Chimes of Freedom (live version)
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โฑ๏ธ 8:03 duration
๐ ID: 5570533
๐ Lyrics
Far between my finished sundown and midnight's broken toll
We ducked inside the doorways, thunder went crashing
As majestic bells of bolts struck shadows in the sounds
Seeming to be the chimes of freedom flashin'
Flashin' for the warriors whose strength is not to fight
Flashin' for the refugees on the unarmed road of flight
And for each an' every underdog soldier in the night
And we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashin'
Through the city's melting furnace, unexpectedly we watched
With faces hidden as the walls were tightening
As the echo of the wedding bells before the blowin' rain
Dissolved into the bells of the lightning
Tolling for the rebel, tolling for the rake
Tolling for the luckless, the abandoned and forsaked
Tolling for the outcast, burnin' constantly at stake
And we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashin'
Through the mad mystic hammering of the wild ripping hail
The sky cracked its poems in naked wonder
That the clinging of the church bells blew far into the breeze
Leaving only bells of lightning and its thunder
Striking for the gentle, striking for the kind
Striking for the guardians and protectors of the mind
And the poet and the painter pull out of his rightful time
And we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashin'
Through the wild cathedral evening, the rain unraveled tales
For the disrobed faceless forms of no position
Tolling for the tongues with no place to bring their thoughts
All down in taken-for-granted situations
Tolling for the deaf and blind, tolling for the mute
For the mistreated, mateless mother, the mistitled prostitute
For the misdemeanor outlaw, chased and cheated by pursuit
And we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashin'
Even though a cloud's white curtain in a far-off corner flared
And the hypnotic splattered mist was slowly liftin'
Electric light still struck like arrows, fired but for the ones
Condemned to drift or else be kept from drifting
Tolling for the searching on their speechless, seeking trail
For the lonesome-hearted lovers with too personal a tale
And for each unharmful, gentle soul misplaced inside a jail
And we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashin'
Starry-eyed and laughing as I recall when we were caught
Trapped by no track of hours for they hanged suspended
As we listened one last time an' we watched with one last look
Spellbound an' swallowed 'til the tolling ended
Tolling for the aching ones whose wounds cannot be nursed
For the countless confused, accused, misused, strung-out ones and worse
And for every hung-up person in the whole wide universe
And we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashin'
Thank you
We ducked inside the doorways, thunder went crashing
As majestic bells of bolts struck shadows in the sounds
Seeming to be the chimes of freedom flashin'
Flashin' for the warriors whose strength is not to fight
Flashin' for the refugees on the unarmed road of flight
And for each an' every underdog soldier in the night
And we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashin'
Through the city's melting furnace, unexpectedly we watched
With faces hidden as the walls were tightening
As the echo of the wedding bells before the blowin' rain
Dissolved into the bells of the lightning
Tolling for the rebel, tolling for the rake
Tolling for the luckless, the abandoned and forsaked
Tolling for the outcast, burnin' constantly at stake
And we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashin'
Through the mad mystic hammering of the wild ripping hail
The sky cracked its poems in naked wonder
That the clinging of the church bells blew far into the breeze
Leaving only bells of lightning and its thunder
Striking for the gentle, striking for the kind
Striking for the guardians and protectors of the mind
And the poet and the painter pull out of his rightful time
And we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashin'
Through the wild cathedral evening, the rain unraveled tales
For the disrobed faceless forms of no position
Tolling for the tongues with no place to bring their thoughts
All down in taken-for-granted situations
Tolling for the deaf and blind, tolling for the mute
For the mistreated, mateless mother, the mistitled prostitute
For the misdemeanor outlaw, chased and cheated by pursuit
And we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashin'
Even though a cloud's white curtain in a far-off corner flared
And the hypnotic splattered mist was slowly liftin'
Electric light still struck like arrows, fired but for the ones
Condemned to drift or else be kept from drifting
Tolling for the searching on their speechless, seeking trail
For the lonesome-hearted lovers with too personal a tale
And for each unharmful, gentle soul misplaced inside a jail
And we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashin'
Starry-eyed and laughing as I recall when we were caught
Trapped by no track of hours for they hanged suspended
As we listened one last time an' we watched with one last look
Spellbound an' swallowed 'til the tolling ended
Tolling for the aching ones whose wounds cannot be nursed
For the countless confused, accused, misused, strung-out ones and worse
And for every hung-up person in the whole wide universe
And we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashin'
Thank you
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:11.39] Far between my finished sundown and midnight's broken toll
[00:20.02] We ducked inside the doorways, thunder went crashing
[00:28.13] As majestic bells of bolts struck shadows in the sounds
[00:36.78] Seeming to be the chimes of freedom flashin'
[00:45.56] Flashin' for the warriors whose strength is not to fight
[00:53.64] Flashin' for the refugees on the unarmed road of flight
[01:01.60] And for each an' every underdog soldier in the night
[01:10.19] And we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashin'
[01:16.68]
[01:26.53] Through the city's melting furnace, unexpectedly we watched
[01:35.99] With faces hidden as the walls were tightening
[01:44.95] As the echo of the wedding bells before the blowin' rain
[01:53.22] Dissolved into the bells of the lightning
[02:01.41] Tolling for the rebel, tolling for the rake
[02:09.73] Tolling for the luckless, the abandoned and forsaked
[02:18.10] Tolling for the outcast, burnin' constantly at stake
[02:25.67] And we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashin'
[02:32.33]
[02:52.06] Through the mad mystic hammering of the wild ripping hail
[03:00.24] The sky cracked its poems in naked wonder
[03:08.51] That the clinging of the church bells blew far into the breeze
[03:16.15] Leaving only bells of lightning and its thunder
[03:25.40] Striking for the gentle, striking for the kind
[03:33.88] Striking for the guardians and protectors of the mind
[03:41.56] And the poet and the painter pull out of his rightful time
[03:49.68] And we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashin'
[03:56.13]
[04:13.24] Through the wild cathedral evening, the rain unraveled tales
[04:21.19] For the disrobed faceless forms of no position
[04:29.72] Tolling for the tongues with no place to bring their thoughts
[04:37.15] All down in taken-for-granted situations
[04:45.57] Tolling for the deaf and blind, tolling for the mute
[04:53.22] For the mistreated, mateless mother, the mistitled prostitute
[05:01.55] For the misdemeanor outlaw, chased and cheated by pursuit
[05:09.46] And we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashin'
[05:16.35]
[05:25.24] Even though a cloud's white curtain in a far-off corner flared
[05:33.28] And the hypnotic splattered mist was slowly liftin'
[05:41.65] Electric light still struck like arrows, fired but for the ones
[05:49.39] Condemned to drift or else be kept from drifting
[05:59.23] Tolling for the searching on their speechless, seeking trail
[06:06.44] For the lonesome-hearted lovers with too personal a tale
[06:14.09] And for each unharmful, gentle soul misplaced inside a jail
[06:22.36] And we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashin'
[06:28.35]
[06:47.13] Starry-eyed and laughing as I recall when we were caught
[06:54.93] Trapped by no track of hours for they hanged suspended
[07:02.98] As we listened one last time an' we watched with one last look
[07:11.45] Spellbound an' swallowed 'til the tolling ended
[07:19.66] Tolling for the aching ones whose wounds cannot be nursed
[07:26.98] For the countless confused, accused, misused, strung-out ones and worse
[07:34.82] And for every hung-up person in the whole wide universe
[07:42.81] And we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashin'
[07:53.43]
[08:01.01] Thank you
[08:01.95]
[00:20.02] We ducked inside the doorways, thunder went crashing
[00:28.13] As majestic bells of bolts struck shadows in the sounds
[00:36.78] Seeming to be the chimes of freedom flashin'
[00:45.56] Flashin' for the warriors whose strength is not to fight
[00:53.64] Flashin' for the refugees on the unarmed road of flight
[01:01.60] And for each an' every underdog soldier in the night
[01:10.19] And we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashin'
[01:16.68]
[01:26.53] Through the city's melting furnace, unexpectedly we watched
[01:35.99] With faces hidden as the walls were tightening
[01:44.95] As the echo of the wedding bells before the blowin' rain
[01:53.22] Dissolved into the bells of the lightning
[02:01.41] Tolling for the rebel, tolling for the rake
[02:09.73] Tolling for the luckless, the abandoned and forsaked
[02:18.10] Tolling for the outcast, burnin' constantly at stake
[02:25.67] And we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashin'
[02:32.33]
[02:52.06] Through the mad mystic hammering of the wild ripping hail
[03:00.24] The sky cracked its poems in naked wonder
[03:08.51] That the clinging of the church bells blew far into the breeze
[03:16.15] Leaving only bells of lightning and its thunder
[03:25.40] Striking for the gentle, striking for the kind
[03:33.88] Striking for the guardians and protectors of the mind
[03:41.56] And the poet and the painter pull out of his rightful time
[03:49.68] And we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashin'
[03:56.13]
[04:13.24] Through the wild cathedral evening, the rain unraveled tales
[04:21.19] For the disrobed faceless forms of no position
[04:29.72] Tolling for the tongues with no place to bring their thoughts
[04:37.15] All down in taken-for-granted situations
[04:45.57] Tolling for the deaf and blind, tolling for the mute
[04:53.22] For the mistreated, mateless mother, the mistitled prostitute
[05:01.55] For the misdemeanor outlaw, chased and cheated by pursuit
[05:09.46] And we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashin'
[05:16.35]
[05:25.24] Even though a cloud's white curtain in a far-off corner flared
[05:33.28] And the hypnotic splattered mist was slowly liftin'
[05:41.65] Electric light still struck like arrows, fired but for the ones
[05:49.39] Condemned to drift or else be kept from drifting
[05:59.23] Tolling for the searching on their speechless, seeking trail
[06:06.44] For the lonesome-hearted lovers with too personal a tale
[06:14.09] And for each unharmful, gentle soul misplaced inside a jail
[06:22.36] And we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashin'
[06:28.35]
[06:47.13] Starry-eyed and laughing as I recall when we were caught
[06:54.93] Trapped by no track of hours for they hanged suspended
[07:02.98] As we listened one last time an' we watched with one last look
[07:11.45] Spellbound an' swallowed 'til the tolling ended
[07:19.66] Tolling for the aching ones whose wounds cannot be nursed
[07:26.98] For the countless confused, accused, misused, strung-out ones and worse
[07:34.82] And for every hung-up person in the whole wide universe
[07:42.81] And we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashin'
[07:53.43]
[08:01.01] Thank you
[08:01.95]