[Immediate start] [INTRO – CHOIR, deceptively angelic] Ah… broken is the golden bowl… Ah… let the bell toll… Sweet little angel, wings so white Playing games throughout the night Ah… such innocent delight… [VERSE 1 - Introducing innocent cruelty] しずかな ねむり しろい つばさ ひかりの かなたへ とびたつ ひと あかい はなびら ちらばって 「きれいでしょ？」と ほほえんだ だけど こっそり てを のばし 「もっと あそぼう」ささやいて ちいさな ゆびで つまんでる いのちの いとを ひっぱって [PRE-CHORUS - Sweet Temptation] Come and play, don't be afraid Games that never ever fade [CHORUS 1 – GOSPEL CHOIR with hidden menace] Let the bell toll! a saintly soul! Stygian river あそび ましょ Let the bell toll! ひかりの もとで とわの ゲームが はじまるよ Broken dolls and shattered dreams Nothing's quite the way it seems Let the bell toll! let the bell toll! Come and join this twisted role! [VERSE 2 - Escalating play] くだけた うつわ ひかりを はなち かなしみの なみだ あつめてる 「これも きれいね」くすくす わらい びんの なかに つめこんで その しずけさに ひびく あしおと 「つぎは だれかな？」うたってる てんしの かおで みつめてる こわれそうな こころたち [PRE-CHORUS - repeat with variation] Don't you cry, it's just a game Everyone will play the same [CHORUS 2 – The true nature comes into view] Let the bell toll! a saintly soul! Stygian river ながれてく Let the bell toll! ひかりの かげで だれも しらない ひみつごと Sacred mask but twisted grin Let the darker games begin Let the bell toll! let the bell toll! Innocence corrupts the soul! [VERSE 3 - Completely reveal one's true nature] ゆめの なかでも あそんでる ちいさな あくま つばさ ひろげ みんなの いたみを あつめては たからもの みたいに かざってる [BRIDGE – whisper to maniacal laughter] (innocent whisper) weep now… it's so pretty when you cry… (giggling) giggle now… let's play until you die… But don't you see the beauty here? In every drop of crimson tear? I'm just a child who loves to play Won't you come and join my way? (building madness) Pain is just another toy! Suffering brings me so much joy! (maniacal) NEVER MORE will you be free! FOREVERMORE, you'll play with me! (childlike, terrifying) It's not my fault they break so fast… I just want friends that really last… [FINAL CHORUS – Full revelation] Let the bell toll! no saintly soul! Stygian river のみこんだ Let the bell toll! やみの おくで とわの あそびが つづいてる Golden bowl filled up with screams Shattered hearts and broken dreams Let the bell toll! let the bell toll! Welcome to my twisted world! [OUTRO – Deceptive return to innocence] Ah… broken is the golden bowl… (innocent humming, then sudden stop) Ah… let the bell toll… (childlike whisper, chilling) "Will you be my friend forever?" (silence, then soft, disturbing laughter fading) Ah… the game will never end… </Lyrics>
