The Famine of the Mist

The thing about living in a distillery town
Is all we ever get up to is drinking too much booze
And if we might be giving thought to robbing folks at gunpoint
We will target under-30s 'cause they've got something to lose
In this crater of a homeland we've got cans and cans of rations
And we're used to breathing poison, we'll be safe if we can get
Into the steel cavern where they manufacture blackouts
Yeah, they manufacture blackouts when there's nothing to forget
At least until the sun disappears
Yeah, until the winter lasts for years
We've got time to kill some bottles and wonder why we even exist
We're waiting for the famine of the mist
Oooh we're waiting for the famine of the mist

The thing about living in a railyard town
Is all we ever sing about is leaving on a train
Though hardly no one does 'cause only freight can ride
And it's easier to stick around and wallow in the pain
But I knew you'd make it out now you're a nurse or whatever
In the suburbs north of Denver just a few counties away
You're all wherewithal and beauty, I'll love you forever
Yeah I'll love you forever or at least a few more days
Yes I will 'till the sun disappears
Yes I will 'till the winter lasts for years
(In my) dreams I'm standing in a field of flowing rock
Strangling every man you kissed
They won't survive the famine of the mist
Oooh they won't survive the famine of the mist

The thing about living in a volcanic field
Is you never really know when the lava's gonna run
Four thousand years adds up to a lot of nothing
When you're trying to predict when the next eruption comes
The one they had in Iceland in 17-something
Killed half of all the livestock and a quarter of the men
And destroyed the crops of Europe, well I'm thinking we'll deserve it
Yeah I'm thinking we'll deserve it when Dotsero blows again
Yes we will, when the sun disappears, yes we will, when the winter lasts for years
I'm not sad that the future is ash since the past is just the clenching of a fist
I'm ready for the famine of the mist
Oooh I'm ready for the famine of the mist