The Bell

from The Powers That Be by Mercy

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lyrics

Through the calm and silent air
Floats the tolling funeral bell
Swooning over hill and dell
Heavy laden with despair

Mute between each muffled stroke
Sad as though a dead voice spoke
Out of the dim Past time invoked
Stands my heart all mute with care

The Bell is tolling on, and deep
Deep and drear into my heart
All its bitter accents dart
Peace! sad chime, I will not weep

What is there within thy tone
That should wring my heart alone
Rive it with this endless moan
Peace! and let past sorrows sleep

Fling your music on the breeze
Mock the sighing of the willows
Mock the lapping of the billows
Mock not human sympathies

Slow chime, sad chime, mock me not
With that loved voice ne'er forgot
Flooding me with tears blood-hot
Mock not soul-deep memories

Come not from the unseen Past
Flying up the silent gale

With that deep and muffled wail
Slaying me with lying tale
Base chime, false chime from the Past
Not in sighs of mortal pain
Pain and anguish rise again
Voices from the far Death-plain

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from The Powers That Be, released March 1, 2023
Music: Phillippe Levidad, Isaque Soares
Vocals: Daniel Corpse
Mixing/Mastering: Bruno Bassani

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Mercy Curitiba, Brazil

Mercy is a black metal studio project from Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, drawing inspiration from Antestor, Vaakevandring and Vardøger, with lyrical themes ranging from Christianity to Nature and Norse folklore.

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