Hiroshima (Song)

By well-wisher

Sun, 03 May 2015
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1.

 

Ghost white, the cherry blossom

petals dance upon the wind;

ash white, they heap up

on the Earth below.

 

 

The boom of cicadas

fills up the still Summer air;

a little child falls asleep

and life goes on.

 

Chorus:

 

The radiance of a thousand suns

burned in my heart today

seeing my daughter and my young son

two little children at play.

 

The resonance of a thousand guns

boomed in my heart today

‘cause I met a girl, I know she’s the one

that I will love all my days.

 

2.

 

Laughter like, the peach blossom

petals float away downstream;

childlike, the pink petals

finger paint the Earth.

 

The gloom of a black cloud

threatens to block out the sun.

A child feels the rain fall down

and life goes on.

 

Chorus:

 

The radiance of a thousand suns

burned in my heart today

seeing my daughter and my young son

two little children at play.

 

The resonance of a thousand guns

boomed in my heart today

‘cause I met a girl, I know she’s the one

that I will love all my days.

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Submitted by Philip Sidney on

A chilling contrast of Japanese-like images, powerful.

Submitted by well-wisher on

Hi, Philip. I'm sorry if it seemed chilling. I was trying to be upbeat and life-affirming. I wanted to write a song about Hiroshima that was about Life (children playing, young people falling in love) rather than death.

Oh look, a link. I wonder where it leads.

JoHn

Submitted by Philip Sidney on

I think it is a clever combination of the past and hope for the future, can't avoid the chill with ghosts from the past.  I liked it a lot.

Submitted by torscot on

An unusual read for me.

My late father was there in 1946.

Sadly in  the photo's he took there were no cherry blossoms

He said he could still feel the heat

torscot