They Landed on a Tuesday

Verse 1

Tuesday morning I was running late

Spilled my coffee on the floor

Didn't notice that the sky had changed

To a color I can't name anymore

Pre-Chorus

And the radio was sounding strange

Static words I couldn't place

Something buzzing underneath the range

Of a normal human face

Chorus

They landed on a Tuesday

Right when I was looking down

Beams of light and silver bodies

And the strangest humming sound

I thought they'd come to take me

But they stood there on the lawn

Just watching me the way you did

The day you said you'd never call

Verse 2

Mother called and said the power's out

Neighbor's dog won't stop its cry

And I'm standing in the kitchen

Trying not to wonder why

They chose my street

My cul-de-sac

My overgrown backyard

Maybe they saw the satellite photos

And mistook us for the stars

Pre-Chorus

And the television flickered

With a message I could read

Translation in the static

Said we're not alone indeed

Chorus

They landed on a Tuesday

Right when I was looking down

Beams of light and silver bodies

And the strangest humming sound

I thought they'd come to take me

But they stood there on the lawn

Just watching me the way you did

The day you said you'd never call

Bridge

Took a step out through the doorway

Concrete cold beneath my feet

Maybe we've been the strange ones

With our borders and our beliefs

They extended something glowing

I extended my bare hand

And I felt less like a fragment

More a part of something grand

Chorus

They landed on a Tuesday

Right when I was looking down

Beams of light and silver bodies

And the strangest humming sound

I thought they'd come to save me

From the wreckage of it all

But they just stood there watching

Like they'd seen this before the fall

Outro

Tuesday morning

I was running late

Tuesday morning

I forgot my hate