The First Rebreather

[Intro]

[Verse 1]

In a place where the river banks draw near

Men work a heading to the west

Where streams like giants' fingers close

From the hills to the emptiness beneath

To the depths of the mere

Morning light, midwinter sun

Underneath the river song

[Verse 2]

In a place where the river banks draw close

Men break stone to make new ground

Light and air are hard down deep to find

Engines work to hold the water back

To the edge of the mere

"Run, boys, run toward the light

The river's in, the tunnel's in"

[Chorus]

Here she comes

The sleeper wakes ten thousand years

She lay in wait for this

[Verse 3]

Every night, their dreams were filled

With the fear of the river breaking in

But this was not a river god

This was something rising from the deep

From the depths of the mere

"Run, boys, run, make for the light

Save yourselves, the tunnel's in"

[Chorus]

Here he comes

The first rebreather

Like a mummer, like a souler

Come to save them

[Verse 4]

Rising up to the height of the river

At flood tide

Engines fail, lost to the water

As silence

Falls

This man will walk into darkness

One foot in front of the other

[Verse 5]

Into the unsounded depths

Of the heading

Ah, into the fifth circle of hell

With no light to lead him home

Man is all alone at the end

This man will walk into darkness

Without fear of what lurks in the shadows

[Guitar Solo]

[Pre-Chorus]

Watching the surface grow quite still

[Chorus]

Waiting for hope at the ninth hour

Man all alone in the darkness

[Post-Chorus]

Here he comes, oh

La-la-la

[Instrumental Outro]