Musical Box

[Intro : Spoken]



A small human only pretends to die



It wanted to be completely alone



The small heart stood still for hours



So they decided it was dead



It is being buried in wet sand *



With a music box in its hand



[Verse]



The first snow covers the grave



It woke the child very softly



In a cold winter night



The small heart is awakened



As the frost flew into the child



It wound up the music box



A melody in the wind



And the child sings from the ground



[Chorus]



Up and down, rider **



And no angel climbs down



My heart does not beat anymore



Only the rain cries on the grave



Up and down, rider



A melody in the wind



My heart does not beat anymore



And the child sings from the ground



[Verse]



The cold moon, in full magnificence



It hears the cries in the night



And no angel climbs down



Only the rain cries on the grave



Between hard oak boards



It will play with the music box



A melody in the wind



And the child sings from the ground



[Chorus and: ]



Up and down, rider



My heart does not beat anymore



On Totensonntag they heard



This melody from god's field



Then they unearthed it



They saved the small heart in the child



[Chorus]



Up and down, rider



A melody in the wind



My heart does not beat anymore



And the child sings on the ground



Up and down, rider



And no angel climbs down



My heart does not beat anymore



Only the rain cries on the grave