Coffee black and badge in pocket
Trench coat heavy from the socket
Mist hangs thick on cable wire
Geiger clicking rising higher
Bridge don't care who walks the span
Rad count climbs like diesel fan
Half-life hum in every breath
Dancing close to sudden death
Regulars would call it suicide
But the job don't wait for pride
Three missing kids near sector four
Boot prints fade on contaminated floor
Bridge don't care who walks the span
Rad count climbs like diesel fan
Half-life hum in every breath
Dancing close to sudden death
Flashlight beam cuts through the gray
Concrete ribs where rebar lay
Dosimeter screams on chest
Put the fear to final rest
Dawn cracks pink through poison clouds
Silence rings in missing shrouds
One more step and lungs might burn
But the badge don't wait its turn
Kids breathe shallow eyes wide bright
Dawn breaks hard on radioactive night
Found the pack near pylon three
Huddled tight as dormice be
Geiger quiet in their wake
