Intro (spoken or half-sung, low male)

Hear them now…

Cold iron calling.

Verse 1

Hear them ring, hear them roll

Through the dark, through the cold

Midnight wind, winter’s breath

Every chime counts a debt

Old year burns, ashes fall

Shadows stretch down the hall

No escape, no farewell

Every road hears the bell

Pre-Chorus

Step by step, closer still

Time don’t bend to your will

Chorus

Ring for the lost, ring for the brave

Ring for the sins we never confessed

Steel and bone, heaven and hell

This ain’t a song — it’s a bell

Ring when the night won’t break

Ring for the choices we made

No lie sleeps, no secret fell

When the world hears the bell

Verse 2

Snow like ash on the ground

Footsteps ghosting the sound

Promises cracked with the frost

Count the wins, count the cost

Church doors shut, candles low

Prayers drift, then let go

Mercy’s thin, truth is loud

Bells don’t bow to the crowd

Pre-Chorus

Hold your breath, feel the swell

Judgment rides in the bell

Chorus

Ring for the lost, ring for the brave

Ring for the love that time couldn’t save

Iron tongue, story to tell

This ain’t a hymn — it’s a bell

Ring till the silence breaks

Ring for the lives we take

No lie sleeps, no secret fell

When the night hears the bell

Bridge (drop instruments except bells & low drone)

One for the blood, one for the bone

One for the roads we walked alone

One for the fire, one for the snow

One last chance before we go

Final Chorus (bigger, darker)

Ring for the lost, ring for the brave

Ring till the past is dug from the grave

Steel and bone, heaven and hell

Let it burn in the sound of the bell

Ring till the cold gives way

Ring for the dawn of a harder day

No lie sleeps, no soul fell

When the world hears the bell

Outro (spoken, fading bells)

Hear them fade…

Now live with it.