[intro] [Shout] [Male 1] Authorized! [Male 2] Authorized! [Male 3] I will not authorize! [Verse] It's the brink of nuclear war! With two superpowers on the dance floor! A dangerous, armed, concert! It's the Cuban Crisis! (Red Alert!) [Verse] [Male 1]: We have no contact with the capital! [Male 2]: We're at war, it's the only rational! [Male 1 and 2]: Launch the warhead! [Male 3]: No! We don't know what awaits ahead! [instrumental fill] [Pause] [Chorus] A single man, hold's the world in his hand Not knowing what joke, fate had planned He won't allow the launch! On that demand, he was staunch! [Instrumental] [Pause] [Verse] Hear the rattle of the depth charge! Hear the echo of the discharge! Our orders are crystal clear!!!! But are things really, as they appear?! [Verse] [Male 1]: Then what's our plan, comrade?! [Male 2]: What if we have been had?! [Male 1 and 2]: Launch the warhead! [Male 3 shouts]: No! There is no way the planet is already! dead!!! [Pause] [Chorus] A single man, hold's the world in his hand Not knowing what joke, fate had planned He won't allow the launch! On that demand, he was staunch! [Instrumental] [Pause] [Verse] Hear the argument between the three peaked caps! Hear the ringing sound as stress snaps! What final order will they give?! Who will god choose to forgive?! [Verse] [Male 1]: We're running low on power! [Male 2]: We must make the decision within the hour! [Male 1 and 2]: Launch the warhead! [Male 3 shouts]: No! We are standing down! Instead!!! [Pause] [Chorus] A single man, hold's the world in his hand Not knowing what joke, fate had planned He won't allow the launch! On that demand, he was staunch! [fading outro] [male 1] Salute! [male 2] Salute for peace! [male 3] May there be peace! [male 1] Salute! [male 2] Salute for peace! [male 3] May there be peace! [male 1] Salute! [male 2] Salute for peace! [male 3] May there be peace! [end] [end] [Pause] [Chorus] A single man, hold's the world in his hand Not knowing what joke, fate had planned He won't allow the launch! On that demand, he was staunch! [fading outro] [male 1] Salute! [male 2] Salute for peace! [male 3] May there be peace! [male 1] Salute! [male 2] Salute for peace! [male 3] May there be peace! [male 1] Salute! [male 2] Salute for peace! [male 3] May there be peace! [end] [end]