[Verse 1]

Imagine a time when it all began

In the dying days of a war

A weapon that would settle the score

Whoever found it first would be sure to do their worst

They always had before

Imagine a man where it all began

A scientist pacing the floor

In each nation, always eager to explore

To build the best big stick

To turn the winning trick

But this was something more

[Chorus 1]

The big bang took and shook the world

Shot down the rising sun

The end was begun — it would hit everyone

When the chain reaction was done

The big shots try to hold it back

Fools try to wish it away

The hopeful depend on a world without end

Whatever the hopeless may say

[Verse 2]

Imagine a place where it all began

They gathered from across the land

To work in the secrecy of the desert sand

All of the brightest boys

To play with the biggest toys

More than they bargained for

[Chorus 2]

The big bang took and shook the world

Shot down the rising sun

The hopeful depend on a world without end

Whatever the hopeless may say

[Verse 3]

Imagine a man when it all began

The pilot of 'Enola Gay'

Flying out of the shockwave on that August day

All the powers that be, and the course of history

Would be changed forevermore

[Chorus 1]

The big bang took and shook the world

Shot down the rising sun

The end was begun — it would hit everyone

When the chain reaction was done

The big shots try to hold it back

Fools try to wish it away

The hopeful depend on a world without end

Whatever the hopeless may say

[Chorus 2]

The big bang took and shook the world

Shot down the rising sun

The hopeful depend on a world without end

Whatever the hopeless may say