I came here,
Among spray-painted ruins.
Sending up some trial balloons.
But I never really had that much to say.
I wandered,
My better angels eased my way.
I pled with them to stay.
But I never read the signs along the way.
Who can explain the hurricane?
In the silence of the eye
The wind won't be denied.
Who can explain the hurricane?
Feel the gravity of need
When the western waters bleed to red.
A raindrop,
Suspended on a hanging leaf.
On the edge of disbelief.
But somehow it just never seems to fall.
I know you.
From some other place,
Or a moment of pure grace.
The wind will help us raze these crumbling walls.
Who can explain the hurricane?
In the silence of the eye
The wind won't be denied.
Who can explain the hurricane?
Feel the gravity of need
When the western waters bleed.
Who can explain the hurricane?
We all guard our fragile seeds.
Watch the tattered storm clouds speed.
Who can explain the hurricane?
When our better angels call,
Something better for us all this time.