The Bells LyricsWe beat the bells, we left the roads littered
With the footprints of our sound
We called to the parents, salesmen, priests, and police
“We’ve taken you and the hour!”
They beat us up, they called us ghosts
They told their children not to let us in;
The first, the second, their kids came out, saying
“I thought I heard something ring”
The house fell dark, I couldn’t find a thought
To distract me anymore
The watching dread - “and is he dead?” -
Breaking down the unprotected door
Then time fell out replaced by the silence
Of an unseen darker power
The first, the second, the bells rang out, saying
“We’ve taken you and the hour!”
The streets were filled with saints all marching singing
The parade’s cacophony
Singing “life is wider, love is longer than we could have
Ever hoped to see”
I sang aloud the song I knew back when I thought I knew everything
Our voices full, the words were true that started when
I thought I heard something ring