Red Alert Lyrics
Band | |
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Album | Destiny(1988) |
Type | Album (Studio full-length) |
Genres | Heavy Metal, NWOBHM |
Labels | EMI Records, Enigma |
Ranked | #89 for 1988 , #5,661 all-time |
Album rating : 86.7 / 100
Votes : 3
Votes : 3
10. Red Alert (4:34)
[Byford/Quinn/Johnson]
We were on the Russian border
When the news began to break
Of a nuclear reactor melting down
Sending deadly clouds of dust
Into the atmosphere
Falling down like rain upon the ground
We were laying in the sun
Listening to the radio
When someone said you'd better get inside
We didn't know how serious
The situation was
That many people to the North had died
Red alert, red alert
Screaming in my head
There's something I'm not sure of going down
Red alert, red alert
Screaming in the night
That fallout seems to follow me around
We made out way to Hungary
Got ready for the show
Thinking we were safe there
From the storm
But the deadly cloud was high above
Taken by the wind
Spreading like a plague across the land
A threat you couldn't see
Nothing you could feel
Something evil floating in the air
Look towards the East
For the danger yet to come
For the Earth
We make a silent prayer
Red alert, red alert
Screaming in my head
There's something I'm not sure of going down
Red alert, red alert
Screaming in the night
That fallout seems to follow me around
We were on the Russian border
When the news began to break
Of a nuclear reactor melting down
Sending deadly clouds of dust
Into the atmosphere
Falling down like rain upon the ground
Red alert, red alert
Screaming in my head
There's something I'm not sure of going down
Red alert, red alert
Screaming in the night
That fallout seems to follow me around
We were on the Russian border
When the news began to break
Of a nuclear reactor melting down
Sending deadly clouds of dust
Into the atmosphere
Falling down like rain upon the ground
We were laying in the sun
Listening to the radio
When someone said you'd better get inside
We didn't know how serious
The situation was
That many people to the North had died
Red alert, red alert
Screaming in my head
There's something I'm not sure of going down
Red alert, red alert
Screaming in the night
That fallout seems to follow me around
We made out way to Hungary
Got ready for the show
Thinking we were safe there
From the storm
But the deadly cloud was high above
Taken by the wind
Spreading like a plague across the land
A threat you couldn't see
Nothing you could feel
Something evil floating in the air
Look towards the East
For the danger yet to come
For the Earth
We make a silent prayer
Red alert, red alert
Screaming in my head
There's something I'm not sure of going down
Red alert, red alert
Screaming in the night
That fallout seems to follow me around
We were on the Russian border
When the news began to break
Of a nuclear reactor melting down
Sending deadly clouds of dust
Into the atmosphere
Falling down like rain upon the ground
Red alert, red alert
Screaming in my head
There's something I'm not sure of going down
Red alert, red alert
Screaming in the night
That fallout seems to follow me around
Destiny - Lyrics
Destiny - Album Credits
Members
- Biff Byford : Vocals
- Paul Quinn : Guitars
- Graham Oliver : Guitars
- Paul Johnson : Bass
- Nigel Durham : Drums
Additional musicians
- Steven Lawes-Clifford : Keyboards
- Dave Taggart : Backing Vocals
- George Lamb : Backing Vocals
- Phil Caffrey : Backing Vocals
- Steve Mann : Backing Vocals
Other staff
- Stephan Galfas : Producer, Mixing
- Spencer Henderson : Engineering
- James Allen-Jones : Engineering
- Ian Taylor : Mixing
- George Marino : Mastering
- Nigel Thomas : Design, Cover Concept
- Nic Tompkin : Photography
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