[Female – soft gothic] Along the coast where the old dikes stood A city of stone once faced the flood The gates were opened on a storm-torn night And the sea rushed in with a hungry light She danced on the walls while the water rose The king rode hard as the darkness closed One city sank, one legend stayed And the bell still rings from the deep it made [Male – hard modern rock/metal] I stood on the shore with a restless heart Listening hard for the sound to start Every wave heavier, every hope thin The water keeps its secret and never lets me in [Both] Bell that rings under water Where the lost ones still remain We came with longing in our bones Looking for the city beneath the foam [Female – switches to cheery pop] Sunlight soft on the turning tide I almost believe the stories still hide Voices like currents, faces of gold Calling me gently into the cold [Male – hard modern rock/metal] But the sea takes more than it ever returns It feeds on the hunger that endlessly burns No gates of stone, no shining street Only the silence beneath my feet [Both] Bell that rings under water Where the lost ones still remain We came with longing in our bones Looking for the city beneath the foam [Male – hard modern rock/metal bridge] Feel the pull of a thousand years Feel the weight of a thousand tears Every listener left the same With nothing but a whispered name [Female – soft gothic] If the bell still swings in the endless blue Does it wait for the ones who never knew The greatest treasure was never the sound But the quiet the ocean found [Both – full power] Bell that rings under water Still calls where the currents run We left our names on the turning waves And the deep claimed what we tried to save Bell that rings under water Keeps the secret in the tide We came looking for a city long gone And left with only the endless song [Outro – Female into Both] Somewhere the bell still swings… Somewhere the water still sings…
