Two Bells Ringing at Once

I saw a golden ship

Sinking by the light of the moon

Saw a harlequin

Swaying naked in a pool

I missed catching the midnight train

I was a Mennonite

And they forced my face into the dirt

But with my broken teeth

I tore the buttons from my shirt

I heard two bells ringing at once

King David played

His harp into the wind

And when he slept

I hung it on a chestnut tree for him

Death at my back, I outran the seraphim

Upon a wall, I painted a fleur-de-lis

Near the canal

Where the rotting barges sleep

Wandered the banks while a hydra hissed and weeped

I heard two bells ringing at once

Walked a dusty road, dragging an ancient driving wheel

Met the false and met the fair

Came upon the gallows there

Saw a body hanging, swinging in the cool night air

I heard two bells ringing at once

King David played a sad and mournful tune

I followed its call through April, May, and June

Sorry summertime, all through December too

I felt its sound down to my darkest, deepest root

I heard two bells ringing at once

I heard two bells ringing at once