A bus is heading north Descending through a mist That was formed in the warmth Where the sea and night air kissed The passengers arranged themselves To sit in isolation They spread out along the aisle Avoiding convesation When the engine started with a howl Handling the road like a wild Untrained colt Creaking with it's load The bus grinds to a halt And I'm the only one awake Except the driver The night has been to take them all And left us two survivors And then I heard the howl The dog lay in our way Spread out on the track A long forgotten stray An empty void of black The driver tried to move her on But coward back in fear She would either let us go Or we'd be stranded here But when I looked her in the eye I knew what I must do I reached deep down into my soul To memories of you And I gave a howl A howl, a prayer full of hope Like every song ever wrote Born from a pit of despair A sacrifice of truth to the air And knowing the meaning of the song She hung her head and was gone Now the midnight bus is rolling on The passengers wake up One of them is bleeding And another's throwing up Another two are fighting One begins to yawn And I wonder Surely this is hell