[Intro]
They did not ring above me
They did not ring in air
The bells were under the altar
And calling from down there

[Verse 1]
The tower stood in perfect dark
No rope, no bird, no swing
Yet iron thunder climbed the stones
And made the candles sing
The floor beneath the crossing shook
The altar cloth turned gray
A stair appeared behind the rail
Where dust had sealed the way

[Verse 2]
I knew no holy feet had walked
Those steps for countless years
The walls were wet with mineral breath
The dark was full of ears
Each bell below struck through my ribs
A slow and buried toll
As if the church had found a heart
And hammered on its soul

[Pre-Chorus]
Do not ask the tower
Where the final warning dwells
The dead keep better rhythm
Underneath the bells

[Chorus]
Underneath the bells
Where the stone remembers all
I hear your name descending
Through the cracks beneath the hall
Underneath the bells
Where the buried waters swell
Every toll is pulling me
Down deeper than farewell

[Verse 3]
My boots slid down the narrow stair
My breath became a thread
The locket struck against my chest
Like something small and dead
The last note in my pocket shook
The ink began to crawl
The words I never answered
Were waking in the wall

[Pre-Chorus]
I thought the grave was quiet
I thought the past was still
But silence has a machinery
And guilt can turn the wheel

[Chorus]
Underneath the bells
Where the stone remembers all
I hear your name descending
Through the cracks beneath the hall
Underneath the bells
Where the buried waters swell
Every toll is pulling me
Down deeper than farewell

[Breakdown]
Down to the names
Down to the bone
Down where the church
Keeps what we own
Down past the prayer
Down past the flame
Down where the dark
Pronounces my name

[Guitar Solo]
The stairway narrowed
The bells grew wide
The earth was singing
From the other side

[Bridge]
Then I saw the crypt door waiting
Black wood, iron, and rain
Not locked by any hand but mine
Not opened by my pain
The bells were not accusing
The bells were keeping time
For every second I had called
My cowardice a sign

[Build-up]
Let them ring below
Let them split the stone
Let them count the lies
I carried down alone

[Final Chorus]
Underneath the bells
Where the stone remembers all
I hear your name descending
Through the cracks beneath the hall
Underneath the bells
Where the buried waters swell
Every toll is pulling me
Down deeper than farewell
Underneath the bells
I have no truth to sell
Only hands that shake
And a heart that hears them well

[Outro]
They did not ring above me
They did not ring in air
The bells were under the altar
And I was almost there