Why don't we just try It can't be hard to send a child, kicking, screaming into this world Be it a boy or girl, we'll never know Either way the clock is set to explode... I'll go on the record to say these creatures are easily among the most feared on Earth For a nucleus inside a cell, we'll circumvent the laws of nature, the laws of love Born inside a house that seems so filled with ghosts They're taking reservations at the door I guess it's safe to say we'll all end up in the Fetal position on the floor [Chorus] A nuclear power reaction Jerry-rigged with low grade uranium A sulfuric love affair using Pixy Stix and bubblegum We're splitting the atom The day that all the romance died We cried and cried, as if it would never return We found another way inside those hallowed halls By spilling the ashes from the urn Forever giving up our nights to howl away And all say "goodnight" to the moon I think it's safe to say we'll always launch attacks Three weeks too soon [Chorus] A nuclear power reaction, scout-knot tied to a synthesized beryllium Pulling life from the thin air, we're freaking out and speaking in tongues We're splitting the atom [Chorus] A nuclear power reaction with a side of weapons-grade plutonium A sulfuric love affair using Pixy Stix and bubblegum We're splitting the atom We're splitting the atom