[Intro] That tower only has eight. [Verse 1] Rain on the steps, cold water in my shoes Came through the doors with a hundred things to prove Eight iron voices from the tower overhead Then a ninth note rose when the final one was dead No hand on the rope, no footsteps on the stair Just a tone through the timber hanging bright in the air I had a whole speech ready, every answer rehearsed Then the room went quiet and the music spoke first I know the weight of a word when it lands in a crowd How a promise can whisper while a threat talks loud If I call this a battle, let the battle begin With the fear I keep feeding and the pride tucked within I used to want thunder to tell me I was right Now I hear a small note outlasting all that noise I arrived with a verdict, dressed it up as a prayer Then the ninth bell found me standing there [Pre Chorus] I held my question like a stone Too heavy to put down Then a note I couldn't measure Kept me standing on that ground [Hook] Eight bells from the tower One more beneath my skin I was asking for an army He sent a hymn instead Hear the rafters start to answer Hear the brass and choir blend Eight bells from the tower Then the ninth begins again [Drop 1] [Verse 2] I stood at the back by the cracked window frame With a list of old losses and a mouth full of blame That ninth note didn't wipe every mark from the wall Didn't offer a shortcut or pretend I won't fall At the door stood a stranger with rain in his hair No choir could help him if I just stood there So I took off my coat and I walked through the rain With a bell in my chest I could barely explain [Build 2] I heard it in the timber, in the iron, in the rain In the space between the words I was too proud to say Eight notes from the tower, one nobody could see If the song has a purpose, let it start with me [Drop 2] [Bridge] You can count what the tower gives You cannot count what it changes [Final Exchange] The sound hit the stone and the whole room moved I walked to the door with nothing to prove No rope in the tower, no hand on the chain Just somebody warm on the steps in the rain [Final Hook] Eight bells from the tower One more beneath my skin I was asking for an army He sent a hymn instead Hear the rafters start to answer Hear the brass and choir blend Eight bells from the tower Then the ninth begins again [Final Drop]
