In Those Dark Satanic Mills - Self Defense Family

The mine closed

And shuttered the town

The kids left

Went sixty miles south

The cold came

Drove frost to the ground

The pipes burst

Weather ate the brick

The lips cracked

And the wind it bit

The wood stove

Everyone had a saint

The chill went

Dad started to drink

The winter passed

But mother stayed sick

Fixated

Obsessed, again

Fixated

Obsessed, again

The TV died

And we watched fires

The school closed

Structure fire

The cat leapt

Too near the fire

The beach kids

And the bonfires

The mood turned

Our guts were furled

The lamp dimmed

Wind killed the fire

The night came

Drunk fell in the fire

The day came

Gave mother 'til five

Fixated

Obsessed, again

Fixated

Obsessed, again