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Ring Out, Wild Bells

by Sara So Far

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As the year 2022 draws to an end, with all its ups and downs both in the world at large and on the individual level, I want to draw you into my cathedral of sound. If you wish to end the year in a bit of contemplative mood and to let your thoughts run deep as you are drawn towards new beginnings, then this is for you. Welcome!
Lyrics by Alfred Lord Tennyson, the year 1850.

lyrics

Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky
The flying cloud, the frosty light
The year is dying in the night
Ring out, wild bells, and let him die

Ring out the old, ring in the new
Ring, happy bells, across the snow
The year is going, let him go
Ring out the false, ring in the true

Ring out the grief that saps the mind
For those that here we see no more
Ring out the feud of rich and poor
Ring in redress to all mankind

Ring out a slowly dying cause
And ancient forms of party strife
Ring in the nobler modes of life
With sweeter manners, purer laws

Ring out the want, the care, the sin
The faithless coldness of the times
Ring out, ring out my mournful rhymes
But ring the fuller minstrel in

Ring out false pride in place and blood
The civic slander and the spite
Ring in the love of truth and right
Ring in the common love of good

Ring out old shapes of foul disease
Ring out the narrowing lust of gold
Ring out the thousand wars of old
Ring in the thousand years of peace

Ring in the valiant man and free
The larger heart, the kindlier hand
Ring out the darkness of the land
Ring in the Christ that is to be

credits

released December 30, 2022
Lyrics written by Alfred Lord Tennyson, 1850
Music & arrangement written by Sara So Far, 2022
Vocals by Sara So Far and Benjamin Jesse
Mixed by Andreas Trachonitis at Studio eleven63
Mastered by Zvuk Mastering
Cover art through Midjourney

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Sara So Far Brussels, Belgium

Sara So Far is a singer, composer, pianist and loop artist. Sara has rooted her harmonies and rhythmic musings in jazz but touches other genres in daringly original ways. She has a passion for words and writes lyrics about a vast array of themes such as the contradictions of life, the sunset, the taste of waiting, relationships, climate change, the seasons, pandemics, silence, noise and hope. ... more

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