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We Come In Peace

from Skeuomorphic by The Syllables

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they came from a system
in the distant Plieades
they arrived on a cloudless day
with barely any breeze
as their spaceship finally landed
and the people gathered ‘round
I wondered what they’d look like
and how would they sound?
’we come in peace’
was the first thing that they said
‘we come in peace’
we all heard them in our head, they said
‘we’ve journeyed lightyears just
to make sure you exist
we’d like to know you better so
let’s start by making a list, ‘cause
we come in peace
we come in peace’

at first we all wondered
why they traveled all this way
did they have something to show us?
something mystical to say?
would we finally learn the truth about
just what we’re living for?
with their space-age weapons
could we finally end all war?

‘we come in peace’
they’d say with a smile
‘we come in peace
and we plan to stay a while!
we’d like to teach you lessons
that you can’t learn on your own
we’ve brought you bigger TVs and
and even smarter phone, ‘cause
we come in peace, yeah
we come in peace...'

‘we come in peace’
why would they lie?
‘we come in peace’
you know I even saw one cry
maybe they’ve run out of something
they need back at home
not sure what that means for us but
it proves we’re not alone
‘we come in peace’
‘we come in peace’...

they got science, they got culture
they got different kinds of math
they got a twisted sense of humor—
kinda scary when they laugh
but they only want to help us
become better than we are
if we just do what they say
we’ll live forever in the stars

‘we come in peace’
I believe them when they say
‘we come in peace’
wouldn’t matter anyway, they say
‘we know that you’ll adjust to your
new roles in a while
so get in line and climb aboard
and don’t forget to smile

'we come in peace
you must believe us
we come in peace
just like Columbus!
we come in peace
it’s exploration, nothing more
we come in peace
just like the conquistadors!'

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from Skeuomorphic, released June 14, 2018

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