[Verse 1]
You sold a safety myth
With a straight-faced lie
Said if the rules were followed
No core would ever meltdown
Then Fukushima happened
And the coast was changed
Now the words you're giving
Are nothing can be made safe

[Pre-Chorus]
First it was impossible
Now it's managed risk
First it was inconceivable
Now it's put up with this

[Chorus]
No such thing as absolute safety
Funny how that showed up after the failure
After the breach, after the fallout
After the towns were left there waiting
No such thing as absolute safety
That is not the promise you made
You promised you'd never break the chain
Now you say live with what remains

[Verse 2]
When cancers rise, it's overdiagnosis
When births go wrong, it's fear instead
When land stays empty, it's precaution
When trust is gone, it's in our heads
Starfish gone from tidepools
Whales emaciated in the bay
One excuse for public inquiry 
One more euphemism for the same

[Pre-Chorus]
First it was safer than our worry
Now it's too essential to stop
First it was future without sacrifice
Now it's keep the lights on, pay the cost

[Chorus]
No such thing as absolute safety
Funny how that showed up after the failure
After the breach, after the fallout
After the towns were left there waiting
No such thing as absolute safety
That is not the promise you made
You promised you'd never break the chain
Now you say live with what remains

[Bridge]
Say resilient
Say strategic
Say low-carbon
Say whatever keeps hypnotizing
None of it gives a coastline back

[Final Chorus]
No such thing as absolute safety
Funny how that showed up after the failure
After the breach, after the fallout
After the towns were left there waiting
No such thing as absolute safety
Then say the rest with equal force
You could not keep what you marketed
And we live inside the cost

[Outro]
No such thing
No such thing