Resurrection Band Album: Civil Rites Track: Mission Bells
Mission Bells Lyrics
From the still born cradle where the nations sleep To the halls of meeting where the new Gods meet No one knows the reason why the shadows swell But the distant ringing of the mission bells
There is no heaven and there is no hell They still keep ringin' up the mission bells Dead men have no tales to tell But they still keep ringin' up the mission bells
The bland lead the bland in a pale new world Where dreams of democracy are now unfurled On the lips of infallicy a peace proclaimed Breath of revolution without change
There is no heaven and there is no hell They still keep ringin' up the mission bells Dead men have no tales to tell But they still keep ringin' up the mission bells
Hear the words of the prophets, see the men on stilts As they bow to the effigies that they have built Once faith was a virtue, now its use denied And the bones bleach white under western skies
There is no heaven and there is no hell They still keep ringin' up the mission bells Dead men have no tales to tell But they still keep ringin' up the mission bells
We were there the day the red God fell But they still keep ringin' up the mission bells
