"Human Error" Lyrics

There's a bomb going off in Belfast.
There's a war in Vietnam.
There's a T.V. documentary.
To help you understand.
But the other channel is better.
'Cause it doesn't tax your mind.

Relax in the ignorance of your home
As man destroys mankind.
And the rest of the world has gone to sleep
Because they couldn't care less.
The world is going, so am I.
It's such a bloody mess.
There's an arms race in America
The race that no one wins.
If somebody pushed the button
The accidental sin.

Meanwhile baby wonders,
"What's a nuclear war?"
And mummy says to tell the truth, I'm really not quite sure.
And the rest of the world was ignorant
Because they weren't told more.
The pamphlet said 'Just stay at home, avoid the threat of war.'
The computer pressed the button.
The rain was full of lead.
And more bombs dropped on Belfast.
And Vietnam went dead.

The T.V. Documentary
Outlined the possible cause.
It was just a human error
Because man invented war.
And the rest of the world has gone to hell
Because they never cared more.
The children cried before they died.
"So this is nuclear war."