The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
In Dynamite Mine your hour will come
In a shower of stones steel beams
They'll push and they'll pull against the rock wall
And find you buried among the debris
When they search for you the dogs will sniff him out
From a torn peace of his shirt
They'll bound down the path with lust on their breath
And find you under a patch of fresh dirt
Son cover your ears
Lord how the blast will ring
And when that rumbling shakes the walls
You can hear that devil sing
You cut off the past
Buried him here
Deep in the belly of the mines
Blasted the wall sealed the tomb
Lived out those short days secure in your crime
Many years have passed
But still we trudge on
So we will till the end of our days
Many have come and many have gone
But there's one who never strays from this place
Son cover your ears
Lord how the blast will ring
And when that rumbling shakes the walls
You can hear that devil sing
Son cover your ears
Lord how the blast will ring
And when that rumbling shakes the walls
You can hear that devil sing
In a shower of stones steel beams
They'll push and they'll pull against the rock wall
And find you buried among the debris
When they search for you the dogs will sniff him out
From a torn peace of his shirt
They'll bound down the path with lust on their breath
And find you under a patch of fresh dirt
Son cover your ears
Lord how the blast will ring
And when that rumbling shakes the walls
You can hear that devil sing
You cut off the past
Buried him here
Deep in the belly of the mines
Blasted the wall sealed the tomb
Lived out those short days secure in your crime
Many years have passed
But still we trudge on
So we will till the end of our days
Many have come and many have gone
But there's one who never strays from this place
Son cover your ears
Lord how the blast will ring
And when that rumbling shakes the walls
You can hear that devil sing
Son cover your ears
Lord how the blast will ring
And when that rumbling shakes the walls
You can hear that devil sing
Lyrics submitted by TheOnlyCoolTim, edited by Mellow_Harsher
Dynamite Mine Lyrics as written by Balliet Armstrong
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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From the site: "dynamite mine is a story of irony. its about a man who commits a murder in a mine where we works. He takes the victim there, kills him, and then buries him in the mine. Then, in a lovely twist of irony the murderer is killed under a rockfall that buries him next to his victim. the chorus is from the perspectives of the miners many years later who continue to tell the story of the mine and how the ghost of the murderer still lives deep in the belly of the mine. it goes: "son, cover your ears lord how the blast will ring and when a rumblin' shakes the walls you can hear that devil sing". oooooh. spooky"