Stanzas of Toll the Bitter Chime
1) The sun has dawned another day
Reminder of the time
Creation chained by debts amassed
Toll the bitter chime
2) Sweet air carries songs of spring
And plump grapes on the vine
But fail not to pay your dues
And toll the bitter chime
3) With harvest reaped and pastries baked
And bellies filled with wine
Pay the hand that sees you fed
And toll the bitter chime
4) The debt is paid by all, from king
To brigand, born to crime
Merchant, servant, ranger, serf:
Toll the bitter chime
5) Gifts of fire, water clean
The morel and the pine
Take them not for granted, rather
Toll the bitter chime
6) Things of metal, wood, and rope
Curios of iron
Revealed not by mortal thought
So toll the bitter chime
7) Mortals stitched of flesh and blood
Gifts from the divine
Given but not guaranteed
So toll the bitter chime
8) Light and darkness, warmth and shade
The sacred march of time
Bastion built to staunch the void
So toll the bitter chime
9) What is given must be bought
A part in three, a tithe
Bring your wealth up to the altar
Toll the bitter chime
10) The fury of the gods is vast
Feilme, Gardal, Krine
Listen, Ul-Davina, did they
Toll the bitter chime?
11) Lightning crashes, oceans swell
Creation pleads and cries
The die is cast, it's not too late to
Toll the bitter chime
12) Rivers filled with blood and ash
Boils vex the dying
Scourges torment all who did not
Toll the bitter Chime
13) Bury those the gods received
And sanctify the shrine
Mourn, but vow to ne'er neglect
To toll that bitter chime
14) Dawn will break again once more
The morning light will shine
Bear your burden, bow your head
and toll the bitter chime
