Can you hear the gentle ringing Of the shiny silver bells? What a calm and peaceful world That their melodie fortells In the icy air of the night What is that sound that slowly swells? All the stars shine in crystal delight It seems to be the lifetime bells Trough the balmy air of the night Why do you trust their melody? How they ring out their lovely delight It all begins in harmony Can you hear the gentle ringing Of the shiny silver bells? What a calm and peaceful world That their melodie fortells Can you hear the mellow ringing Of the distant golden bells? It's a far, delusive world Of which their harmony fortells Keeping time and time In sort of Runic rhyme How it swells and dwells The ringing bells – ringing of the bells ♪ In the startled ear of the night What do you hear, what do you fear? How we scream out the awful affright The end of time is drawing near. When the silence fell in the night Why don't you see the near decline? How we shiver with dire affright The bells have rang for the last time Can you hear the gentle ringing Of the shiny silver bells? What a calm and peaceful world That their melodie fortells Can you hear the mellow ringing Of the distant golden bells? It's a far, delusive world Of which their harmony fortells Keeping time and time In sort of Runic rhyme How it swells and dwells The ringing bells – ringing of the bells ♪ Who is the ringer who tolls the bell Causing this merciless sound? It is the king of the nether world Whipping his mallet around! Can you hear the hollow ringing Of the massive brazen bells? What a tale of frantic terror, Now, their turbulency tells Can you hear the morbid ringing Of the heavy iron bells? What a world of solemn thought, That their monody compels Ringing of the bells