"The First Rebreather" lyrics - BIG BIG TRAIN

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

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

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

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

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]