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"My son, why do you hide your face in fear?
Father, do you not see the Erl-King?
The Erl-King with crown and cape?
My son, it is a streak of fog."
Father, do you not see the Erl-King?
The Erl-King with crown and cape?
My son, it is a streak of fog."
WHEN I WAS A BOY
MY FRIENDS WERE
BATS AND BEASTS
WOLVES AND CROWS
AND EVEN
AN ITSY BITSY SPIDER
MY FRIENDS WERE
BATS AND BEASTS
WOLVES AND CROWS
AND EVEN
AN ITSY BITSY SPIDER
AND THEN I MET A GREAT BIG DOG
WITH SUCH FIERCE TEETH THAT I THOUGHT HE MIGHT EAT ME
AND SUCH A LOUD VOICE THAT I DIDN'T NEED EARS TO HEAR HIM
AND SUCH A FIGURE THAT I DID NOT NEED EYES TO SEE HIM
AND MY LITTLE CROW PECKED OUT MY EYES
SO I COULD SEE NO EVIL
AND WHEN I HEARD HIS VOICE, HE PECKED OUT MY EARS
SO I COULD HEAR NO EVIL
BUT THE OLD MAN
SAW RIGHT THROUGH ME
AND FOR A MOMENT
IT FELT SO GOOD
TO BE UNDERSTOOD
WITH SUCH FIERCE TEETH THAT I THOUGHT HE MIGHT EAT ME
AND SUCH A LOUD VOICE THAT I DIDN'T NEED EARS TO HEAR HIM
AND SUCH A FIGURE THAT I DID NOT NEED EYES TO SEE HIM
AND MY LITTLE CROW PECKED OUT MY EYES
SO I COULD SEE NO EVIL
AND WHEN I HEARD HIS VOICE, HE PECKED OUT MY EARS
SO I COULD HEAR NO EVIL
BUT THE OLD MAN
SAW RIGHT THROUGH ME
AND FOR A MOMENT
IT FELT SO GOOD
TO BE UNDERSTOOD
mister scarecrow
the big bad wolf
friend crow
and little red
and now the old man, erlkonig
giants weren't meant to write stories
we were meant to be the ones who were written about
then who am i?