[Verse 1] The horizon bent low Like a drunk god kneeling The gulls went sideways Screaming in green glass air I saw the first wall Black lace over water And the whole town froze With salt on their tongues [Pre-Chorus] Then the palms started dancing In a language of knives Porch lights blinked Like frightened eyes The bay rolled up To the edge of our feet And the sky said my name In a thousand broken reeds [Chorus] Cyclone on the dune Cyclone on the dune It came through singing With the roof in its teeth Cyclone on the dune Cyclone on the dune We held on hard As the daylight split [Verse 2] The bread box flew open Spilling cinnamon dust A radio preacher Turned into a howl Mangoes slammed the window Like little gold bullets And the road turned silver Under sheets of rain [Pre-Chorus] Then the fences bowed down Like knees in prayer The mango tree shook Loose every green oath We ran to the hall With our names in our mouths And the storm kept spinning Like a painted mouth [Chorus] Cyclone on the dune Cyclone on the dune It came through singing With the roof in its teeth Cyclone on the dune Cyclone on the dune We held on hard As the daylight split [Bridge] In the eye We found blue A clean, naked circle No fear Just the sudden hush Of a million torn prayers Then the wall hit back With a thousand bright hands [Final Chorus] Cyclone on the dune Cyclone on the dune It came through singing With the roof in its teeth Cyclone on the dune Cyclone on the dune We came out glowing In the salt and the heat [Outro] Oh, the dune Oh, the dune Still turning inside us Still turning inside us
