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the boy safe in his arms
He holds him close, he keeps him warm

‘My son, why hide your face in fear?’
‘Can’t you see the Erlking, father?
The Erlking with

son
Why' d hide your face in fear
Look father, see
The Erlking is here
The Erlking with crown and tail
My son, it is just storytale

O come, sweet boy
O

holdeth him safely
He keepeth him warm

My son, wherefore seek'st
Thou thy face thus to hide?
Look, father, the Erl-King
Is close by our side
Dost see not

The Erlking, in the woods, whispered sweet things in my ear 
But my eyes were tights closed, when I woke there he rose 
Alongside now, touch my hand,

Your haven became my heaven,
Sneaked from Germany tonight

Hey, Noah,
Hey, Noah...

Oh, did you see the Erlking?
Came to take over me,
What will I be,

The Erlking wants to play with me
If he were real, I'd see him too
Your mind is playing tricks on you
His daughters, I see them right there
Will tend me with

He was in the forest looking to see the trees
But none were there he found a girl
She found the Erlking (the lover)
They were in the white wood

Those twenty kids
Should be visiting colleges
And kissing in dim finished basements
Erlking
Stowed away on wooden ships
In the nightmares