The Vigil

<br>In a purple vision<br><br>Many thousand years ago<br><br>I saw the silent stranger<br><br>Walk the earth alone<br><br><br><br>Twenty-seven faces<br><br>With their eyes turned to the sky<br><br>Ive got a camera<br><br>And an airtight alibi<br><br><br><br>I know theyre out there<br><br>We see them coming<br><br>Faster than the speed of light<br><br>They greet us in the dead of the night<br><br><br><br>Somewhere, someday, someone<br><br>Theyll be light and sound<br><br>Theyll alight on the ground<br><br>On which we stand<br><br><br><br>Somewhere, someday, someone<br><br>Will help us to survive<br><br>Theyre gonna show us hell<br><br>And bring us back alive<br><br><br><br>Well, Im no poet, but I cant be fooled<br><br>The lies dont count, the whispers do<br><br>I hear the whispers on the wind<br><br>They say the earth has fallen due<br><br><br><br>We run in circles<br><br>Our days are numbered<br><br>Every night I look away<br><br>To the heavens and I pray<br><br><br><br>Come to us<br><br>Come to us<br><br><br><br>Our lights are dim<br><br>Our roads are crumbling<br><br>And we dont know what to do<br><br>Were sick and tired<br><br>And dying to meet you<br><br>cause we bit off more than<br><br>We can chew