The Vigil

In a purple vision
 Many thousand years ago
 I saw the silent stranger
 Walk the earth alone
 Twenty-seven faces
 With their eyes turned to the sky
 I've got a camera
 And an airtight alibi
 I know they're out there
 We see them coming
 Faster than the speed of light
 They greet us in the dead of the night
 Somewhere, someday, someone
 They'll be light and sound
 They'll alight on the ground
 On which we stand
 Somewhere, someday, someone
 Will help us to survive
 They're gonna show us hell
 And bring us back alive
 Well, I'm no poet, but I can't be fooled
 The lies don't count, the whispers do
 I hear the whispers on the wind
 They say the earth has fallen due
 We run in circles
 Our days are numbered
 Every night I look away
 To the heavens and I pray
 Come to us
 Come to us
 Our lights are dim
 Our roads are crumbling
 And we don't know what to do
 We're sick and tired
 And dying to meet you
 'Cause we bit off more than
 We can chew