For some reason, it occurred to me that The Last Temptation of Adam - a song off of the new Josh Ritter - could in fact be a sequel of sorts to The Smiths' Ask. TLTA is about a guy who meets a girl inside a missle silo during the advent of WWIII. He has strong feelings for her, and she slowly develops feelings for him. He's pretty sure that she's only in to him due to the circumstances, and doubts that their love would continue above ground. Thus, he's tempted to push a button and bring nuclear destruction to the rest of the world, condeming them to a life in the silo together forever.
From Ask: "If it's not love, then it's the bomb that will bring us together."
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