Raging Bells by West Philadelphia Orchestra, g. mervine

Raging Bells (Fanfare for the End of Time)
For Erik Petersen

We’re not right
We’re phasing
Blazing out of time
Stole the words
From my heart
Does yours ache like mine?
The wide world
Is broken
What chance have we begin again?
Find a light
In your eyes
It’s a spark, we can’t hide - no, we can’t hide
So take my hand and cling
Tight by my side
As the parade goes rolling by

This is the world, it rings with raging bells
Here come the dol-drums-beat this empty shell
I sing it too, it’s just the way we tell
Existence speaks, without apology.

I have seen
In my dream
And this time I’m sure.
We can rise
And survive
And without become more.
I awake
And I shake
Then I let my tears flow and then
Is it ever
Too late
To create, we can’t hide - no, we can’t hide
So take my hand and cling
Tight by my side
As the parade goes rolling by

This is the world, it rings with raging bells
Here come the dol-drums-beat this empty shell
I sing it too, it’s just the way we tell
Existence speaks, without apologies

• World
• balkan brass
• jazz and improvised music
• klezmer
• Philadelphia