[Intro — spoken, through static] Barometer falling. Pressure dropping. Rotation confirmed. Everybody inside. Everybody inside. Where the hell is everybody? [Verse 1] He slept with one eye on the radar One ear against the glass Could tell you when the sky would break But never when his temper passed Coffee gone cold in the cup holder Red dirt caked around his boots A thousand miles of bad intentions And a trunk full of parachutes He'd curse the clouds for moving slowly Curse the sun for showing face Curse the people who loved him For asking him to stay [Pre-Chorus] Look at that wall of water Look at that bruised horizon Look at the world get small When the whole sky starts to tighten [Chorus] There's a storm within the storm There's a mouth inside the wind There's a man up in the thunder Trying to get back in And the rain comes down like broken glass And the power lines all sing There's a storm within the storm And it won't let go of anything [Verse 2] He drove straight into the warning Past the sirens, past the signs Said, "I've seen this kind of monster I've been reading it for miles" Then the road became a river Then the river became air Then the world unhooked its hinges And threw the whole damn county there His truck went through the telephone poles His boots went through the sky And every lightning bolt that found him Left another shadow behind [Breakdown — shouted, jagged] ONE! For the white flash! TWO! For the black! THREE! For the body That the earth won't take back! STRIKE ME CLEAN! STRIKE ME THROUGH! I KNOW THE STORM! THE STORM KNOWS ME TOO! [Verse 3 — half-spoken, disoriented] Now he lives where the air turns over Where the rain goes sideways Where a barn becomes a paper bird And the trees kneel down to pray He's the second funnel in the first one The dark eye behind the eye A little man with a lightning mouth In a sky that never dies Sometimes he sees a farmhouse With a lantern in the pane Sometimes he hears a woman say "Please don't go out in that rain" He tries to tell her he's still coming Tries to make the signal clear But all she hears is thunder And the windows disappear [Chorus] There's a storm within the storm There's a mouth inside the wind There's a man up in the thunder Trying to get back in And the rain comes down like broken glass And the power lines all sing There's a storm within the storm And it won't let go of anything [Bridge — whispered, building] He knows the pressure. He knows the speed. He knows the shape Of everything that breathes. He knows the temperature At which the heavens split. He knows exactly When the lightning hits. He knows the science. He knows the signs. He knows the storm Is not a thing with eyes. So why, when the clouds begin to turn, Does he hear something calling him By name? [Final Breakdown — full intensity] I AM THE WARNING! I AM THE WALL! I AM THE HAND THAT LIFTS IT ALL! I AM THE STATIC! I AM THE RAIN! I AM THE MAN INSIDE THE HURRICANE! I AM THE EYE! I AM THE SCREAM! I AM THE THING INSIDE THE THING! [Outro — spoken, fading into thunder] Barometer rising. Pressure stabilizing. Rotation weakening. Everybody come outside. Everybody come outside. ... No. Wait. There's another one forming.
