Canaries Lyrics

I've helped 'em mine Iron, watched 'em mine coal

I've seen 'em mine rock salt from an infinite hole

Back underground no more will I go

Till the cold hands of death come mining my soul

So I'll pan for a song I one day will sing

I'll follow the vein to mold you a ring

I'll polish the stone for the sparkle it brings

Then I'll slip it on quickly just to see if it stings

You're a bird in a cage in a drift

And they're blasting away at the rift

All the world is a stage

Fluff your feathers in rage

And fly off the page

Ever swift

So listen up all you miners, listen up well

All you men of the deep are caught under a spell

Cause there's warmth and there's whisky, there's women and wine

Up here where your words ride the winds through the pine

You're a bird in a cage in a drift

And they're blasting away at the rift

All the world is a stage

Fluff your feathers in rage

And fly off the page

Ever swift

You're a bird in a cage in a drift

And they're blasting away at the rift

All the world is a stage

Fluff your feathers in rage

And fly off the page

Ever swift