[Intro]
Empty nets.
Lifeless rivers.
The run is gone.
Escapement denied.

[Verse 1]
Seventy-three thousand once.
Twenty-three thousand this year.
Forty-two thousand unmet.
Subsistence revoked.

[Pre-Chorus]
They say it’s climate, chance, and change.
Amid ongoing Fukushima core meltdowns

[Chorus]
Escapement denied. Escapement denied.
Counts redacted. Futures denied.

[Verse 2]
Reactor fuel unresolved.
Mox melt into the Pacific.
They call it managed.
They call it secure.

[Bridge]
“Not measured.” 
Not disclosed.
“Not reported.” 
Still released.

[Final Chorus]
Escapement denied. Escapement denied.
Subsistence lost, 
amnesia applied.