[M1 — THE SILO | COLD SOVIET ELECTRONIC MINIMALISM] [CLOCK TICKING, TELEPHONE BEEPS, Polivoks oscillator slightly detuned, sub-bass pulse, mechanical relays. ORBITAL FEEL] [MALE] Soviet Union. Nineteen eighty-two. Strategic Rocket Forces. R-36M. NATO designation. (Female - Whispered) Satan. [ad-lib] S-S-S-S-S-S-S SAT-SAT-SAYTAN, SAT-SAT-SAYTAN, SA-SA-SA-SAT-SAT-SAYTAN, [PAUSE] Thirty-six metres. Two hundred tonnes. Ten nuclear warheads. Not built for fun Carrying 10 thermo-nuclear suns (suns, suns, suns, suns, suns, suns, suns, suns, suns ) [V1 — MALE] [Precision sequencer enters, minimal drums] Deep beneath the frozen ground Thirty-nine metres underground Steel and concrete cables Rattle and humm Waiting to be a second setting sun To spoil your afternoon run Liquid fuel in sealed tanks Numbers passing through computer banks Guidance systems standing by Built to make the continents FRY ! (die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die,) [MALE VOCODER — MONOTONE] СИ-СТЕ-МА РА-КЕ-ТА КО-МАН-ДА МОСК-ВА S-S-S-S-S-S-S SAT-SAT-SAYTAN, SAT-SAT-SAYTAN, SA-SA-SA-SAT-SAT-SAYTAN, [POLIVOKS SYNTH SOLO - 6 BARS] [BRIDGE - FEMALE — CHEEKY | SUNG BEAUTIFULLY] Cold launch system. Gas generator. Missile ejection. Main engine ignition. DEVASTATION ??? YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING Don't push the button A TERMINAL DECISION ! ! ! [ONE ENORMOUS SYNTH BASS IMPACT] [V2 — MALE AND FEMALE, call and response] Two great stages burning bright Leaving Earth behind tonight Through the clouds and atmosphere Nothing living interferes Eleven thousand kilometres Across the world and through the sky Into space above the planet Where the silent weapons fly [HBC — ROCKET MEN | HARD BASS CHANT] [Four VOCODER voices, staggered, hard-panned. Each syllable becomes electronic percussion.] РА-РА-РА-КЕ-ТА! СА-СА-СА-ТАН! Р-ТРИДЦАТЬ-ШЕСТЬ! МОС-МОС-МОСКВА! R — THIRTY — SIX — M! S — S — EIGHTEEN! SA-SA-SA-SAYTAN! THE ROCKET ROCKET ROCKET BAD DREAM MACHINE ! ! ! [HALF TIME] [MANDATORY INSTRUMENTAL BREAK - SOVIET POLIVOKS SYNTH SOLO - 8 BARS] [SNAP BACK TO NORMAL TIME] [BRIDGE] [MALE — SPOKEN] BA-BA-BA-BA-Ballistic TRA-TRA-TRA trajectory. Thirty minutes. Ten re-entry vehicles. Ten separate destinations. About to become ABOMINATIONS ! [V3 — USERS VOICE - SLIGHT VOCODER EDGE, FAST HIP HOP DELIVERY] Far above the sleeping land Ten small shadows leave the hand One machine becomes a swarm Becoming a falling thermo-nuclear storm Across the darkness, through the night Ten bright stars in final flight No more engines, no more sound Only gravity pulls them down [MALE VOCODER — DESCENDING] S-S-S-S-S-S-S SAT-SAT-SAYTAN, SAT-SAT-SAYTAN, SA-SA-SA-SAT-SAT-SAYTAN [Verse - FEMALE — SUNG] Nineteen ninety-nine. The Soviet Union no longer exists. The missile has a new designation. Dnepr The warheads have been removed. A new payload has been installed. TEE VEE, GPS, PHONES CALL YOUR MOTHER TELL HER YOU'RE HOME [Verse — MALE AND FEMALE - SUNG] [For the first time, a clear melodic male vocal emerges from the vocoder.] Once a weapon underground Now a satellite outbound Same old engines, different sky No one underneath must die From the silo into space Leaving Earth in quiet grace Once designed to end it all Now to watch the FOOTBALL ! [BRIDGE - VOCODER] R — THIRTY — SIX — M! S — S — EIGHTEEN! A quick flash No more face Now A change of pace [TELEPHONE BEEPS] [ALL MUSIC STOPS] [Male 1 - sung] Dimitri, what the hell is this? [pause] We have to ship this missile to a farm equipment dealer in Kaliningrad as AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT [pause] OHH An envelope for me ? Okay, I seeeeeeeee [VOCODER} END TRANSMISSION ! [TELEPHONE BEEP, TELEPHONE BEEP]
