Hell’s Bells Ballad

[Intro]
[soft bells tolling
Distant choir]
Cold wind
Stone sky
One note ringing
Overnight
[Verse 1]
Ash on my armor
Blood on my hands
I carved out a kingdom
From broken commands
You swore on my shoulder
You’d ride till the end
Now your name is a whisper
Where the black flags bend
[Pre-Chorus]
Every footprint in the snow
Points back to you
Every shadow on the road
Cuts straight in two
[Chorus]
When hell’s bells ring
They’re calling my heart
Dragging these scars
Back to where you are
When hell’s bells cry
They echo your name
Through fire and flame
I’m walking the line again
When hell’s bells sing
I remember
You and I
Forever on the edge of embers
[Verse 2]
Glass in the goblet
Candle burned low
Your chair at the table
Empty like the road
Steel feels heavier
Since you let go
I swing
But my spirit
Moves slow
Moves slow
[Pre-Chorus]
Every letter that you burned
Still lights my dreams
Every vow that we unlearned
Still splits the seams
[Chorus]
When hell’s bells ring
They’re calling my heart
Dragging these scars
Back to where you are
When hell’s bells cry
They echo your name
Through fire and flame
I’m walking the line again
When hell’s bells sing
I remember
You and I
Forever on the edge of embers
[Bridge]
[tempo drops
Harp and violin]
Lay me down
On the altar of our past (oh)
If there’s a price
Let it cut me at last
If there’s a gate
Let it open on your face
If there’s a chain
Let it break in my embrace
[guitars and strings swell]
I’ll ride through the ruin
Through the thunder and smoke
For that one clear chime
For that one last hope
[Chorus]
When hell’s bells ring
They’re calling my heart
Dragging these scars
Back to where you are
When hell’s bells cry
They echo your name
Through fire and flame
I’m walking the line again
When hell’s bells sing
I remember
You and I
Forever on the edge of embers
[Outro]
[solo piano and distant bells]
One last toll
Then silence falls
But in that hush
I hear you call

metal, Epic power metal ballad with male vocals: double-time drums and galloping bass under soaring guitars, layered with symphonic strings, harp arpeggios, church bells, and dramatic piano chords. Verses start in half-time with tender vocal and sparse piano, then build with violins and choral pads; chorus explodes into full-speed power metal, stacked harmonies, and tolling bells on downbeats. Bridge drops to intimate harp and vocal, then surges into a virtuosic guitar–violin duel before a final, anthemic chorus., speed metal, ballad, power metal