Words and Music: David Hannell What starts a spiral of decline for a person or a community? For some it might be the loss of jobs, or industries, and consequently a whole social setup in which the fabric that holds individuals, couples, families or communities together is lost. Unable to deal with such crises we sometimes resort to nostalgia, and hanker over the past. This situation has been enacted many times in South Wales with the loss of heavy industry and coal-mining, and the lack of sufficient replacements. The sense of loss and bewilderment, on an individual level, are feelings I tried to capture with this song.