The Stupendium
Divide! The Gospel of the Geiger

[Intro, spoken: The Stupendium, (Crowd)]
Behold! He is coming with the clouds!
(This place is a message)
(And part of a system of messages)
(Pay attention to it)
And every eye shall be blind with his glory
And every ear shall be stricken deaf to hear the thunder of his voice
(Sending this message was important to us)
(We considered ourselves to be a powerful culture)
Let the men, women and children of the Earth comе forth to gather and behold
The powеr of Atom!
(This place is not a place of honor)
(No highly esteemed deed is commemorated here)
Let those who dwell here in his favored land
Attend now to the words of the Prophet of Atom
(Nothing valued is here)
Come forth and drink the waters of the Glow!

[Verse 1: The Stupendium]
Now let me take you back, my friends, to times long, long ago
An age before the wastes you see today
Long before our fate would see the shine of Atom's glow
Long before his light had shined the way
If you all could come to fathom
That the smallest little atom
Could hold a million stars in his embrace
And those before us in their wisdom
Saw it fit to keep imprisoned
All that fission sitting fizzing with his grace
Then a schism started brewing
The beginnings of undoing
But we enlightened Atomites
We see beauty in their ruin
For within each tool of war we found the core of Atom's glory
And we launched him forth and saw him scorch and call the fallen to him!
Let's get some mushrooms bloomin'!

[Pre-Chorus]
In every atom's light - creation
In each of us, infinite worlds
What simple sacrifice - a nation
To see his radiant light unfurled

[Chorus]
Now in every charged collision
Each division sows division
In each particle have heart
Though hard to see
Their society decided we were better off divided
And delightedly I’m inclined to agree
So pass the cup! You know you oughta
Come to sup that glowing water!
For by Atom’s might we swore to
Use their war to spread our order
Hear each crackle of the Geiger as his majesty inside you
Yes it’s time to be united and divide!

[Verse 2]
Now the scholar pouts and hollers and the scientist bemoans
Them physicists throw hissy fits and academia drones
Through laughably dull articles on theorems so farcical
That cast our martyred particles apart from Atom’s throne!
They’ll say, "We’ve conducted studies!"
They’ll say, "We’ve the facts to prove!"
"That energy’s just energy, not blessed" – brethren you’ve
Got to listen to numbers
Trust the experts yelling doom
Put your faith into the data
Last I checked that went kaboom!
You can waste your days debating with their squawking and dictating
Or just praise each detonation, leave them to their calculating
For their hearts and minds are lead, my friends, ain’t nothing permeating
But in Atom all are welcome, feel his radiance radiating!
Their "scientific proof"
Has them dreaming they’re so bright
That they are blinded to the truth
That we all seek in Atom’s light
Radiation ain't a danger, just purificatin' rite!
What’s some faint emaciation versus living a half-life?
Yes, them isotopes’ the price of hope! I promise you will find
You likely won’t see signs of growing cognitive decline
Eschew your fears, just shut your ears, take worries off your mind!
Heck, I’ve been here two hundred years, and gosh I’m feelin’ fine!
Bright eyed and ionized!

[Pre-Chorus 2]
In every Atom’s light – ascension
In each decay we’re shown the path
To every acolyte – redemption
For those who seek that glowing calf

[Chorus 2]
Now in every charged collision
Each division sows division
In each particle have heart
Though hard to see
Their society decided we were better off divided
And delightedly I’m inclined to agree
Set aside those old beliefs and be baptized in glowing sea
Born new and clear and nuclear just like our family
In our bonds we find salvation
In our covenant covalent
Let us all reclaim the nation and divide!

[Verse 3]
One blessed bomb in Megaton did set us on the path
And lead us on to Genesis from Eden’s aftermath
No confession without fission, come attend atomic mass
No creator without craters – Atom’s Eve sure was a blast
His light it shines inside us as in every bomb that fell
From fattest man to little boy, we’re all just mortal shells
Each encasing his creation stored in every dormant cell
As siren’s blare you’ll find our prayer in every warning knell
Divine in our intentions
Why we’re spreading Atom’s reach!
Close your minds to their deceptions
Time to fill your Glass and preach
Think you’ll find ascension chanting lines the scientists screech?
Well you’ve a better chance of meeting Einstein on the beach!
They say a lack of purpose, it can make a person crack
Oh, you’ll do great with sad and worthless if you take to turning back
But those stocking stacks of bottle caps and hauling bursting bags
Shall find thee too encumbered now to ride that verdant stag
So forsake your worldly wares
Well, you won’t need ‘em where you’re going
That Atomic clock’s a-ticking
It ain’t just hot air we’re blowing
Faith’s the greatest chain reaction
Get our radius a’growing
The future ain’t just bright my friends
It’s positively glowing!
Let’s get that water flowing!

[Pre-Chorus 3]
In every Atom’s light – convection
A warmth of welcome spreads to all
To every Atomite – protection
From those who would refuse his call

[Chorus 3]
Now in every charged collision
Each division sows division
In each particle have heart
Though hard to see
Their society decided we were better off divided
And delightedly I’m inclined to agree
What power found us here o’er this most hallowed ground zero
Where my visions did appear of how division’s drawing near so
Praise be Robert Oppenheimer as our Prophet up-on-high, my
Brothers, come! The time is nigh!
So let’s divide!
In the Fog we find the answers (and a modicum of cancers)
But that’s all within his plan so let’s divide!
Who cares what they have to say? We can just pray the rad-away!
We’ll all be dust on judgement day so let’s divide!

[Outro]
Divide!
(May we find salvation)
Divide!
(For in Rads we trust)
Divide!
(May we save the nation)
Divide!
(From those not like Us)
Divide!
(Well there’s quite the payload)
Divide!
(On this gravy train)
Divide!
(Let us make America)
Divide!
(Detonate again)
Divide! (Divide!)
Divide! (Divide!)
Divide! (Divide!)
Divide! (Divide!)
Divide!
Divide!
Divide!