Slow tempo Folk Rock song based on a disaster in the mining valleys.
folk rock
tragedy
sad song
Story behind the song
Based on a true story. Re written from the original 2011 song.
Lyrics
Shadows © 2018 Vic Arnold
On this mountain, beautiful mountain
shadows fall on honey town
where we drink from crystal fountains
coming up from the coal dark ground
On this river, beautiful river,
where the children skim the stones
on sparkling water that flashes silver
'til their mothers call them home.
Yes we lived here through the ages
and we loved here for a while
but now we're shadows, just shadows.
Merely shadows ... of time
In this valley, beautiful valley,
there's a dark cloud on the hill.
People crying for the many
who are lying, black and still.
Oh they lived here through the ages
and they loved here for a while
but now they're shadows, coal black shadows.
Merely shadows ... in time