Bell Witch
Bell Witch's Haunting Tale: Love, Lies, and the Mississippi
Lyrics
I hear a sweet voice, it's talking, it's talking
I perceive a pleasant voice speaking, communicating
Her features though I cannot see
Although her appearance is unclear to me
I feel her footfalls, she's walking, she's walking
I sense her footsteps, she is moving
Walking up right next to me
Advancing towards me as she walks
Right next to me, right next to me
Reiteration of her proximity to the speaker
I see the Bell Witch, she's walking, she's walking
I observe the Bell Witch, progressing, moving
Walking right up next to me
Approaching directly beside me
She's just a soul that's been shut out of heaven
Describing the Bell Witch as a soul excluded from heaven
Shut out so she can't be free
Excluded, preventing her freedom
She followed me down here to the old
Expressing that the Bell Witch followed the speaker to the Mississippi from Tennessee
Mississippi From clean up in Tennessee
Specifically, from Tennessee to the Mississippi
In Tennessee, in Tennessee
Repetition, emphasizing the origin of the Bell Witch
I see the Bell Witch, she's following, she's following
Observing the Bell Witch, trailing, pursuing
Following right up next to me
Following closely beside the speaker
I see her sweet lips, she's lying, she's lying
Witnessing her deceptive words, she is not truthful
She's been a-lyin' to me
She has been dishonest with the speaker
And I love the Bell Witch, she's crying, she's crying
Expressing love for the Bell Witch, who is in a state of distress, weeping
Crying right up next to me
Crying in close proximity to the speaker
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