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Bells Merrily

by Ronnie Martin

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1.
Flurries of snow Silver bells chime Come O come Christmastime Branches of light Needles of pine Come O come Christmastime Presents with bows Gifts of all kinds Come O come Christmastime Glimpses of hope Christ the divine Come O come Christmastime
2.
Stroll down the lane Buried in snow Brace for the wind Snowflakes in droves Dim is the light On this lost Christmas night Bring back the lights To this lost Christmas night You paused to sigh The moon changed its depth Breath turn to frost Collapse in regret Will light suspend These storied ends Carols decline Sleigh bells descend
3.
Needles from the bough Candles blink, and shimmer like a crown You remind me to pause and wonder Hands held on the hearth Dickens read and remembered by heart You incline me to sing Of garland bright This great light Fills me with delight This grand sight Of grace and garland bright Midnight on the eve Clock strikes twelve, and bells clang in our dreams We are warm from the wind and bluster You whisper to me Mysteries and secrets to believe I perceive you may speak
4.
Chorus Noel 03:24
Hear the old song Melodies for which you long You lost your way Winter light colored to gray Hear the old song You remember all that you lost Hear the old song Come back To all the places your heart used to know To all the secrets neglected, unknown Stir every memory to be told Chorus noel
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So unlikely Read your memories Tarnished like tinsel On limbs of this tree Caught in your grief Downward eyes bereaved This is not wished for Sprigs from ailing trees All these words Lost, unspoken Two hearts now Torn and broken In this December frost All these hours Lost to silence You depart with contrivance In this December frost So unseemly Is your tendency To devise fables Of your own making Dazzling array Sparkles like a dream Glimpse the faux yuletide Bows of red and green
6.
Embrace the evergreen Read tales of balsam trees Sing carols in reverie Keepsakes and memories The world in candlelight Another wintertime Goodwill to men tonight Another wintertime The choir voices sing The church bells sound and ring The quartets caroling Creation wintering
7.
Never-ending night Vacant stares, weighted sighs Red foxes greet the snow Kept stirred by sounds unknown Holly dots the ice Branches gleam, colors bright The morning birds of song Unveil the frosted dawn Hear the yuletide melodies Bring back winter memories Bells are rung and choirs sing Of carols gloria Garland on the hearth Chimney wood, window frost White horses, fleeting sleighs Form rows of merry parades
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O to hear The sound of snow drawing near So forlorn, upon this midnight clear Hopes and fears Contained in your icy veins Bids me near, as Christmastime wanes Ring the bells merrily, ring the bells merrily Voices are caroling, for all the world Ring the bells merrily, ring the bells merrily Light from His birth will bring Hope for the world Wintertide Through fields of white, starless night I digress upon this pale light Fail to hear Verses of bright, yuletide cheer Our distress of blizzard undress

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Bells Merrily is a new album of original electronic Christmas music by Ronnie Martin. Martin’s long-running cult electronic pop band Joy Electric released 14 albums and cultivated a worldwide fanbase before disbanding in 2013. Bells Merrily follows Martin’s triumphant 2021 return to music with the Velvet Blue-released From the Womb of the Morning… LP.

Bells Merrily is a brand new collection of original songs. A deep sense of nostalgia has always coursed through Martin’s music; here he leans into the wistful, hushed, slightly melancholy feeling of the season, reflecting on the essential mystery at its core with wide-eyed reverence and sobriety. Martin’s signature Moog Synthesizer melodies twinkle like lights on the tree punctuated by synthesized washes of white noise and sound effects reminding us that old man winter is just outside the tightly shut door. The combined effect produces an ethereal and timeless set of songs that feel like they’ve been with us all along through the years, playing softly in the background while presents are unwrapped and advent candles are lit.

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released December 1, 2022

Written and Produced by Ronnie Martin
Recorded at The Holly House
Moog and Voice by Ronnie Martin
Mixed by Frank Lenz
Art By Nathan Schroeder
Rabbit pulled from hat by J. Cloud

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From the Womb of the Morning The Dew of Your Youth Will Be Yours, is the debut solo single from Ronnie Martin of Joy Electric fame.

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