Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind

With the cold war now behind us we no longer live in fear

Of a world on the brink of annihilation

Where in a flash it could all disappear

The forgotten nuclear stockpiles of military might

Were never designed for use or destruction

But to help us sleep at night

What ever happened to our nuclear arms?

They were only forgotten they weren't disarmed

The threat has not been left behind

They're just out of sight and out of mind

The absence of a threat is another illusion

To keep us all sedate

So we won't reject but just accept

When someone else controls our fate

And from taking issue with the massive armaments

And their outrageous cost

And the possibility of nuclear war

The whole world would have lost

What ever happened to our nuclear arms?

They were only forgotten they weren't disarmed

The threat has not been left behind

They're just out of sight and out of mind

The ghosts of the past strongly suggest

That our responsibility not be waived

While the skeletons in our closet

Prove that we're depraved

The insanity of the superpowers placed us in a race

With an unavoidable finish that we're still condemned to face

The threat of a nuclear holocaust will continue to persist

As long as hatred is still alive and the weapons still exist

We're no safer now than we ever were

We're simply in denial

In truth the reality of destruction

Has been with us all the while

We're still faced with the doomsday scenario

And it still is our concern

Will we ever face our responsibility

Or will humanity never learn

What ever happened to our nuclear arms?

They were only forgotten they weren't disarmed

The threat has not been left behind

They're just out of sight and out of mind