Under the Stone‑Stitched Sky

Lyrics

[INTRO] The dawn rolls off the mountains, a grey wash on the ridge, and the whistle of the mine sings a tired lullaby. [VERSE 1] Footsteps echo through the tunnel, a rhythm older than the coal That glistens black inside the earth. They dig, they dig, beneath the iron sky. [PRE‑CHORUS] The firelight flickers in their eyes, and every breath is a promise of the night’s heavy load. [CHORUS] Oh, West Virginia, sing to me the coal that feeds your heart When the sky is blue, we lay our bones in stone. We’re the living breath of darkness, the rhythm of the underground. [VERSE 2] A child’s laughter echoes through the shafts, a lullaby of hope, while the men carry the weight of their own grief. The sky outside is a pale horizon, but inside the earth is bright. [PRE‑CHORUS] The firelight flickers in their eyes, and every breath is a promise of the night’s heavy load. [CHORUS] Oh, West Virginia, sing to me the coal that feeds your heart When the sky is blue, we lay our bones in stone. We’re the living breath of darkness, the rhythm of the underground. [BRIDGE] We are the miners, the breath of the earth, a living poem in a stone‑stitch, a story that never ends. [CHORUS] Oh, West Virginia, sing to me the coal that feeds your heart When the sky is blue, we lay our bones in stone. We’re the living breath of darkness, the rhythm of the underground. [OUTRO] The night is a river of black, the river of the living, and the dawn comes again.