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The meaning of the lyrics of the song "And the Bells Are Ringing Doom" by the artist "Weh"

This song, "And the Bells Are Ringing Doom" by Weh, paints a bleak picture of an apocalyptic world. Chaos and destruction reign: witches burn preachers, scavengers feast on the dead, and the pillars of society lie in ruins. A new age of darkness and despair is dawning, the "twilight of the gods," where the once-beautiful night sky no longer holds any promise of beauty.

The lyrical voice, standing on the brink of annihilation, addresses an unknown companion (perhaps a lover) with a proposal to leave this world behind, to submerge themselves in the "great black sea" - a metaphor for death and oblivion. Together, they can find eternal peace, leaving behind the horrors of a dying world.

The image of the "bells ringing doom" echoes throughout the song, creating a sense of impending doom and hopelessness. This imagery is further enhanced by the description of corpses, pyres, and the "dead eye" seeing "clear revelations" – the world is dying, leaving no room for salvation.

The repeated refrain, "Will you come with me?" emphasizes the speaker's desire to share their fate with someone close, to find solace in death in the face of total destruction.

Prophecy written in horrible rime

The witches are burning the preachers this time

Scavengers feast on the bloody remains

And the pillars of earth, all in ruins are lain

Sacrificed, crucified, hate on display

As the twilight of gods now is coming this way

And the nightsky that held so much beauty before

It now holds the promise of beauty no more

When our dreams are dying

And the bells are ringing doom

Will you come with me

To the great black sea

When the mist is rising

And the world is laid to rest

We will go down deep

To eternal sleep

Stone upon stone will be laid on our souls

As the bell of damnation and terror now tolls

Corpses are piled and the fires burn high

A dead eye see clear revelations flash by

Master and servant let go of their lives

This genocide no one can hope to survive

And the nightsky that held so much beauty before

It now holds the promise of beauty no more

[x2:]

When our dreams are dying

And the bells are ringing doom

Will you come with me

To the great black sea

When the mist is rising

And the world is laid to rest

We will go down deep

To eternal sleep

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