Verse 1 You hear them before you see anything change Low and far away Under the sound of the wind Under the words people say They do not ring for celebration They do not ring to call you home They ring when the world grows thin And something final comes through Verse 2 They hang in towers no one tends Metal worn thin by all the years Every stroke counts another gone Another breath let go You feel it in your chest before you hear it clear A heavy slow vibration Like the earth itself breathing out And not breathing back in Chorus Death bells ringing Slow and steady They do not hurry They do not lie They toll for the old They toll for the young They toll for everyone the same No favour No mercy Only the sound of ending Verse 3 Some days they sound inside your own head When the room goes quiet When the light turns grey You wonder if they call for you Or for someone you loved Or for something the world has lost The bells do not explain They do not comfort They only mark the place where something was And is no longer Bridge People learn to turn away To cover their ears To say it is just the wind Just old stone and metal But you know better You know what that sound means It is the great door closing One by one For every single soul Verse 4 They will keep ringing long after we are gone Long after our names fade Same tone Same weight Same slow unhurried fall Time runs out for everyone And the bells know exactly when Outro Listen close You can hear them now Far off Coming closer Death bells ringing And they never stop Not really
