Hattonrigg Pit Disaster - De Rosa

When I was nothing and we were no one

I was the father of two hungry sons

I dug my way down into a night that seemed to guide me

But what I knew then as life was at it’s end

Hattonrigg Pit disaster nineteen ten

We’ve come a long way since then

The words that move me are words of stone

That simplify me to a wordless drone

The masters living life on a plate

Us bastards digging and letting ourselves

Be tools to other’s ends

Hattonrigg Pit disaster nineteen ten

We’ve come a long way since then

We lose how many years?

Make song, write down

Listen, down into light I dig, I dig

When I was nothing and we were no one

I started looking and look what I found

A planning stranger to pin my hope down

There was no danger of letting it be

A temporary trend

I know your ways will kill you in the end

But how many more 'til then?