Verse 1 The night is cold and empty And the streets are dressed in white I’ve walked so long in silence Through the shadows of the night But a distant bell is ringing Like a memory calling home And I follow through the darkness Though I tread the path alone Verse 2 Each window has a warmth inside A glow I used to know And every step grows heavier As the falling snow turns slow But the voices in the stillness Sing a tune I can’t forget Of the ones I lost in winter And the ones I can’t reach yet Chorus (CALM DOWN) When the winter bells begin Let them echo through my skin Let the cold years fall behind me Let a new heart rise within For the night is long and bitter But the dawn will come again When the winter bells are ringing Calling me back home again Verse 3 I see the church door open Hear the choir’s trembling light Like a river filled with memories Flowing softly through the night And the faces that I dreamed of Seem to shimmer in the glow As if Christmas brings their shadows To remind me how to grow (Guitar Solo) Oh the years, they break us down But they teach us how to stand And the cold can steal our courage But it cannot take our hands And the heart that once was frozen Finds a fire in the sound Of a quiet Christmas morning Where the lost are finally found Chorus calm donw, dark emotional) When the winter bells begin Let them echo through my skin Let the cold years fall behind me Let a new heart rise within For the night is long and bitter But the dawn will come again When the winter bells are ringing Calling me back home again Outro (soft, fading) And I’ll follow where they lead me Till the dark turns into day. [SOLO GUITAR] {DRUMS] [BELLS} [LONG INSTRUMENTAL PART]
