There are probably a lot of songs about Chernobyl. I'll post the lyrics from another below, since if people don't like something they can just scroll on down. I think the reason this subject is fertile for songwriting is because it's so emotionally terrible. I grew up in L.A. in the 60's and the Cuban missile crisis was upon us. And the Soviets were brandishing their nukes for 3 decades. It kind of poisoned my soul and stunted my growth. So anything related to nukes always gives me cruddy feelings. So when the Chernobyl disaster came on the news I was well fascinated. I didn't become a Goth tho. Just remember, when life runs over your puppy, now you have material for a blues song.
The cleanup crews had nicknames for the various areas at Chernobyl. "Masha" was the most deadly radioactive zone right around the destroyed reactor. 3828 is somebody's count of the number of men that died from radiation sickness; the total is much more over years.
Chernobyl 3828
Smog
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKrYae6pARA
The look on their faces says it all
As they're dressed up, to face their call
A date with Masha, her invisible spell
Lambs to the slaughter, go to war in Hell
Unlike any war fought before
This enemy has neither face nor smell
Desperately brave Men line Masha's wall
Lead overcoats, death in their throats.
Face the Masha, Face the Masha!
The joke's on the Joker that failed oh so well
Monstrous radiation - Masha's spell
The order is given, prepare the Bio-Robots
No machines will perform in these hot spots
We speak of Masha only in reverent whisper
Accumulator - the calculator of life
Radiation - dangerous and insidious
Affects the psyche of the bravest Men
Samoylenko, our commander
Weight of the world and times it by Ten
2 Minute shift - Graphite resolution
Using his Men is the only solution
Chernobyl 3828 - liquidation of Hell
High price to pay, there is no other way
Send in the Men, send them straight to Hell!
Masha, Masha, you're under her spell
Masha, Masha, time will tell
The look on their faces says it all
As they're dressed up, to face their call
A date with Masha, her invisible spell
Lambs to the slaughter, go to war in Hell
Unlike any war fought before
This enemy has neither face nor smell
Desperately brave Men line Masha's wall
Lead overcoats, death in their throats.
Face the Masha, Face the Masha!
The decision was made to send the Men
To the zones of mortal danger
Tarakanov, he drilled many men
He did so in person, he knew what faced them
Unthinkable background radiation
Just 20 Meters from corrupted reactor
With every spade full, for every Man
We reduce the radiation
For many Men, it's all too much
Stricken reactor reduces them to chaos
They cannot help this, for every Man
Has his own tolerance to radiation
Pathologic secrecy, how many men have died?
Radiation in the skies spreading Europe; Europe wide!
The legacy of Masha lives on
But you could have told your people the truth
Place a dagger in front of a man's heart you blind him, you blind him!
For some the truth will never be known
Stricken down with hideous cancer
For generations to come; birth defects
No go zone
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