Sioux Falls

Lyrics

[Verse] Flying over Sioux Falls Down there something forms a circle Must be a stadium wide Is it spinning counter-clockwise? Is it a water wheel? No, see it spins like a mobile Is it the wind bent down? No, it is spinning round and round Is it a fresh-plowed patch? What on the Earth would spin like that? [Verse] As we descend for landing Do my naked eyes deceive me? It is women and men Thousands of them and their children Spinning like thread around a spool Circling 'round like a whirlpool What do they chase and chase? What is the terror on their face As the wondrous spell Trodding upon the ones that fell [Chorus] Oh, my eyes! Do I see my late mother Caught in the mill whipping around her five children? Do you see them run? Do you see Benjamin falling? Do you hear them hum in dissonance? [Bridge] A torch, a Zippo A pocket knife, whistle One space blanket and a first aid kit [Verse] We touch down on the airport apron And go to the field where they run Feels like standing on the edge of a cyclone As the world picks up and spins like a cyclone Many more flailing in Caught by the wind and confusion Like ants that have lost the scent Following where their leader went Caught in a spiral wind Many collapse from exhaustion Caught in the spoke of the wheel Stamped under foot, under hoof, under heel [Chorus] Oh, my eyes! Do I see my late mother Caught in the mill whipping around her five children? Do you see them run? Do you see Benjamin falling? Do you hear them hum in dissonance? [Bridge] A torch, a Zippo A pocket-knife, whistle One space blanket and a first aid kit It is Armageddon Ballet for the madam But it's not a rainbow Not a rainbow, but a Greek president A torch, a Zippo A pocket-knife, whistle One space blanket and a first aid kit It is Armageddon Ballet for the madam But it's not a rainbow Not a rainbow, but a Greek president A torch, a Zippo A pocket-knife, whistle One space blanket and a first aid kit It is Armageddon Ballet for the madam But it's not a rainbow Not a rainbow, but a Greek president