I feel this song is probably about a real coal mine but could also be a metaphor for choosing evil over good in the same way "cold as Ice" by The Foreigners portrays digging for gold, be it black or real gold, is like a sickness. Going after what can't be yours or ignoring what God has not laid out for you for any sin greed, lust, you name it.
I feel this song is probably about a real coal mine but could also be a metaphor for choosing evil over good in the same way "cold as Ice" by The Foreigners portrays digging for gold, be it black or real gold, is like a sickness. Going after what can't be yours or ignoring what God has not laid out for you for any sin greed, lust, you name it.