Wild pack of family dogs by modest mouse.
A wild pack of family dogs came runnin' through the yard one day
My father got his gun, shot it up, they ran away ok
A wild pack of family dogs came runnin' through the yard
And as my own dog ran away with them, I didn't say much of anything at all
A wild pack of family dogs came runnin' through the yard
As my little sister played, the dogs took her away
And I guess she was eaten up ok, yeah she was eaten up ok
My mother's cryin' blood dust now
My dad he quit his job today, well I guess he was fired but that's ok
And I'm sittin' outside my mudlake, waiting for the pack to take me away
And right after I die the dogs start floating up towards the glowing sky
Now they'll receive their rewards, now they will receive their rewards
This song is about abuse or addiction in a family, the havoc it wreaks and the responses family members adopt.
Interrupting the idyllic impressions we all like to believe about our youth, "one day" something wild and terrible comes running through the safety of our home.
Responses often include outward violence or denial, another form of violence. "Shot it up, they ran away ok."
Innocence is lost however and the family addiction takes part of us with it. "my own dog ran away with them." Too young to make sense of it, and likely in an environment hostile to outward acknowledgement of the problem, most of us "didn't say much of anything at all."
The denial does not make the problem stay away. In response to our denial, often the consequences grow, affecting some in the family more severely than others. "she was eaten up ok."
Hysteria and collapse. As if we couldn't have seen it coming. "cryin' blood dust." "quit his job... was fired."
What can we do in the face of generational terror that has consumed all we might have known of stability? "waitin for the pack to take me away." give in to the forces of violence and compulsion within us.
And fantasize about an afterlife. Complete with final relief and justice for the perpetrators.
"up toward the glowing sky. Now they will receive their rewards."
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