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Radium Girl

from Trinity by 2nd Civilization

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Just another love song. However, there's a twist; what if your loved one was actually dying of radiation poisoning?

Based on an interesting but creepy true story, this song is about female factory workers who painted watch dials with self-luminous paint in 1917. At that time, little was known about the disastrous effects of the radium-based paint they used. By licking their paintbrushes to give them a fine point, the women ingested the poisonous paint, and gradually developed signs of radiation poisoning. Many of those women, collectively known as the Radium Girls, later died as a result of this.

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Lyrics:

This morning after you had left I cleaned the bed
My sheets were full of hair fallen off your balding head

I kiss your toothless mouth, I lick your swollen cheeks
I love you baby, even more since you got weak
You're a blistered freak, some people say we're quite a sight
But when I draw the curtains you shine like candlelight

Radium Girl
You're my Radium Girl

My heart beats in my throat, my geigercounter ticks
As you limp through the room while leaning on your stick

I know you should be taken to the nearest hospital
But I'd rather keep you here, let's drink and have a ball
Let's sit down and count the hours while you draw your last breath
I'll take you in my arms and rock you 'till you're dead.

Radium Girl
You're my Radium Girl

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from Trinity, released December 13, 2015

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