# WHEN SATURN DEVOURS US [Intro] [Hypnotic hand drums, tambourine, warm melodic guitar] When the mountains fall from the sky When Saturn swallows the sun When the oceans flood the hallways Will we finally know? oooh yes we will know [Verse] We used to stand together Before they sold us separate skies Little kingdoms in our houses Little gods behind our eyes Something golden crossed the heavens Something older than our prayers The children called it beautiful We believed them as they stare [Chorus] We opened our arms We opened our arms To the fire falling down oooh the fire fell upon us Called it mercy Called it morning When the sun was burning us We opened our arms We opened our arms And let the heavens in [Instrumental] [Melodic electric guitar over rolling bass, hand drums and tambourine] [Verse] I followed a snake beneath the mountain Through the hollow of the stone Found a thousand little altars And a mouth beneath the throne From the valley came the singing Every church unlocked its doors There were shadows on the ceiling Where no light shines [Chorus] We opened our arms We opened our arms To the fire falling down oooh yes that fire just falling Called it mercy Called it morning When the sun was burning us We opened our arms We opened our arms And let the heavens in [Bridge] [Hand drums become more insistent] The clocks forgot their numbers We called it being free The sea came through the windows We called it cleansing rain A woman held her newborn And laughed into the light Then all the birds fell silent In the middle of their flight [Break] [Bass drone, percussion stops] Then— It changed its mind. [Instrumental] [Crushing fuzz riff, pounding hand drums and full drum kit] [Final Chorus] We opened our arms We opened our arms To the fire falling down oooh yes that fire falling down Called it mercy Called it morning As it swallowed every town We opened our arms We opened our arms And let the heavens in [Outro] [Drums fall away, soft tambourine and mournful guitar] We were strong together They tore us apart And when the heavens came to finish it We opened our arms [Final sustained guitar chord] [End] [Bridge] [Hand drums become more insistent] The clocks forgot their numbers We called it being free The sea came through the windows We called it cleansing rain A woman held her newborn And laughed into the light Then all the birds fell silent In the middle of their flight [Break] [Bass drone, percussion stops] Then— It changed its mind. [Instrumental] [Crushing fuzz riff, pounding hand drums and full drum kit] [Final Chorus] We opened our arms We opened our arms To the fire falling down oooh yes that fire falling down Called it mercy Called it morning As it swallowed every town We opened our arms We opened our arms And let the heavens in [Outro] [Drums fall away, soft tambourine and mournful guitar] We were strong together They tore us apart And when the heavens came to finish it We opened our arms [Final sustained guitar chord] [End]
