Hiroshima (広島市, Hiroshima-shi?) ( listen (help·info)) is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chūgoku region of western Honshu, the largest island of Japan. It is best known as the first city in history to be destroyed by a nuclear weapon when the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) dropped an atomic bomb on it at 8:15 A.M. on August 6, 1945, near the end of World War II. Its name 広島 means "Wide Island".
Hiroshima gained city status on April 1, 1889. On April 1, 1980, Hiroshima became a designated city. The city's current mayor since April 2011 is Kazumi Matsui.
Hiroshima was founded on the river delta coastline of the Seto Inland Sea in 1589 by the powerful warlord Mōri Terumoto, who made it his capital after leaving Koriyama Castle in Aki Province.Hiroshima Castle was quickly built, and Terumoto moved in, in 1593. Terumoto was on the losing side at the Battle of Sekigahara. The winner, Tokugawa Ieyasu, deprived Mori Terumoto of most of his fiefs including Hiroshima and gave Aki province to Masanori Fukushima, a daimyo who had supported Tokugawa.
there's a shadow of a man at hiroshima
where he passed the moon
in a wonderland at hiroshima
beneath the august moon
and the world remembers his face
remembers the place was here
fly the metal-bird to hiroshima
and the way a load
speak a magic word to hiroshima
let the sky explode
and the world remembers his name
remembers the flame was hiroshima
and the world remembers his name
remembers the flame was
(Gary Moore)
They still remember the day when Little Boy dropped from his womb.
They still remember how their homes became their children's tombs.
Their suffer mourn each soul who died that August morning
Why don't we listen, why don't we heed the warning?
Hiroshima, the place where innocence was burned.
Hiroshima, the memory makes my stomach turn.
Hiroshima, the world should truly feel the shame.
Hiroshima, the place where facing death became the way of life.
So many children have been born who cannot read or write.
They cannot speak, they cannot hear and some have lost their sight.
Adults with infant minds don't know the reason why,
for they were in their mothers' wombs when death fell from the sky.
Hiroshima, the place where innocence was burned.
Hiroshima, the memory makes my stomach turn.
Hiroshima, the world should truly feel the shame.
Hiroshima, the place where facing death became the way of life.
The rest of us should learn a lesson from their sorrow,
so we can stop it all happening tomorrow.
Hiroshima, the place where innocence was burned.
Hiroshima, the memory makes my stomach turn.
Hiroshima, the world should truly feel the shame.
Hiroshima, the rest of us must take the blame.
Hiroshima, the place where innocence was burned.
Hiroshima, the memory makes my stomach turn.
Hiroshima, men came to shadows where they stood.
Hiroshima, this kind of evil brings no good.
No, no.
No, no, no, no, no.
No, no, woah.
August 6th 1945,
A day many inoccent people died.
President Truman lost his fucking head.
100, 000+ people left dead.
B29 cutting through the sky
Disregarding human life.
U.S. pride it had to win.
Can't justify this fucking sin.
Nuclear war, lives lost.
Government kills with no remorse.
Government kills, that's the way it is.
Can't let it happen again like in Hiroshima!
You've got Hiroshima, going of inside
You cheat and lie just to survive
Shake the money tree, heed the warning sign
Were lovers lie, not paracites
What would you give to be the master of your life?
The struggle is such a waste of time, yours and mine
I give you these eyes that I see through
My blood, my money too
I'm not afraid to run to you
Cause I get lonely too
No-one knows you like I do
You've got Hiroshima, inside
Where lovers lie
What would you give to be the master of your life?
The struggle is such a waste of time, yours and mine
I give you these eyes that I see through
My blood, my money too
I'm not afraid to run to you
Cause I feel lonely too
No-one knows you like I do
What would you give to be the master of your life?
The struggle is such a waste of time, yours and mine
I give you these eyes that I see through
My blood, my money too
I'm not afraid to run to you
Cause I get lonely
I give you these eyes that I see through
My blood, my money too
I'm not afraid to run to you
Cause I get lonely too
I give you these eyes that I see through
My blood, my money too
I'm not afraid to run to you
Wait a minute, wait a minute there he is. His ass is a dead motherfucker
When I get my hands on him!
Dogg, your gonna get fuckin' busted! she'll break out with DNA on that ass.
She'll fuckin' use forensic science, whatever it takes, you ain't getting
Away with it. Your gonna get fuckin' busted, I'm fuckin' tell ya!
DROPPIN' BOMBS ON THAT ASS!
Only sixteen, a hottie across the street
Washin' her daddies car she was toying with me
She came inside, and promised, wouldn't take long
She's about to swallow, when my lady came home and caught me!
Down on my knees! Get ready, here she comes!
I'm begging you please! Get ready, HIROSHIMA!
Down on my knees! Get ready, here she comes!
I'm begging you please! Get ready, HIROSHIMA!
She was bitchin' mad out of control, like Hiroshima!
I thought the bitch was gonna' explode, like Hiroshima!
I never smoke, my woman hates it, it's wrong
But this ganja Mike Peezy had, it just smelled so strong
Roll it up, fuck it! I puffed it and passed
Not knowing my woman was standing right behind my ass
Down on my knees! Get ready, here she comes!
I'm begging you please! Get ready, HIROSHIMA!
Down on my knees! Get ready, here she comes!
I'm begging you please! Get ready, HIROSHIMA!
The bitch was stompin' shakin' the floor, like Hiroshima!
I swear to God I couldn't take it no more, like Hiroshima!
I love this woman, just as much as one can
Something's I do, she will never understand
I love Dark Lotus, and she loves the Cure
I love my wrestling, and she says absurd
She disses my style, she disses my rap
She makes my dick hard when she sits on my lap
If she dissed my homies I guarantee you some drama
I'll pack that bitches shit up, and send her back to her momma
Like Hiroshima
Down on my knees! Get ready, here she comes!
I'm begging you please! Get ready, HIROSHIMA!
Down on my knees! Get ready, here she comes!
I'm begging you please! Get ready, HIROSHIMA!
Down on my knees! Get ready, here she comes!
I'm begging you please! Get ready, HIROSHIMA!
Down on my knees! Get ready, here she comes!
Days and days are moving on
I watch the cars out
on the street in the rain
Years and years are floating past
boats & wounds & dreams
& hopes & me
Where did I go?
Am I inside myself
Pictures of the victims
of a situation undreamed
of planes & bombs
& war decisions
winners & losers of
hiroshima
Where did you go?
the child that must be you
Where did you go?
You've got Hiroshima, going cough inside
You cheat and lie, just to survive
Shake the money tree, heed the warning signs
Where lovers lie, not parricides
What would you give to be the master of your life?
This struggle is such a waste of time, yours and mine
I give you these eyes that I see through
My blood, my money too
I'm not afraid to run to you 'cause I get lonely too
No one knows you, like I do
You've got Hiroshima, inside, where lovers lie
What would you give to be the master of your life?
'Cause struggle is such a waste of time, yours and mine
I give you these eyes that I see through
My blood, my money too
I'm not afraid to run to you 'cause I feel lonely too
No one knows you, like I do
What would you give to be the master of your life?
The struggle is such a waste of time, yours and mine
I give you these eyes that I see through
My blood, my money too
I'm not afraid to run to you 'cause I get lonely
I give you these eyes that I see through
My blood, my money too
I'm not afraid to run to you 'cause I get lonely too
I give you these eyes that I see through
My blood, my money too
Under the rising sun, dirty, yellow children play
And in the red pagoda, mamasan is praying
Blood wasted saving face, ancestors are looking on
As they wave their silver samurai underneath the big gun
Hiroshima, no one could imagine
Not the victors nor the victims
Pitiful survivors nor the pawn of a man
Who had the button under his hand, no one would believe it
God, God is on our side, he placed the power in our hands
To teach the yellow peril, this is Christian mercy
Harry, Harry, give 'em hell, give 'em hell one time again
Well, show those axis powers how to make an oven, fry them
Hiroshima, no one could imagine
Not the victors nor the victims
Pitiful survivors nor the pawn of a man
Who had the button under his hand, no one could believe it
Hiroshima, Nagasaki
Don't you ever forget
Hiroshima, Nagasaki
Don't you ever forget, don't you ever fuckin' forget
This is the official voice of the United States of America
Addressing the peoples of the islands of Japan
Tomorrow morning, on August 15th, 1945 at exactly 8:15 AM
We will bomb your cities of Nagasaki and Hiroshima
With a blast that will level these cities
This is the only alert you will receive
Hiroshima, Nagasaki
Don't you ever forget
Hiroshima, Nagasaki
Don't you ever forget, don't you ever fuckin' forget
there's a shadow of a man at hiroshima
where he passed the moon
in a wonderland at hiroshima
beneath the august moon
and the world remembers his face
remembers the place was here
fly the metal-bird to hiroshima
and the way a load
speak a magic word to hiroshima
let the sky explode
and the world remembers his name
remembers the flame was hiroshima
and the world remembers his name
remembers the flame was
Third degree burns and twisted limbs
Men can't repents such evil sins
Cities leveled, molecular pain
The rising sun won't rise again
But it had to be done, the pigs all cried
We tried to warn them, the pigs all lied
Children born within it's cloud
Genetic disease the eternal shroud
The water boiled the sky turned black
Time zero was the final attack
But it had to be done, the pigs all cried
We tried to warn them, the pigs all lied
Hiroshima!
Hiroshima!
Hiroshima!
Hiroshima!
Oh rising sun your children weep
Will your memories of pain ever sleep
Will the book of life explain the cause
As the only way to stop all wars?
But it had to be done, the pigs all cried
Flashback... Pearl Harbor attack
Incoming bombers, no way to fight back
Chaos... blood in the sand
The enemy is coming, the threat is Japan
[Chorus]
It must fall to flame... Hiroshima
fall to flame... Hiroshima
Fighters strike from the air
Machine gun fire, no time to prepare
Wounded ships have been sunk
People will say kamikaze's the one
[Chorus]
One plane carries the bomb
Orders are given, the city is gone
Spreading flesh, it will burn
Revenge has been taken and
now the have learned
There's
a shadow of a man at Hiroshima
where he passed the moon.
In a wonderland at Hiroshima
beneath the August moon.
And the world remembers his face,
remembers the place was here.
Fly the metal bird to Hiroshima
and the way a load.
Speak a magic word to Hiroshima,
let the sky explode !
And the world remembers his name,
remembers the flame was Hiroshima
Paroles et musique: Georges Moustaki
© Paille Music
Par la colombe et l'olivier
Par la détresse du prisonnier
Par l'enfant qui n'y est pour rien
Peut-être viendra-t-elle demain
Avec les mots de tous les jours
Avec les gestes de l'amour
Avec la
peur, avec la faim
Peut-être viendra-t-elle demain
Par tous ceux qui sont déjà morts
Par tous ceux qui vivent encore
Par ceux qui voudraient vivre enfin
Peut-être viendra-t-elle demain
Avec les faibles, avec les forts
Avec tous ceux qui sont d'a
ccord
Ne seraient-ils que quelques-uns
Peut-être viendra-t-elle demain
Par tous les rêves piétinés
Par l'espérance abandonnée
À Hiroshima, ou plus loin
Peut-être viendra-t-elle demain
Oh-oh, Oh!
It was the start of the show
Hiroshima
and the people were shouting my name
as the house lights came down
and the spotlight followed me out
I waved down low to the crowd
as I busted ass on the front of the stage
Oh-oh Oh!
They're watching me, watching me fall
Maybe it was the course of adrenaline
as the concrete rose to meet my face
Maybe it was the sheer embarrassment
that kept me concious and standing as I
crawled back on the stage
and started pounding out the first song
There was blood on the keyboard...
..Oh my God.
Oh-oh Oh!
They're watching me, watching me fall
Oh-oh Oh!
They're watching me, watching me fall
You wanna see what's in my head?
You wanna see what's in my head?
You wanna see what's in my head?
Check it out 'cause;
I got pictures of what's in my head
I got pictures of what's in my head
They took of me in Tokyo
And I brought 'em back with me to the USA
Oh-oh Oh!
They're watching me, watching me fall
Oh-oh Oh!
They're watching me, watching me fall