Rammstein

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Translation

German (Original)

Music Box

Click to see the original lyrics (German)

A little human dies only seemingly

Wanted to be all alone

The little heart stood still for hours

So they declared it dead

It gets buried in wet sand1

With a music box in its hand

The early snow covering the grave

Gently woke up the child

In a cold winter night

The little heart awaked

As the frost flew into the child

It2 winded the music box up

A melody in the wind

And from the earth sings the child

(Hop hop horseman3)

And no angel descends

(My heart is no longer beating)

Only the rain cries at the grave

(Hop hop horseman)

A melody in the wind

(My heart is no longer beating)

And from the earth sings the child

The cold moon in full magnificence

Hears the screams in the night

And no angel descends

Only the rain cries at the grave

Between hard oak planks

It will play with the music box

A melody in the wind

And from the earth sings the child

(Hop hop horseman)

And no angel descends

(My heart is no longer beating)

Only the rain cries at the grave

(Hop hop horseman)

A melody in the wind

(My heart is no longer beating)

And from the earth sings the child

(Hop hop horseman)

(My heart is no longer beating)

On Totensonntag4 they heard

From God’s Acre that melody

So they disinterred it

Saved the little heart in the child

(Hop hop horseman)

A melody in the wind

(My heart is no longer beating)

And from the earth sings the child

(Hop hop horseman)

And no angel descends

(My heart is no longer beating)

Only the rain cries at the grave

1. The verb "verscharren" (for "burying") has a negative connotation, implying that the funeral is not a dignified one.
2. "It" refers to the child.
3. "Hoppe hoppe Reiter" is a German nursery song. (Wikipedia)
4. "Totensonntag" is a commemoration day practiced by protestant churches in Germany and Switzerland. (Wikipedia)