The Musical Box

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The explanation of this song, from the liner notes of the LP: THE MUSICAL BOX While Henry Hamilton-Smythe minor was playing croquet with Cynthia Jane De Blaise-William… Read More

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The Musical Box Lyrics

[Part I]

[Verse 1: Peter Gabriel, Peter Gabriel & Phil Collins]
Play me "Old King Cole"
That I may join with you
All your hearts now seem so far from me
It hardly seems to matter now
And the nurse will tell you lies
Of a kingdom beyond the skies
But I am lost within this half-world
It hardly seems to matter now

[Chorus: Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins]
Play me my song (Here it comes again)
Play me my song (Here it comes again)

[Bridge: Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel & Phil Collins]
(La-la-la-la-la-la)
Just a little bit (La-la-la-la-la, la)
Just a little bit more time (La-la, la)
Time left to live out my life (La-la, la, la-la, la-la)
La-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la (La-la-la-la)

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus: Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins]
Play me my song (Here it comes again)
Play me my song (Here it comes again)

[Part II]

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 2: Peter Gabriel]
Old King Cole was a merry old soul
And a merry old soul was he
So he called for his pipe and he called for his bowl
And he called for his fiddlers three
But the clock, tick-tock
On the mantelpiece
And I want, and I feel
And I know, and I touch her warmth

[Keyboard/Guitar Solo]

[Part III]

[Verse 3: Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins & Tony Banks]
She is a lady, she's got time
Brush back your hair (And she’s got time)
And let me get to know your face (For she’s a lady)
She is a lady, she is mine
Oh, brush back your hair (And she is mine)
And let me get to know your flesh (She is a lady)

[Verse 4: Peter Gabriel]
I've been waiting here for so long
And all this time has passed me by
It doesn't seem to matter now
You stand there with your fixed expression
Casting doubt on all I have to say

[Outro: Peter Gabriel]
Why don't you touch me, touch me?
Why don't you touch me, touch me?
Touch me now, now, now, now, now!
Now, now, now, now, now!
Now, now, now, now, now!
Now, now, now, now!
Now, now, now, now!

[Instrumental Outro]

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The explanation of this song, from the liner notes of the LP:

THE MUSICAL BOX
While Henry Hamilton-Smythe minor was playing croquet with Cynthia Jane De Blaise-William, sweet-smiling Cynthia raised her mallet high and gracefully removed Henry’s head. Two weeks later, in Henry’s nursery, she discovered his treasured musical box. Eagerly she opened it and as “Old King Cole” began to play a small spirit-figure appeared. Henry had returned – But not for long, for as he stood in the room his body began ageing rapidly, leaving a child’s mind inside. A lifetime’s desires surged through him. Unfortunately the attempt to persuade Cynthia Jane to fulfil his romantic desire led his nurse to the nursery to investigate the noise. Instinctively Nanny hurled the musical box at the bearded child, destroying both.