Canary In A Coalmine Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Bella_x 

Cover art for Canary In A Coalmine lyrics by Police, The

In the good ol' mining days, they would keep birds in coalmines to detect poisonous gases.

@Bella_x : The canari fell of their bar before carbonmonoxide achieved an unbreathable level for humans ... the connotation that Sting uses onto is odd to me: the canari died quietly