Two Bells Ringing Songtext
von Mark Lanegan Band

I saw a golden ship
Sinking by the light of the moon
Saw a harlequin
Swimming naked in a pool
I missed
Catching the midnight train

I was a man and died
They forced my face into the dirt
With my broken teeth
I tore the buttons from my shirt
I heard two bells ringing at once

King David played his harp into the wind
And when he slept
I hung it on a chestnut tree for him
Death at my back, I outran
The Seraphim


Upon a wall
I painted a flor-de-lis
Near the canal
Where the rotten barges sleep
Wandered the banks
While a Hydra hissed and weeped

I heard
Two bells
Ringing at once

Walked a dusty road
Dragging an ancient driving wheel
Met the false and met the fair
Came upon the gallows there
Saw a body hanging
Swinging in the cool night air
I heard two bells ringing at once

King David played the sad and mournful tune
I followed its call
Through April, May, and June
Sorry summertime
All through December too

I felt its sound
Down to my darkest, deepest root
I heard two bells ringing at once
I heard two bells ringing at once