The Vigil Lyrics - Blue Oyster Cult

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