Harmonize
Black music box
with an old wooden handle--
burnt out
from strikes upon metal.
Worn and ruined, used too much
Little music box, play a song
too sad to sing.
Black music box with rusty insides, wet from being thrown in the tides. Brittle and bent, no umbrella for protection. Little music box, play a melancholy melody too quiet to hear.
Black music box with a solemn shadow, shrink away from the chilling undertow. Alone and afraid, no comfort in sight. Little music box, plays a memory forever until it breaks.
You twang like knives, but your hum will reside; Little black music box, sing to her 'till your tunes collide.
Black music box with rusty insides, wet from being thrown in the tides. Brittle and bent, no umbrella for protection. Little music box, play a melancholy melody too quiet to hear.
Black music box with a solemn shadow, shrink away from the chilling undertow. Alone and afraid, no comfort in sight. Little music box, plays a memory forever until it breaks.
You twang like knives, but your hum will reside; Little black music box, sing to her 'till your tunes collide.
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