The Bells

At first one imagines that the weepy singer of this doo-wop song is lamenting his dead woman. But when he says that the bells are "ringing out for me," you begin to wonder if the lyrics are narrated by a corpse at its own funeral. In any case, it's a weird, over-the-top performance.

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Posted By: Paul - Sun Jan 03, 2010
Category: Death | Music | 1950s

Comments

That's some SERIOUS weird! The 4 black horses seems to refer to a hearse but I don't get the red eyes.

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 01/03/10 at 12:26 PM

red eyes would seem to mean that he thinks he's going to hell. that whatever he did when he was killed was very bad. either the girl is wearing flowers to the funeral or perhaps it was a car wreck or something that took both their lives and he feels responsible for her death and thus doomed to hell for that. anyway, that's my best guess. the sobbing is very disturbing.

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 01/03/10 at 01:35 PM

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