Was it predicted?
There was no warning
Avoided panic by false alarm
Was it neglected?
A reason for denying
Ignorant people remain calm

Ah afraid of what was coming ahead
Oh of what the richter scale said
A seven or maybe higher
Like oxygen feeding fire
Living in an earthquake zone
It's a timebomb ticking

It started grumbling
Time was running short
No chance to get the city evacuated
Towers trumbling down with rumbling force
In the shadows of the fire
The skyline faded

Ah afraid of what was coming ahead
Oh many missing, dozen dead
Five thousand or maybe more
Like many times before
Living in an earthquake zone
It's a timebomb ticking

A seven or maybe higher
Like oxygen feeding fire
Living in an earthquake zone
It's a timebomb ticking

Was it predicted?
There was no warning
Avoided panic by false alarm
Was it neglected?
A reason for denying
Ignorant people remain calm

Ah afraid of what was coming ahead
Oh of what the richter scale said
A seven or maybe higher
Like oxygen feeding fire
Living in an earthquake zone
It's a timebomb ticking

Five thousand or maybe more
Like many times before
Living in an earthquake zone
It's a timebomb ticking
A timebomb ticking