Intro Ring around the roses… Ashes fill their noses… Death comes creeping, softly speaking… We all fall… down. Verse 1 The bells toll black, the night grows thin The sickness claws beneath the skin Hands of bone and mouths of flies Drag the living where hope dies Chorus Ashes in their eyes, ashes on their skin Shadows take the weak, the fire takes the kin Every prayer’s a curse, every song’s a lie Ashes in their eyes… we all fall down tonight Verse 2 Carts of silence, cobbled stone Children singing all alone Every circle carved in flame Every body whispers names Chorus Ashes in their eyes, ashes on their skin Shadows take the weak, the fire takes the kin Every prayer’s a curse, every song’s a lie Ashes in their eyes… we all fall down tonight Bridge Fingers clutch at broken breath Choirs chant the hymns of death From the cradle to the ground Ashes, ashes, all fall down Final Chorus Ashes in their eyes, ashes on their skin Death’s the only truth, and plague’s the hymn Every prayer’s a curse, every song’s a lie Ashes in their eyes… we all fall down tonight Outro Ring around the roses… Ashes, ashes… We all fall down.
