DON’T RING THE BELLS FOR ME
They took her…
I was too late.
The bells were ringing…
But nobody came.
I ran through every street below Calling out her name
I searched beneath the falling rain I begged the world to change
I thought that I could save her
I thought that I could be brave But the world that called
me monster Was the world that took her away I reached for
her hand
But felt it slipping through
And all the things she gave me Were the things I couldn’t
give her too
She told me I was human When nobody else believed Now I’m
standing here without her… And I don’t know what to be
DON’T RING THE BELLS FOR ME!
I DON’T WANT THE WORLD TO KNOW MY NAME!
THE BELLS USED TO SOUND LIKE FREEDOM!
NOW THEY ONLY SOUND LIKE PAIN!
DON’T RING THE BELLS FOR ME!
DON’T TELL THEM I WAS HERE!
IF SHE CAN’T HEAR THE BELLS ANYMORE… THEN WHAT AM I DOING
HERE? I
carried her memory
Back into the tower alone The place where I once dreamed of
love Now felt like a tomb of stone
I touched the empty window Where she used to stand and smile
And for the first time in my life I wished I could
disappear She never saw a monster She never asked me to be
someone new She only looked into my eyes And said she believed
in me
And now the only person Who ever saw me as I was…
Is gone.
I spent my whole life
Afraid that someone would see me… Then someone finally did.
She wasn’t afraid. She
didn’t laugh. She didn’t look away.
She saw my heart…
And loved me anyway.
(hummmm) And I never told her… Thank you.
ESMERALDA!
CAN YOU HEAR ME?!
I’M STILL HERE!
I’M STILL HERE!
YOU CALLED ME MONSTER!
YOU CALLED ME BROKEN!
BUT SHE KNEW THE TRUTH!
SHE KNEW MY HEART!
SHE KNEW MY NAME!
AND YOU TOOK HER AWAY!
TAKEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE MEEEEEEEEEEEE!
DON’T RING THE BELLS FOR ME!
LET THE WHOLE WORLD FORGET MY NAME!
I DON’T NEED THEIR LOVE!
I DON’T NEED THEIR PRAISE!
I ONLY NEEDED HER TO STAY!
DON’T RING THE BELLS FOR ME!
LET THE TOWER FALL AROUND ME!
BECAUSE SHE WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO EVER SAW… THE HUMAN…
INSIDE OF ME!
They called
me monster…
She called me human.
She was right.
So…
Don’t ring the bells for me.
Let them be quiet… Just this once.
Goodbye… Esmeralda.