Among the trees, the moon’s on the rise
I’m set free just, by your eyes
And the bell keeps tolling softly…
The rose has wilted away
The petals all around
Must I really leave today?
Still, I know I’m heaven-bound
The bell keeps tolling softly
Ever so softly to me
I know I’m not in prison
But, your eyes set me free
I remember being so close
Only a heartbeat away
But, you were only drifting through
There’s nothing more to say
The bells are tolling softly
Ever so softly to my friend
The ringing, gentle ringing
Came round once again.
The clouds are gathering round
The angels went astray
And you know you can’t be found
If I’m only in the way
The bells are tolling softly
Ever ringing in my ears
And once upon a moonlight
You drove away those fears
A certain bell is tolling
One that you can’t see
And I hear you calling
Won’t you set me free?
One bell is so special, not like any other
It captures the sound of a broken sigh
Now this bell, tolling softly for another
Says to me, “Thou must die.”
