A Boy in Darkness Songtext
von Big Big Train

His name is Godfrey Fletcher, 11 years old
Worked these pits for nearly three years
Does not know the alphabet
Cannot read in the least

The pit shall keep him (body and soul)
But better that than going to school, or sloughing the field
It′s hot as any fire and brimstone, Methodist's sermon
Down here
(In the awesome stillness of the deep black)

A boy in darkness
A boy in darkness

The seam they work is more than a yard
The headway here is nearly four feet
He hears the eerie sound of the whistling wind
Deep down here, in the dry and the heat


A boy in darkness
A boy in darkness
A boy in darkness

Once upon a time, a secret shared
Threatened not to breathe a word to a living soul, especially mother
He was just a boy, but even though, it wasn′t the way it's supposed to go
He needed a father, not this hunter
To speak of the unspeakable, takes guts and nerve
He's going to discover, he can′t bring himself to say the words

Misplaced blind faith in church and state
Tied up in too much red tape
But if help comes, pray not too late
We face ourselves, look long and hard
Make the difference, a safer place
But most of all, don′t be afraid to shine light into the dark

A boy in darkness
A boy in darkness