It Came From Above

[Verse 1]
The screen door mesh framed the prologue perfectly
As the clouds coiled into something more serpentine
Fervently, my eyes darted back and forth to catch a glimpse
And managed to see something land beyond the glassy palaces
Dust rippled off speakers for emergency broadcasts
As some unmarked vehicles were circling on past
Streaming different colored tape you're not allowed through
All the while a vivid darkness swirling in the clouds brewed
My stomach free fell every time I craned my neck
Peering up and out the world that maybe never paid its debts
The weather vanes were bent from winds that seemed to change direction
On a whim, impaling pretty songbirds onto tapered ends
It started making sense when reporters stormed en masse
Cameras forward, prying up the boards, disclosing fortunes stashed
But it was more than that, when they switched the channel
To a discarnate voice saying more just hit the ground

[Bridge]
And so plentiful rumors sprout out the weeds
Trying to get a stranglehold on the brand new intrigue
Because it came from above and shimmered when it fell
To here, shattering the facets of an upper realm

[Verse 2]
I saw the silhouette of consequence
Up on the hill surveying the entire continent
As many more fell, well into a countless digit
Peppering the field of view, the seeds that grew we’re now infinite
Clouds were shifting more amorphic by the second
Like a portal pouring endless gemstones on the poor and helpless
"Pandemonium" could not express the event
As the sand dunes were melting into a mess I've never beheld
I shut the cover of my moisture trap manually
The rattling up above had been addling my brain from back to front
I could barely recognize the retooled, pelted ground
That was beaten down beneath the steel wool textured clouds
And I sat and stared up at the thriving storm that built a scenic view
As ragged wires of light engulfed the night so unbelievable
The water rushed around me, the strangest thing I've ever seen
As the open door framed the epilogue expertly

[Outro]
’Cause it came from above and shimmered when it fell (it came from above)
To here, shattering the facets of an upper realm (it came from above)
It came from above
It came from above