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.