Released: January 27, 2009
Songwriter: Duncan Sheik
Producer: Duncan Sheik
[Verse 1: Duncan Sheik]
Listen if you will, I have a tale to tell
Of an unfortunate man, the name of Solomon Snell
And the philosophy he should have embraced
That says no matter what you do, you'll never be safe
[Chorus: Duncan Sheik & Holly Brook]
Ring the bell, ring the bell for Solomon Snell
Too much trust is the road to hell
[Verse 2: Duncan Sheik]
Rightfully nervous, he took every precaution
He paid three armed men to drive him to Boston
But wouldn't you know it, he was broke on arrival
His own men robbed him and took off in style
[Verse 3: Duncan Sheik]
So he wanted to marry a girl who was true
And on the basis of her name he wed Fidelity Prue
She had a handsome cousin she would visit in Charlotte
Well, she said he was her cousin, the brazen harlot
[Chorus: Duncan Sheik & Holly Brook]
Ring the bell, ring the bell for Solomon Snell
He played it safe and it didn't end well
Ring the bell, ring the bell for Solomon Snell
Too much trust is the road to hell
[Verse 4: Duncan Sheik]
He caught yellow fever down Charleston way
Before you knew it, they were digging his grave
But he was most terrified of being buried alive
And so to his finger a bell was tied
[Verse 5: Duncan Sheik]
You see, Snell had arranged for a man to be paid
To listen for the bell when he was buried in his grave
But the man got drunk, and when the bell did sound
Solomon lived, but he stayed in the ground
No one heard a sound
[Chorus: Duncan Sheik & Holly Brook]
Ring the bell, ring the bell for Solomon Snell
Too much trust is the road to hell
Ring the bell, ring the bell for Solomon Snell
You can play it safe but it won't end well
You can play it safe but it won't end well
You can play it safe but it won't end well
Listen if you will, I have a tale to tell
Of an unfortunate man, the name of Solomon Snell
And the philosophy he should have embraced
That says no matter what you do, you'll never be safe
[Chorus: Duncan Sheik & Holly Brook]
Ring the bell, ring the bell for Solomon Snell
Too much trust is the road to hell
[Verse 2: Duncan Sheik]
Rightfully nervous, he took every precaution
He paid three armed men to drive him to Boston
But wouldn't you know it, he was broke on arrival
His own men robbed him and took off in style
[Verse 3: Duncan Sheik]
So he wanted to marry a girl who was true
And on the basis of her name he wed Fidelity Prue
She had a handsome cousin she would visit in Charlotte
Well, she said he was her cousin, the brazen harlot
[Chorus: Duncan Sheik & Holly Brook]
Ring the bell, ring the bell for Solomon Snell
He played it safe and it didn't end well
Ring the bell, ring the bell for Solomon Snell
Too much trust is the road to hell
[Verse 4: Duncan Sheik]
He caught yellow fever down Charleston way
Before you knew it, they were digging his grave
But he was most terrified of being buried alive
And so to his finger a bell was tied
[Verse 5: Duncan Sheik]
You see, Snell had arranged for a man to be paid
To listen for the bell when he was buried in his grave
But the man got drunk, and when the bell did sound
Solomon lived, but he stayed in the ground
No one heard a sound
[Chorus: Duncan Sheik & Holly Brook]
Ring the bell, ring the bell for Solomon Snell
Too much trust is the road to hell
Ring the bell, ring the bell for Solomon Snell
You can play it safe but it won't end well
You can play it safe but it won't end well
You can play it safe but it won't end well
more tracks from the album
From the album
- Whisper House (2009)
Duncan Sheik popular songs
- Don’t Do Sadness/Blue Wind
- The Dark I Know Well
- The Song of Purple Summer
- Left Behind
- Those You’ve Known
- And Then There Were None
- The Word of Your Body
- Totally Fucked
- The Guilty Ones
- The Word of Your Body (Reprise)
- Whispering
- The Mirror-Blue Night
- I Believe
- Barely Breathing
- There Once Was a Pirate
- Hey Casanova
- William, It Was Really Nothing
- House Full of Riches
- White Limousine (radio edit)
- How It Feels
- Reasons for Living (La Leche mix)
- Magazines
- Sad Stephen’s Song
- On a High (Love From Humboldt dub)