The night is cold, the sun is down
  I see faces through the wire
  No chance for them
  No shoulder left to cry on
  
  It's 4 am out on the street
  Through the smoke I see the fire
  It's a funeral pyre
  For them to die on
  
  Countdown to zero
  Just begun
  Countdown to zero
  It's time to start the run
  
  The city lights are fading now
  As I climb into the plane
  To shield me from
  The stinging acid rain
  
  And this is it, it's over now
  As we taxi down Runway One
  Tell me please
  You'll wake me when it's over
  
  Countdown to zero
  Just begun
  Countdown to zero
  It's time to start the run
  
  Do you realize what's happening in Western Europe?
  Norway, Finland, Scotland, England
  We'll be the first to go
  Don't do it
  
  Countdown to zero
  Just begun
  Countdown to zero
  It's time to start the run
  
  Don't do it
  Don't do it
  Don't start the countdown to zero
  We want to live
  We want to live
  We will live
  You've got your finger on the trigger
  Take it off
  Let it go
  Let it pass
  Let it go