Song is about impending doom of nuclear holocaust and the destruction of the world at the hands of wealthy politicians that value profits over the well being of the earth.
Doomsday befalls. Awakened by sirens, the fifteen minute warning
ICBMs scream from their silos into the
Sky. Warheads detonate over their targets
Nuclear blasts incinirate city after city. Swept away by the shock of the
Explosions humankind dies in agony
Ash blocks the sun from penetrating the choked atmosphere
The global temperature drops
Into nuclear winter. Below, radiation poisoned air
Soil and water is all that's to be found
By what is left of who is left
Fires burn from the haze of a darkened world
Charred skins hangs from the bones of survivors as they struggle through
Leveled rubble. Past-gutted buildings and unburied bodies
Hell rages on the face of the earth. All creation lays at the
Mercy of madmen whose commands will cast us into world war three
If the keys turn from the press of a switch all life as we
Know it shall cease to exist. Cease to exist. Cease to exist
Cease to exist. Cease to exist