Monastery Bells

I remember I walked these hallways all alone

"As His shelter, inhospitable must be God's soul"

I could even touch the silent pregnant air

As the images of torture flashed into my head

Suffering tales in the dawning light retold

Reflected through the stained glass of old

Shadows dancing in the flickering candle light

They whispered to me, blood, death, sacrifice

(Ab) Hominibus iniquis libera me, Domine

Adoramus te, facemus in tuo nomine

In the middle of spellbinding choirs

Mesmerizing the faithfull souls

I knew that, out there, as a lightning bolt

Science flared in the cold dark world

[Chorus]

Oh, in the darkness flood

Comes the deepest fear

(I) only see the idols' faces 'round

Feeling the smell of death

I hear the Monastery Bells...

In the dungeons, wet and cold,

Innocents injustly paid their tolls

In the pit the pendulum worked

Where an excruciating death was brought

(Chorus)...tolling the night away

(Lead - Garavello)

The nightmares I was exposed

Won't let me go

Beasts unleashed and tantalized

You'll never realize...

Those dark days are gone

Remembrances unfold

I bear this scar upon my soul

Guilty I'll stand alone

Oh Monastery...

Oh...(8x)

Monastery Bells