The Nuclear Engineer

February, 2026

The Nuclear Engineer

The Nuclear Engineer

"The Nuclear Engineer" started as a song about frustration — about loving someone whose mind works in absolutes when yours lives in the in-between. But somewhere in the writing, the frustration gave way to something quieter: the realization that his certainty is its own kind of poetry.

"The Nuclear Engineer" started as a song about frustration — about loving someone whose mind works in absolutes when yours lives in the in-between. But somewhere in the writing, the frustration gave way to something quieter: the realization that his certainty is its own kind of poetry.

Keys, Synth Bass: Dala Botha / Guitars: Leo Abrahams / Drums: Dennis Holt / Mix: Martin Cooke / Master: Elliot James Mulhern / Written by Dala Botha / Produced by Etherdene

You are what they call a classic You’re a renaissance man You pronounce eloquently All your scientific facts I am what they call creative Million colors deep and wide And on our canvas opposites collide You don’t understand me or precisely how I work But you know me and you love me and I love you in return And you work out in the mornings And you frown when you think When you’re staring at your chessboard Before you take the queen Like her I have fallen Before your honest gaze We’re what they call a saga Of ever after cliches I don’t understand you or precisely how you work But I know you and i love you and you love me in return When the fighting suffocates us And eye to eye departs And I feel like I don’t like you Even though you have my heart I’ll remember where is started How illogical it was I could never get use to Just how lovely you are You don’t understand me or precisely how I work But you know me and you love me and I love you in return

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