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Dogs of Chernobyl

The Sick, The Dying... and The Dead!
2022

Duration: 6:04

Track number: 4

Times played live: 0

Writers

Lyrics by: Dave Mustaine

Music by: Dave Mustaine

Theme

This track serves as a poignant and dramatic commentary on the **Chernobyl disaster** of 1986, but it uses the event as a metaphor for deep personal betrayal and abandonment. The narrator is 'left behind' like one of the literal **'dogs of Chernobyl'**—the animals abandoned in the exclusion zone. The disaster imagery ('poisoned rain,' 'radioactive pain') parallels the emotional fallout of being deserted by a loved one.

Lyrics
It was springtime The minutes simply drifting away Then everything stopped in the world (Fallout) radioactive clouds (Fallout) hides the exclusion zone (Fallout) and you were nowhere to be found I see your face, wherever I turn There's blood on my lips, as my eyes start to burn You vanished, and left me behind Like one of the dogs of Chernobyl Where did you go? Nuclear winter is here Reactor four's still belching clouds There's no one left to hear a sound (On and on, fallout) on and on, I keep searching for you (But I know, fallout) I know you're never coming back (Not for me, fallout) not for me, or for anyone, anywhere, anyway I see your face, wherever I turn There's blood on my lips, as my eyes start to burn You vanished, and left me behind Like one of the dogs of Chernobyl Where did you go? I see your face, wherever I turn My hair's falling out, as my skin starts to burn You vanished, and left me behind Like one of the dogs of Chernobyl Where did you go? Vault breach, too close is dead, massive exposure I must escape, and navigate this concrete enclosure No warning and no pain, only shock and then dread No one coming, no one going, I'm alive with the dead Nausea overwhelms my brain, distance is the goal Stomach spasms, leaking gut, I have lost all control Saliva gurgling, I'm retching, till I overwhelm the bowl I ask God, in repentance, do you still want my soul? Bodies strewn everywhere, no need for cremation Daylight coming into view, I sense there's no salvation Stagger out into the open, my eyes fixed and staring Armed patrol, red lights on, the sirens are a' blaring I am the walking dead, and I'm taken into safety They ask the time of death, because my skin's looking pasty Transfusions, test tubes, and clinical eyeing Purulence and decay, my deathly complying Blankets of smoke, orifices bleed Bloating bellies, and legs getting weak Cerebral swelling, organs liquifying Acute radiation, this is how they die This is how they die This is how they die
Musicians
Dave Mustaine

Dave Mustaine

Vocals and rhythm guitar

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