Destroyer of Worlds - SINGLE
by James Paddock
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about
As told from the perspective of Julius Robert Oppenheimer.
Oppenheimer studied philosophy, Greek, French literature, and theoretical physics. He was capable of speaking eight languages, learning Dutch in a mere six weeks. He was born into a family of creators - his mother a painter, his father a textile importer, and he was himself a gifted poet. He graduated from Harvard in three years instead of four, and received a PhD at age 23. In 1942, he was selected to coordinate the Manhattan Project.
It is said of Oppenheimer's achievement in creating the atomic bomb that he saved the world by allowing us to destroy it. It's hard to ignore the notion that the sheer world-ending scale of the device's destructive capability has had the effect of stopping the world's greatest military powers from engaging in all-out war with each other, with the idea of mutually assured destruction looming above them.
Oppenheimer saw nothing in the way of thanks for his efforts after the fact – the US government suspected him of being a communist spy and ultimately stripped him of his security clearance as their top atomic physicist.
Has this most merciless creation of war in actuality been the key to saving uncountable lives and de-escalated the threat of global war? Or has the nuclear arms race resulted in the manufacture of exponentially more threatening, planet-dooming weaponry?
The Doomsday Clock showed 7 minutes to midnight at the beginning of the Cold War. Today, we are 100 seconds to midnight.
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Oppenheimer studied philosophy, Greek, French literature, and theoretical physics. He was capable of speaking eight languages, learning Dutch in a mere six weeks. He was born into a family of creators - his mother a painter, his father a textile importer, and he was himself a gifted poet. He graduated from Harvard in three years instead of four, and received a PhD at age 23. In 1942, he was selected to coordinate the Manhattan Project.
It is said of Oppenheimer's achievement in creating the atomic bomb that he saved the world by allowing us to destroy it. It's hard to ignore the notion that the sheer world-ending scale of the device's destructive capability has had the effect of stopping the world's greatest military powers from engaging in all-out war with each other, with the idea of mutually assured destruction looming above them.
Oppenheimer saw nothing in the way of thanks for his efforts after the fact – the US government suspected him of being a communist spy and ultimately stripped him of his security clearance as their top atomic physicist.
Has this most merciless creation of war in actuality been the key to saving uncountable lives and de-escalated the threat of global war? Or has the nuclear arms race resulted in the manufacture of exponentially more threatening, planet-dooming weaponry?
The Doomsday Clock showed 7 minutes to midnight at the beginning of the Cold War. Today, we are 100 seconds to midnight.
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lyrics
I emerge, downcast and solemn
Gaze upon the dust that's fallen
Don't you judge my rash decisions
You know I had the best intentions
It burns!
Ignite the skies
All Earth
Unite or die!
Hand turns!
Close to midnight
All Earth
Unite or die!
Military mastermind
Haunted by his hell-creation
Aeons in the blink of eyes
Undone in sudden detonation
Savant with a sordid task
In ending mankind's butchery
Piece to camera – try to mask
This life-changing atrocity
Military mastermind
Haunted by his hell-creation
Aeons in the blink of eyes
Undone in sudden detonation
Savant with a sordid task
In ending mankind's butchery
Piece to camera – try to mask
This life-changing atrocity
It burns!
Ignite the skies
All Earth
Unite or die!
Hand turns!
Close to midnight
All Earth
Unite or die!
Never bring that fucking cretin in here again.
He did not drop the bomb.
I did.
That kind of weepiness makes me sick.
Millions erased
But billions more to save
Could this turn the tides of war?
Keep your eyes upon the face
Of time as it wastes
One hundred seconds to go!
It burns!
Ignite the skies
All Earth
Unite or die!
Hand turns!
Close to midnight
All Earth
Unite or die!
Destroyer of worlds!
And I killed them all!
Gaze upon the dust that's fallen
Don't you judge my rash decisions
You know I had the best intentions
It burns!
Ignite the skies
All Earth
Unite or die!
Hand turns!
Close to midnight
All Earth
Unite or die!
Military mastermind
Haunted by his hell-creation
Aeons in the blink of eyes
Undone in sudden detonation
Savant with a sordid task
In ending mankind's butchery
Piece to camera – try to mask
This life-changing atrocity
Military mastermind
Haunted by his hell-creation
Aeons in the blink of eyes
Undone in sudden detonation
Savant with a sordid task
In ending mankind's butchery
Piece to camera – try to mask
This life-changing atrocity
It burns!
Ignite the skies
All Earth
Unite or die!
Hand turns!
Close to midnight
All Earth
Unite or die!
Never bring that fucking cretin in here again.
He did not drop the bomb.
I did.
That kind of weepiness makes me sick.
Millions erased
But billions more to save
Could this turn the tides of war?
Keep your eyes upon the face
Of time as it wastes
One hundred seconds to go!
It burns!
Ignite the skies
All Earth
Unite or die!
Hand turns!
Close to midnight
All Earth
Unite or die!
Destroyer of worlds!
And I killed them all!
credits
released August 4, 2023
Personnel:
Kevin "Velvetic" Martins – music, production and mastering, whispered vocals
James Paddock – lead vocals, lyrics
Keagan Dunn – spoken words
The Final Event – cover artwork
Personnel:
Kevin "Velvetic" Martins – music, production and mastering, whispered vocals
James Paddock – lead vocals, lyrics
Keagan Dunn – spoken words
The Final Event – cover artwork
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James Paddock England, UK
Composer, singer, artist, and video game developer.
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