Finding Big Town
Found in the dust on the trail to the horizon
Brought into a place
For those whose parents deprived 'em
Little lamplight, all shiny and dark
Cold but comforting
To me and others who had that spark
It was nice there while I stayed
They taught me to live
Nobody worked as much as they played
But I heard of this place, even better than here
They called it Big Town
Where the water is clean and the air is clear
So they sent me there when I got too big
It was my birthday
On the sand I walk and the canteen I swig
The Wasteland is long and wide, too big for me
There's no end
To the danger and wonders I can see
But I lost the way, I don't know how
The map is wrong
Hey, that thing with two heads looks like a cow…
I slept in an abandoned house on a hill
It's cold and damp
The wasteland is not worth this chill
When I awoke I heard screams down the hill
I didn't know them
But I knew it was wrong. I can't let it kill
It stood tall with horns and sharp claws
They were hurt
One of them lay hanging out of it's jaws
I loaded and cocked my gun
I'd only fired it once
Surely it would make more sense to run?
I fired once, hitting it in the hand
It just looked annoyed
But they run and on the ground I stand
It looked happy, as if I was amusing
Then it charged
And it's strange; all of this was my choosing
I fired again, hitting it in the leg
It didn't stumble
But it's too late to cry and beg
I keep firing as it gets too close
It lifts its arm
And from my chest blood flows
I'm crying on the ground some yards away
Its coming
I'm finished, I don't want to play
I turn around and look at its face
Tough and damned
I'll get my other gun ready, just in case
It runs at me with greed in its eye
I'm scared
But this beast will know this fight is mine
I bring out my knife, rusty and dull
Aim for the face
And drive the hilt to its skull
And it's strange, almost like it likes my knife
I've got nothing left
Now I've ended my life
I fall beside it, crumbled and dying
The sand tastes old
But it's wet now because I'm still crying
The light begins to fade and the sounds go away
I'm almost dead
And it's only been a day since my birthday
But I see someone come over to us
Someone worried
Someone I can trust
They say "Thanks kid, I'm sorry about all this"
She smiles
That smile was a little moment of bliss
Now I can't see anything, it's dark and I'm dead
Shame really
There's so much left unsaid
But…I can see something again
Something green
And it's weird, there's no more pain
This place, I've heard of it before
My friend told me
A story about it when I was four
It's got trees, something I'd never seen
There's grass
And bushes, my god it's so green!
I think I'm home now, or the place where we go
When we get too big
It's obvious I'll like it, that much I know
But I don't think this is heaven, I know what this is
This is my Big Town
This is my Oasis.