The Music Box – Ed Harcourt – letras

The music box is all that’s left in the empty houseMust’ve left it when they moved outIn a hurry to flee the townArmoured tanks broke through all the soldier’s ranksYou can be sure they weren’t shooting blanksFrom bodies laid out on the groundThere’s a song your father had sungWhen you were just knee highNow a soldier plays the same tuneFrom the toy you left behindSomething to remind youSomething to remind youBurnt to black there’s a face you don’t recogniseJust a doll with hollow eyesAnd a feeling you can’t describeIn factories, toys are made by the companyWho create the killing machineSo the planet can rest at easeThere’s a story you had to hearWhen you couldn’t sleep at allNow the pages are burningIn some sad unholy warSomething to remind youSomething to remind youSomething to remind youThe ones you left behind youThe music box plays a song that I used to loveBut now I can’t remember what it wasFor my memory has faded