[Intro]  
Snow falls on the monastery stone  
Echoes of laughter, now hollowed and gone  
Three banners tangled in the wind  
All that we lost, we could not defend  

[Verse 1]  
Once we shared a single sky  
Golden fields and crimson nights  
Azure dreams in quiet halls  
Candles flicker on the walls  
Lessons written side by side  
Swords at rest, no need to hide  
Future shining, soft and clear  
No one knew the war was near  

[Chorus]  
Oh, the bells of Garreg Mach still ring in broken time  
Calling out the names of those we left behind  
Blue, and red, and gold dissolve in falling snow  
Friends and foes and strangers—how were we to know?  
That every vow we swore would turn to ash and flame  
In a war that left us nothing but a different name  

[Verse 2]  
Faces that I used to trust  
Now are shadows in the dust  
Armor hides familiar eyes  
Haunted by our shared goodbyes  
On the field where flowers grew  
Steel and blood have stained the dew  
Every strike, a memory  
Every cry, a shattered plea  

[Chorus]  
Oh, the bells of Garreg Mach still ring in broken time  
Calling out the names of those we left behind  
Blue, and red, and gold dissolve in falling snow  
Friends and foes and strangers—how were we to know?  
That every road we walked would split and never mend  
And every path to justice meant another end  

[Bridge]  
If I had reached for your hand  
Could we have changed this broken land?  
If I had listened to your pain  
Would we still stand in endless rain?  
Teacher, student, lord and knight  
All were children in the light  
Now we march beneath the pyre  
Praying to a sleeping sire  

[Verse 3]  
Empty classrooms, silent pews  
Ghosts of questions left unused  
Chalk still clings to weathered boards  
Names erased by rusted swords  
In the wind I hear your song  
Soft, unfinished, cut too long  
Every route a different grave  
Every victory cannot save  

[Chorus]  
Oh, the bells of Garreg Mach still ring in broken time  
Calling out the names of those we left behind  
Blue, and red, and gold dissolve in falling snow  
Friends and foes and strangers—how were we to know?  
That every heart we swore to shield would break apart  
And peace would come too late for our divided hearts  

[Outro]  
Snow falls on the monastery stone  
Three lost houses, standing alone  
In the silence after cries  
Only questions, no replies  
May the goddess close her eyes  
To the way we chose to fight  
Let the fallen find their rest  
In a world we could not set right