Ring Them Bells Lyrics - Sufjan Stevens

Ring them bells, ye heathen 

From the city that dreams, 

Ring them bells from the sanctuaries 

Cross the valleys and streams, 

For they're deep and they're wide 

And the world's on its side 

And time is running backwards 

And so is the bride. 

Ring them bells St. Peter 

Where the four winds blow, 

Ring them bells with an iron hand 

So the people will know. 

Oh it's rush hour now 

On the wheel and the plow 

And the sun is going down 

Upon the sacred cow. 

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Ring them bells Sweet Martha, 

For the poor man's son, 

Ring them bells so the world will know 

That God is one. 

Oh the shepherd is asleep 

Where the willows weep 

And the mountains are filled 

With lost sheep. 

Ring them bells for the blind and the deaf, 

Ring them bells for all of us who are left, 

Ring them bells for the chosen few 

Who will judge the many when the game is through. 

Ring them bells, for the time that flies, 

For the child that cries 

When innocence dies. 

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Ring them bells St. Catherine 

From the top of the room, 

Ring them from the fortress 

For the lilies that bloom. 

Oh the lines are long 

And the fighting is strong 

And they're breaking down the distance 

Between right and wrong.