Lover's Coal
Eternal Longing: Lover's Coal Tale
Lyrics
I dug me a grave in a mountainside
I created a burial site on a mountainside
With walls of earth and stone
The grave had walls made of earth and stone
The men came by with their picks and pried
People with picks came and extracted the last of my lover's coal
The last of all my lover's coal
Repetition of the burial of lover's coal
I dug me a grave in a mountainside
Reiteration of digging a grave on a mountainside
With walls of earth and stone
Repetition of the description of the grave
The men came by with their picks and pried
Repetition of the extraction of the lover's coal
The last of all my lover's coal
Repetition of the burial of lover's coal
And the air was stale and thin
Describing the atmosphere inside the grave
And the mountain swallowed me
The mountain enveloped the singer
And it grinned its bloody grin
The mountain expressed a sinister satisfaction
Said, "I'm holding you
The mountain claims ownership, holding the singer until love returns
'Til your love wakes up again"
Continuation of the mountain's assertion
I sang me a song of the home I knew
The singer reminisces about a home and sings a song
Hills of emerald green
The home is described with emerald green hills
Dreamt of eyes that were clear and blue
Dreaming of eyes that will no longer be seen
A sight that never more I'll see
The loss of a sight or experience
And the air was stale and thin
Recalling the stale and thin air inside the grave
And the mountain swallowed me
Reiteration of the mountain enveloping the singer
And it grinned its bloody grin
The mountain exhibits a grim satisfaction
Said, "I'm holding you
Reiteration of the mountain holding the singer
'Til your love wakes up again"
Continuation of the mountain's assertion
And way down in the darkness is some deep, black prize
In the darkness lies a profound and dark reward
All the memories of heartache that I buried alive
Memories of heartache are buried alive
Bring me to my restitution, weigh down my eyes
Seeking redemption and relief with a heavy heart
With coins of your forgiveness and a shroud of linen white
Using forgiveness and purity to find solace
Coins of your forgiveness and a shroud of linen white
Repetition of seeking forgiveness and purity
And the air was stale and thin
Recalling the atmosphere inside the grave
And the mountain swallowed me
Reiteration of the mountain enveloping the singer
And it grinned its bloody grin
The mountain exhibits a grim satisfaction
Said, "I'm holding you
Continuation of the mountain's assertion
And the air was stale and thin
Recalling the stale and thin air inside the grave
And the mountain swallowed me
Reiteration of the mountain enveloping the singer
And it grinned its bloody grin
The mountain exhibits a grim satisfaction
Said, "I'm holding you
Continuation of the mountain's assertion
'Til your love wakes up again"
Reiteration of the mountain holding the singer
Said, "I'm holding you
Continuation of the mountain's assertion
'Til your love wakes up again"
Final repetition of the mountain holding the singer
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