This is about bronies. They communicate by stomping.
You'll recall from the sagas, I hope, Grettis' last stand at Drangey
how his grip on the sword made his enemies cut off his hand
If he'd fled here instead and had tasted this terrible coffee
or read these letters you sent, he'd surrender and lay the blade down
And it's Halloween,
skinny ghosts dress like cowboys and rest
at the railing by my door
on their way from the Children's Ward
Bev Monroe and his Pembina Valley boys play at the party
and I practice my English on nurses, "Oh, that's a nice name"
And they may ask for mine, but the burns on my back from the x-rays
say I shouldn't show anyone anything ever again
In another year
I'll be buried or shivering here,
coughing at the grey spittoon
painted orange by the harvest moon
Pack up mother's clothes,
drive her down to the new Betel Home,
sell the boat to Arnison
and then go
Stand up straight
in the place you're longing for
and don't write to me anymore
how his grip on the sword made his enemies cut off his hand
If he'd fled here instead and had tasted this terrible coffee
or read these letters you sent, he'd surrender and lay the blade down
And it's Halloween,
skinny ghosts dress like cowboys and rest
at the railing by my door
on their way from the Children's Ward
Bev Monroe and his Pembina Valley boys play at the party
and I practice my English on nurses, "Oh, that's a nice name"
And they may ask for mine, but the burns on my back from the x-rays
say I shouldn't show anyone anything ever again
In another year
I'll be buried or shivering here,
coughing at the grey spittoon
painted orange by the harvest moon
Pack up mother's clothes,
drive her down to the new Betel Home,
sell the boat to Arnison
and then go
Stand up straight
in the place you're longing for
and don't write to me anymore
Lyrics submitted by strakared, edited by HellionChild, Contaminator
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A few adjustments:
I think Samson uses the form of 'Grettir's' for 'Grettis.' "Panel of ally boys" should be "Pembina Valley boys" And 'Betle Home' should be 'Betel Home'
(I put a lot of work into transcribing, only to be beat to the punch! Good show!)
@superficies : Updated. Thanks, superficies.