Missionary Bell

Lyrics for Missionary Bell

Summer’s vine is knotted Twisting in the ground Wild fennel in the wetlands Nightfall hurling down Hear them in the valley They called me when you fell What else is as heavy as a missionary bell? A missionary bell A missionary bell What else is as heavy as a missionary bell? There was nothing you could tell me No way to describe The puppets and the pirates And their banquet at your side Tell me truly truly For once, truly tell A single thing as heavy as a missionary bell A missionary bell A missionary bell A single thing as heavy as a missionary bell To shiver by your bedside To walk on broken shells Where on land could you run to Where there’s no missionary bells? They’re clanging out the coastline They’re sending out the ships Across fathomless waters Across the next abyss Between the waves, you floated Between the waves of sound Down in discord’s undertow Where every ship is drowned It tolls every muscle It takes every cell Not to buckle under the weight of a missionary bell A missionary bell A missionary bell Not to buckle under the weight of a missionary bell