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Prologue: 3 Minutes to Midnight Lyrics by The Sunpilots

King of the Sugarcoated Tongues

2012

We got 3 minutes to midnight so drop the bomb
We had millions of 1’s and 0’s to save the world from
We got 3 minutes to midnight so drop the bomb
Two men walk into a bar, trade jokes between cigars and try to read the other’s scars...
Like maps showing exactly where he’s been and all the faces the other’s seen
To feed into their little code breaking machines
We got 3 minutes to midnight so drop the bomb
We had millions of 1’s and 0’s to save the world from
We’ve got 3 minutes to midnight so drop the bomb
We had pieces of shiny metal to save the world from
Two men who walk into a store-
The place their fathers shopped before to keep us safe and sound and warm
Ring ring; each buying snazzy new machines
One in blue and the other green
Daddy would have been so proud if he could see
From the new regime and straight into your living room
Sponsored sound and vision; drip fed all the latest news
It’s a technical condition, people set to overload
No breaks in transmission messing with your thought control
Save me ‘cause I’m falling apart under fire from grace
It’s such a curious thing when we’re shooting each other down for space
And as the sky crashes down to the ground don’t be scared
It can be replaced; we’ve got machines to fill the hole
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The Sunpilots

The Sunpilots

About “Prologue: 3 Minutes to Midnight” by The Sunpilots

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