The sky is crying and I can't figure out why No thunder making accusations tonight Just silver lines slipping out of the dark Like something enormous is falling apart Streetlights bloom in the puddles below Tiny galaxies learning to let go The whole world glistens, quiet and strange Like it's waiting for someone to explain But every drop lands speaking a language I almost remember, then lose again The sky is crying and I can't figure out why (Ooooh... tell me why...) No wound in the heavens, no smoke in the light Just rivers descending from somewhere unseen Turning concrete and shadows to shimmering dreams Maybe it's grief Maybe it's joy Maybe the universe losing its voice The sky is crying and I can't figure out why (Ahhh... driftin' by...) So I stand in the rain and let it pass by Clouds drift slow like thoughts through a mind Searching for something they forgot to find And every rooftop carries the sound Of a question too old to write down The trees lean in as if they all know Something hidden beneath the downpour Meanwhile I'm here with my hands held wide Trying to catch what the storm won't describe And every drop breaks into a thousand Reflections of things I don't understand The sky is crying and I can't figure out why (Ooooh... tell me why...) No crack in forever, no end in sight Just rivers descending from somewhere unseen Turning headlights and windows to luminous streams Maybe it's grief Maybe it's joy Maybe the silence making its choice The sky is crying and I can't figure out why (Ahhh... driftin' by...) So I stand in the rain and let it pass by What if the clouds are old storytellers Spilling their pages over the earth? What if the answer isn't an answer Just proof that wonder still works? And maybe some things Were never meant to be solved Only witnessed (Ooooh...) (Ahhh-ahhh...) (Tell me why...) The sky is crying and I can't figure out why (Ooooh... tell me why...) But the city keeps glowing beneath its eyes Every drop a reminder that not everything Needs a reason to mean everything Maybe it's grief Maybe it's joy Maybe they're somehow the same in the noise The sky is crying and I can't figure out why (Ahhh... driftin' by...) (Ooooh... tonight...) But for a moment tonight... I don't mind. (Ooooh...) (Why-y-y-y...) (Ahhh...)
