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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.
State of mind is a term meaning "mood" or "outlook" (see mental state (disambiguation)). It can also mean:
(Crystal Bernard/David Rhyne)
It used to be easy, now I'm doin' my time
Workin' so hard I got a pain in my side
Runnin' up a hill tryin' to catch my breath
Nowhere to go when I need some rest
Where do I hide, take me away
From this lonely state of mind
I've got to say, it's time to play tonight
Oh, I've been thinkin' that I'm not living
But it's only just a state of mind
Time to roll the dice, close my eyes and let it ride
Oh, I've been thinkin' that I'm not living
But it's only just a state of mind
I've been doing my best but there's one regret
That I live in this state of mind
My phone machine's beeping and it's hurting my head
Twenty-eight messages, I said
People come and go like a thief in the night
Taking my heart, stealing my time
Papers and dreams, what does it mean
When I'm in this state of mind
Polite as I seem, I want to scream inside
Oh, I've been thinkin' that I'm not living
But it's only just a state of mind
Time to roll the dice, close my eyes and let it ride
Oh, I've been thinkin' that I'm not living
But it's only just a state of mind
I've been doing my best but there's one regret
That I live in this state of mind
Oh, I've been thinkin' that I'm not living
But it's only just a state of mind
Time to roll the dice, close my eyes and let it ride
Oh, I've been thinkin' that I'm not living
But it's only just a state of mind
I've been doing my best but there's one regret
That I live in this state of mind
Oh, I've been thinkin' that I'm not living
But it's only just a state of mind
I've been doing my best but there's one regret