All At Once

[Verse 1]
They came down sweet from the burning sky
With sugar glass ships and a million eyes
They folded the flags, they salted the rain
They laughed at the names on the courthouse flame

The cities went quiet
The oceans went bright
The moon had a bruise
In the gelatin light

And somewhere below
Where the sirens were gone
Captain White opened his eyes at dawn

[Pre-Chorus]
He said
I was only a hunger
I was only a man
I was only a question
With teeth in my hands

But the world is a table
And the hour has come
If the feast is the ending
Then the ending is one

[Chorus]
All at once
All at once
He saw every mouth in the alien sun

All at once
All at once
He chewed through the war before the war could run

No sword in his hand
No crown on his head
Just a human voice
And the hunger of the dead

All at once
All at once
Captain White ate the problem all at once

[Verse 2]
The Gummy King roared from his throne in the clouds
Your species is broken, your gods are too loud
Your judges are children, your mercy is small
Your planet is sentenced, your kingdoms will fall

But White kept walking
Through the candy-red storm
With a look on his face
Like the world had been born

Not rage
Not revenge
Not a soldier's delight
Just a terrible peace
In the appetite

[Pre-Chorus]
He said
I have carried the animal
I have carried the shame
I have carried the body
That forgot its name

But if life is a furnace
And love is a law
Then I open my mouth
For the sake of us all

[Chorus]
All at once
All at once
He saw every mouth in the alien sun

All at once
All at once
He chewed through the war before the war could run

No sword in his hand
No crown on his head
Just a human voice
And the hunger of the dead

All at once
All at once
Captain White ate the problem all at once

[Bridge]
There are men who build walls
There are men who build graves
There are men who go missing
When the little ones wave

There are kings made of sugar
There are queens made of fire
There are fathers who vanish
Inside their desire

But somewhere beyond
What a body can know
There's a mercy so strange
It looks hungry below

And the Earth held its breath
And the stars leaned in
And the monster became
What could save them again

[Final Chorus]
All at once
All at once
He saw every wound in the alien sun

All at once
All at once
He swallowed the end before the end was done

No sword in his hand
No crown on his head
Just a human voice
And the living and dead

All at once
All at once
Captain White ate the problem all at once

[Outro]
And when it was over
There was nothing to say
But the wind through the wires
And the first clean day

He stood in the silence
With the sky in his gut
Not proud of the hunger
But awake to what it was

All at once
All at once
Captain White ate the problem all at once