Seems to me Sting is relating his experience in The Police by means of his mastery of metaphor: "Our blood has stained the coal" (The blood of The Police as a collective stained the coal of Sting's creative genius) "We tunneled deep inside the nation's soul" (Andy and Stewart got into Sting's head with such madness as speeded-up drumming and Mother and eventually drove Sting crazy, compelling him to break up The Police) "The seam lies underground" (Sting was the seam that held The Police together) "Three million years of pressure packed it down" (The Police collective restrained the seam of Sting's creative genius) "We walk through ancient forest lands..." (Incessant mention of The Police) "...Your dark satanic mills" (The music industry machine that continues to milk fans dry with reissue upon reissue of Police material as opposed to multiple versions of each Sting album) "Have made redundant all our mining skills" (Continual appraisal of Sting's long-past achievements in The Police as opposed to the present trails he's blazing now) "You can't exchange a six inch band for all the poisoned streams in Cumberland" (Six inch band=Sting and The Blue Turtles / poisoned streams in Cumberland=The Police) ®@J _________________________________________________________________ Gift-shop online from the comfort of home at MSN Shopping! No crowds, free parking. http://shopping.msn.com