Album: A Sultan's Ransom
Esmeralda, the bell tolls for thee!
A tortured soul in a twisted frame
I'm the one who tolls the bell
In a cathedral tower,
That is Notre Dame
Notre Dame!
I wave high above
To the crowd down below,
Though heaven help me
I killed for love
Now there can be no Sanctuary
No-one would weep
As I go to my grave,
Only she who knew me
The arrows of one betrayed,
Life's hollow mockery
Rings loud in my ears,
The bitter call of there jeers
Cruel laughter drowns my tears
On top of the world,
I'm falling to the ground
Hear the bells cry Sanctuary!
On top of the world,
I'm deafened by the sound
Hear the bells cry Sanctuary!
Grotesque, outcast and alone,
They used ropes to bind me
Broke a whip across my back
To remind me who I am
She was beauty,
I was the beast
My Esmeralda
Bitter sweet she was
Caught and released
By this hunchback of Notre dame
In anger and shame,
Bearing torches they came
This fool was not to blame
Up here I'm safe
And on my guard
While bloodlust rules
The boulevard
These hallowed walls
Are all around,
How long before madmen
Tear them down to the ground?
Cry Sanctuary!