be alive

When there's a hole torn in the sky
And the world's turned upside down
Everybody finds themselves
standing on the Proving Ground