[Intro : Spoken]

A small human only pretends to die

It wanted to be completely alone

The small heart stood still for hours

So they decided it was dead

It is being buried in wet sand *

With a music box in its hand 

[Verse]

The first snow covers the grave

It woke the child very softly

In a cold winter night

The small heart is awakened 

As the frost flew into the child

It wound up the music box

A melody in the wind

And the child sings from the ground 

[Chorus]

Up and down, rider **

And no angel climbs down

My heart does not beat anymore

Only the rain cries on the grave

Up and down, rider 

A melody in the wind

My heart does not beat anymore

And the child sings from the ground 

[Verse]

The cold moon, in full magnificence

It hears the cries in the night

And no angel climbs down

Only the rain cries on the grave 

Between hard oak boards

It will play with the music box

A melody in the wind

And the child sings from the ground 

[Chorus and: ]

Up and down, rider 

My heart does not beat anymore 

On Totensonntag they heard

This melody from god's field

Then they unearthed it

They saved the small heart in the child 

[Chorus]

Up and down, rider 

A melody in the wind

My heart does not beat anymore

And the child sings on the ground

Up and down, rider

And no angel climbs down

My heart does not beat anymore

Only the rain cries on the grave