Storm clouds are gathering
Farewell, morning sky
The promises of sunrise
And hope appear to die

Storm clouds gather
Blacken my morning sky
I hear crowds whisper
They say all hope will die
Just a lot of rumours
Of how all hope will die

They’re just clouds, I say
They will soon go away
The sky is still blue
It’s just hidden from our view

They stare, disbelieving
Saying my mind is lost
Wrapped in self-deceiving
For which I’ll pay a cost
All this self-deceiving
Will bear such a heavy cost

It’s just rain, I say
It will bring crops our way
And when the rainfall ends
We can sing and dance with our friends

Just a thunderstorm
Cold air meeting warm
And when the storm has cleared
We will laugh at what we feared

But they persist
And I begin to see
That they welcome these clouds
As the way it all should be

“Come over to the dark side”,
They whisper into my ear
“Reside in the shadows
Explore your deepest fear”

“Come over to the dark side
We beg you to join us here
Reside in the shadows
Explore your deepest fear
Here, there is mystery
A vast uncharted unknown
We push the boundaries
Uncertainty becomes home”
“New adventures
Never been tried before
Progression, innovation
Beyond each creaking door”

“The future of our world lies
In the shadow of a big, black cloud”
But I see the sun breaking through

Storm clouds open
The wind shakes every tree
A deafening thunder
Silences my plea
Such a roaring thunder
And no one hears my plea

Just a storm, I sigh
But the crowds chant their reply
Leaving doubt where the sun once shone
And my dream, it is all but gone

I wander through the chaos
Feeling tired and drained
Unsure if my spirit follows
Or is washed up by the rain