The Bells

Can you hear the gentle ringing
Of the shiny silver bells?
What a calm and peaceful world
That their melody fortells

In the icy air of the night
(What is that sound that slowly swells?)
All the stars shine in crystal delight
(It seems to be the lifetime bells)

Trough the balmy air of the night
(Why do you trust their melody?)
How they ring out their lovely delight
(It all begins in harmony)

Can you hear the gentle ringing
Of the shiny silver bells?
What a calm and peaceful world
That their melody fortells
Can you hear the mellow ringing
Of the distant golden bells?
It′s a far, delusive world
Of which their harmony fortells
Keeping time and time
In a sort of Runic rhyme
How it swells and dwells
The ringing bells – ringing of the bells

In the startled ear of the night
(What do you hear, what do you fear?)
How we scream out the awful affright
(The end of time is drawing near.)

When the silence fell in the night
(Why don't you see the near decline?)
How we shiver with dire affright
(The bells have rang for the last time)

Can you hear the gentle ringing
Of the shiny silver bells?
What a calm and peaceful world
That their melody fortells
Can you hear the mellow ringing
Of the distant golden bells?
It′s a far, delusive world
Of which their harmony fortells
Keeping time and time
In a sort of Runic rhyme
How it swells and dwells
The ringing bells – ringing of the bells

Who is the ringer who tolls the bell
Causing this merciless sound?
It is the king of the nether world
Whipping his mallet around!

Can you hear the hollow ringing
Of the massive brazen bells?
What a tale of frantic terror
Now, their turbulency tells
Can you hear the morbid ringing
Of the heavy iron bells?
What a world of solemn thought
That their monody compels
Ringing of the bells