[intro, chorus]
We mined for ore, we wanted more,
we kept on digging, below that floor.
The vein went deep, the darkness grew
We should have listened, the wizard knew.
[verse1]
We sent him off, called him a bore,
we kept on digging, and found a door.
A gate to hell, should be kept shut,
but pride removed each bolt and nut.
[verse2]
The books we should have read to learn
were used to feed the forge in turn.
We dug too deep, our time to burn
We did not think it would return
[bridge]
The bellows hissed now out of breath
The portal brought us naught but death
Their screams still echo through the night,
survivors now the nightmares fight
[verse3]
The hammers stilled, the furnace cold,
our pride was high, our tale is told.
We mourn our fallen, not the gold,
though pride was lost, we are still bold.
[verse4]
O mountain dark, O halls of stone,
we bled our pride, we stand alone.
From fire bright to ashes gray,
our song laments what slipped away.
[outro]
But wield once more your pickaxe mate,
We’re dwarves and we will shape our fate,
Our armorers and blacksmiths too,
will help rebuild our mining crew!