[Verse 1] Rain on slate Crow flies low above the moor Cold hill gate Carved in tongues I’ve seen before Names in stone Half-erased by moss and time I walk alone Hear their voices in the grime [Chorus] Under black Welsh skies I hear them calling (calling) From the drowned green valleys From the coal-dust years Every broken chapel bell still ringing In the old tongue In the old fears Under black Welsh skies the dead are singing (singing) In the red of the dragon In the raven’s cry All the myths and the bones keep breathing In the rain In the rock In the rye [Verse 2] Lake like glass Keeps a sword beneath the reeds Shadowed pass Where the wild wind twists and bleeds Antler crown On a stag that doesn’t flee He bows down Like he’s choosing what I’ll be [Chorus] Under black Welsh skies I hear them calling (calling) From the drowned green valleys From the coal-dust years Every broken chapel bell still ringing In the old tongue In the old fears Under black Welsh skies the dead are singing (singing) In the red of the dragon In the raven’s cry All the myths and the bones keep breathing In the rain In the rock In the rye [Bridge] [Female choir rising Wordless vowels] Mist on the mountain Blood in the fountain Ash in the ale Whisper “Cymru” like a spell [Chorus] Under black Welsh skies I hear them calling (calling) From the drowned green valleys From the coal-dust years Every broken chapel bell still ringing In the old tongue In the old fears Under black Welsh skies the dead are singing (singing) In the red of the dragon In the raven’s cry All the myths and the bones keep breathing Till the last coal ember dies
