[00:01.37]Words by neil peart, music by geddy lee and alex lifeson[00:19.46]Imagine a time[00:23.16]When it all began in the dying days of a war[00:27.76]A weapon -- that would settle the score[00:32.46]Whoever found it first[00:35.36]Would be sure to do their worst --[00:38.26]They always had before...[00:43.06]Imagine a man[00:46.46]Where it all began a scientist pacing the floor[00:51.06]In each nation -- always eager to explore[00:55.66]To build the best big stick[00:58.56]To turn the winning trick --[01:01.46]But this was something more...[01:06.06]The big bang -- took and shook the world[01:09.96]Shot down the rising sun[01:13.46]The end was begun -- it would hit everyone[01:17.96]When the chain reaction was done[01:21.46]The big shots -- try to hold it back[01:25.86]Fools try to wish it away[01:29.36]The hopeful depend on a world without end[01:33.86]Whatever the hopeless may say[01:38.76]Imagine a place[01:42.16]Where it all began[01:44.76]They gathered from across the land[01:48.36]To work in the secrecy of the desert sand[01:53.06]All of the brightest boys[01:56.16]To play with the biggest toys --[01:59.36]More than they bargained for...[02:03.96]Imagine a man[02:07.46]When it all began[02:10.06]The pilot of "enola gay"[02:13.66]Flying out of the shockwave[02:16.86]On that august day[02:20.36]All the powers that be[02:23.76]And the course of history[02:26.96]Would be changed for evermore...