The Donner Party Lyrics

Rasputina The Donner Party

The similarities and situation between the
Donner Party and the Colonial Pilgrims is both
     appalling, frightening, and incomplete. In
both cases, you'll find one: a fairly large group
of
     ill-prepared greenhorns pitting themselves
against nature and each other; two: an
     insufficient willingness to endure the very
real hardships of frontiering, and three:
     coincidental misfortune at every turn.
     Disasters of both camps were initially
brought about by departure, delay, desert,
inertia;
     which caused our heroes to begin their
journeys at absolutely retarded times weather-
     wise. If fantasy is the refuge of a
frightened man, and a castle in the air is a safe
harbor for
     a foolish few, just imagine living in a hut
buried twelve feet below the snow, with the sight
     and smell of the scattered carcasses of loved
ones at your feet; it is the lay of the land, just
     another day. I would like to propose that
cannibalism was indeed rampant among
     America's earliest settlers: The Pilgrims.
For what does settler imply, if not the
willingness
     to settle? To settle for a meal of human
flesh if my thoughts on the subject are to be
     believed. In conclusion, spread the word of
this. Look to the night sky, and hark back to
     our forefathers' shortcomings, (and your
own), as you cut your meat and lay the
     groundwork for a new tomorrow.