Eels - The Handsome Family

They used to think the swallows were living under water

All through the winter when they were missing from the trees

They used to think the geese budded from the branches

Each gentle sunny spring when they came back again

But the swallows and the geese, they have always heard

The ringing of the bells that echo through the earth

The monarch butterflies in their cloud of orange wings

And all the golden eels swimming through the sea

They are following a path to places never seen

They see the secret map the moon draws on the sea

The butterflies and eels, they have always heard

The ringing of the bells that echo through the earth

But the airplanes overhead hang heavy in the air

And all the shiny cars, they circle in despair

«Where am I?»

They cry.

«Where are you?

Where am I?»

But they will never hear the bells that ring tonight