Mighty Eye

I never will forget the day
You held my waist so I could see over the rail
Because you said I hadn't feeled right
For a little while, you took me where we could
See for miles

Somehow I knew before the faultline
Swallowed Oakland, a light flashed
Through all the little homes so none
Left broken

I called the light the carnival light
Saw it comin’ from a mighty eye
I'd seen it once in the freezer door
And it kept me awake at night
But you didn't say nothin’
Just focused on not droppin'
We still had a long ways to go without stoppin'
When you were liable to drive all night

I was all alone when I heard the knock
And the door flew open
They drug me from my room through the streets
Where the cards were rollin'
And just before the wheel took my life

I could still see a part of the sky
I searched for the eye

You always talke about the word
You thought you preached in vain
If only you were talkin' bout the strange wind
I saw blowin' every day

Saw it blow from the hope in your eyes
When you held me on the rail
Saw it blow when the bombs
Over quiet nations fell

And if it's carnival light
Or alien streaks in the sky
Either way they're just things you think
Keepin’ your car between the dotten lines

That come from somewhere
They come from somewhere
They come from somewhere
Come from somewhere
And make you liable
To drive all night