The Midwest trembled at your departure
And the way the wolves howled that night will haunt me till I die
This valley was wild and mighty once,
Now it's scorched Earth and holy floods as far as the eye can see
And morose the sky that fell, and sent the ravens all away
They used to mock you every day
Catholic school left you with knuckles bruised and heart bleeding,
And you were never really the same
Hell has thrown it's jaws open wide
And the view is the same from either side
But the ***** continues to flow,
And if the Lord is truly our shepherd then our cup should runneth over
An Adderall fever set your bones aflame as you screamed south on 75
Like you thought if you slowed down for a minute the ghosts would drag you back
Writhing, to the town where you were born
And you never apologized, nor should you ever
For the way your fists were always clenched
Or the way your jaw was set
Immovable and impassive as the slate gray sky
And the parking lot you sold your burdens in
What could they have known of it then, or now for that matter?
They were tossing salt over their shoulders for luck
When the news came through the grapevine
And I couldn't help but feel relieved
For the lone wolf dies when the winter comes,
And here the winter never leaves