[Instrumental Intro - low-tuned electric guitars, thunderous double-kicks, bass like a reactor core rumble] [Verse 1] Uranium two hundred thirty-eight!! rules for 4,4 billion years! A dense, silver-gray actinide born in stellar fire. It fuels reactors and forges the warhead’s core, The ancient engine of power and destruction! [Verse 2] Thorium two hundred thirty-two! ! waits for 14 billion years to fade. Soft, silvery metal with fertile nuclear blood. It dreams of molten-salt reactors and cleaner fuel, A patient giant in the realm of decay... [Chorus] Isotope empire! The reign without end! From the birth of the stars to the void we descend. The chain reaction will never be slain, The atom’s dominion will ever remain. [Verse 3] Plutonium two hundred thirty-nine!! rages for twenty-four thousand years! Heavy, silvery metal forged in reactors’ hearts. It drives warheads and fuels deep-space craft, The fissile king in the empire of atoms! [Verse 4] Radium two hundred twenty-six!! glows for sixteen hundred years. Alkaline-earth metal with a ghostly blue light. Once painted on watches, now sealed in fear, Its legacy locked inside leaded tombs... [Chorus] Isotope empire! The reign without end! From the birth of the stars to the void we descend. The chain reaction will never be slain, The atom’s dominion will ever remain. [Epic guitar Solo] [Verse 5] Cesium one hundred thirty-seven!! haunts for thirty years and more. A soft, silvery alkali with a violent reactivity. Used in calibrations and industrial gauges, Its gamma crown burns with precision! [Verse 6] Strontium ninety!! waits twenty-eight years to fade. A silver-white alkaline-earth warrior. It powers remote stations through betavoltaics, Its charge drawn from silent decay... [Chorus] Isotope empire! The reign without end! From the birth of the stars to the void we descend. The chain reaction will never be slain, The atom’s dominion will ever remain. [Verse 7] Cobalt sixty!! rules for just over five years. A hard, lustrous metal forged for purpose. It sterilizes tools and drives radiotherapy, Gamma steel forged in nuclear flame! [Verse 8] Tritium!! bleeds for twelve long years in the dark! A rare hydrogen isotope with a ghostly glow. It lights emergency signs and fuels fusion dreams, The liquid light in the veins of the future... [Bridge – Heavy] No mercy in decay! No rest for the atom! The clock strikes in silence, The core will never die! [Chorus – Final] Isotope empire! The reign without end! From the birth of the stars to the void we descend. The chain reaction will never be slain, The atom’s dominion will ever remain. [Repeat Verse 7] Cobalt sixty!! rules for just over five years. A hard, lustrous metal forged for purpose. It sterilizes tools and drives radiotherapy, Gamma steel forged in nuclear flame! [End - Drums slow to seismic strikes, guitars ring out, fading into a deep reactor hum]
