Krakatoa

To the east of Java back in eighteen eighty three
Stood a peaceful island basking in the sea
No one knew the danger lying deep beneath the earth
That Mother Nature's victim would sooth the monsters birth
Krakatoa
The earth was spitting thunder with a deadly roar
When the dust had settled Krakatoa was no more
With a scream of fury the power was released
The biggest known explosion the world had ever seen
The shockwaves traveled 'round the earth to smash the Richter scale
The tidal wave that followed left death and desolation in it's trail
Krakatoa
The earth was spitting thunder with a deadly roar
When the dust had settled Krakatoa was no more
Blasting chunks of magma into the stratosphere
A thousand scarlet sunsets the land, a sea of fear
To the east of Java basking in the sea
The son of Krakatoa is rising from the deep
Krakatoa
The earth was spitting thunder with a deadly roar
When the dust had settled Krakatoa was no more
Krakatoa
Krakatoa
Krakatoa
***Der Song erzählt vom Ausbruch des indonesischen Vulkans Krakatau 1883, der zweitgrößte Vulkanausbruch seit Menschengedenken.
Die Explosion war etwa 10.000-100.000 mal so stark wie die Atombombe von Hiroshima. Der in die Atmosphäre geschleuderte Staub verteilte sich auf der ganzen Welt und ließ den Himmel eine Zeit lang rot schimmern.***