Little Boy
Metal Church Lyrics

Mama, I'm crying, did the silver angel warn the earth
The singer questions whether his mother believes that there was any warning of the destruction that is occurring.

From a blue sky falling?
The singer wonders if the destruction came suddenly and unexpectedly.

Father, I'm frightened, what will happen if it falls again?
The singer is expressing fear toward the possibility of another catastrophic event occurring.

Will you be there to shelter me?
The artist is questioning whether his father will be there to comfort and protect him in the midst of turmoil.

The little dot that falls, a little boy, that's all
The artist reflects on the human lives that were lost in the disaster, reducing them to nothing more than a mere dot.

Morning comes, I walk to school, but something's in the air
The singer senses that something significant has occurred, even though his daily routine is unchanged.

Things have changed, there's war at hand, but I'm too young to care
The singer acknowledges that a war is taking place, but is too young to fully understand or comprehend its implications.

My home is a paradise, a jewel in the east
The artist views his home as an idyllic, perfect place that he cherishes.

My family, they have seen the battles, they're praying for relief
The artist's family has witnessed war firsthand and is praying for it to end.

Soon to be over, my father he said, victory is ours son
The artist's father believes that the war is coming to an end and that their side will emerge victorious.

We will mourn all of our dead
The singer's father acknowledges that there will be losses on their side that will need to be grieved.

I wonder what happens when a world is at war
The artist ponders the profound effects of war on the world.

In order to win, does someone else keep the score?
The singer questions the morality of war and the idea that one must emerge victorious at the expense of another.

I think of my future on this beautiful day
The singer contemplates their own future on a seemingly picturesque and calm day.

How could I have known that the end's on its way?
The singer expresses disbelief and anguish over the impending disaster that they could not have foreseen.

The sky is quiet
The artist observes that the sky is unnervingly still and peaceful after the disaster occurs.

Just one single plane
The artist notes that the devastation was caused by a single aircraft.

To bring destruction
The singer laments the fact that this one vehicle was able to wreak such havoc and devastation.

Has mankind gone insane?
The singer questions whether humanity has become depraved and destructive beyond redemption.

What happened to the land?
The artist is struck by the complete and utter transformation of the land in the aftermath of the disaster.

Metal fused with stone
The artist observes that the disaster has caused a transformation of the very landscape itself.

Nothing remains, nothing lives
The artist laments the complete and utter destruction of an entire area, including all living things within it.

Burned through the bone
The singer is horrified by the visceral nature of the destruction, which hearkens back to the very bone itself.

The sun touched the earth somehow, life melts away
The artist likens the disaster to the sun itself, which has the power to annihilate everything in its path.

One city barren wasteland, a split-second blaze
The singer reflects on the obliteration of an entire city in a moment's time, leaving nothing but a smoldering, lifeless wasteland in its wake.

The heat turned the men to shadows, the sand into glass
The singer describes the haunting and surreal aftermath of the disaster, in which entire human beings were reduced to mere shadows on the ground, and even the sand itself became fused and hardened into glass.

A master stroke of evil in a blinding flash
The singer contemplates the sinister and almost otherworldly nature of the destruction, which was brought about suddenly and with malicious intent.

The sea of dead and dying increases by the day
The artist mourns the loss of life in the wake of the disaster, noting that the death toll continues to rise.

For years to come we pay the price of science gone astray
The artist acknowledges that the disaster was, in fact, caused by human error and hubris, as a result of misplaced faith in scientific progress and development.