Ring Tower Bells for Anne Boleyn

They brought her silk To a stone-cold room Gold on her sleeve Like a lie in bloom A queen on paper A mark in ink One cold command And the whole world blinked She heard the footsteps In the dark hall She knew the price When the hawks would call Ring, tower bells For Anne Boleyn One crown up high Then the blade walked in Ring, tower bells Let the stones all sing A name can rise Then be lost to kings (Anne Boleyn) (Anne Boleyn) They said her smile Was a storm too bold They said her voice Made the weak men cold But she had fire And she had breath And a final dawn Stood close as death She tied her hair Like a vow unspun The morning came And the morning won Ring, tower bells For Anne Boleyn One crown up high Then the blade walked in Ring, tower bells Let the stones all sing A name can rise Then be lost to kings (Anne Boleyn) (Anne Boleyn) No ghost of mercy In that hour of grey Just white stone walls And a world away Still her daughter lived With her dark-eyed grace A bloodline outlasted The blade and the page Ring, tower bells For Anne Boleyn One crown up high Then the blade walked in Ring, tower bells Let the stones all sing A name can rise Then be lost to kings (Anne Boleyn) (Anne Boleyn)