Dragonfly

[Verse]
Outside, near a pond where grass is high
Passing by were the dragonflies
Their bodies like liquid metal, their wings like stained glass
One landed on an eight leaf petal, to sip some rain from grass
Old as a ancient pass
Old as the bees in the meadow
For centuries, on the reeds where they settled
Their history is like tea in a kettle
Submerged, 'till above werе the birds
Aquatic, like mud and the hеrbs
Exotic, some genus have furs
Melodic, European ones surge
Over 300 million years and still here
They look unreal above rare
Their flying skills not compared
I saw one fly, then stood completely still in midair, the dragonfly
Spring time they always near
Upon our lake, that's where they're gonna find a mate
Below, fish use spawn for their bait
Dragonfly nymph, almost got ate
But just wait, the hunted become the hunter
It might last the entire summer
Dragonfly larva in it's hunger
The most vicious predator on the reservoir
Life aquatic, let's explore
Microscopic, on bedded floors
They were here before the dinosaurs and the great China walls
The first ape and the lion roars
Dragonfly took shape, before the snake was worshipped on the Mayan shores
Dragonfly before diamonds was forged
From Africa, and science was law
The odanada, [?] and the [?]
Before men was dying from swords or triumphant war
The dragon was sore
Face like a hammerhead shark, encased in the amber red art
From the sap of a bark
Who said that the plants and the trees wouldn't help man with modern day charts

[Outro]
From the dragonfly
Dragonfly, dragonfly
Dragonfly, dragonfly
Was here, five hundred mil'
Dragonfly, dragonfly
One billion, fly
Dragonfly, dragonfly
Dragonfly, dragonfly
Priest
Yes
Everything's fat
Bank account