Lyrics Kinder des Teufels - Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble Of Shadows

I never had my tonsils removed,
It was the nasal polyps at the age of six,
And it was quite an exercise in terror.
I'll tell you something far more interesting:
Childhood is a fleeting thing,
But trauma stays.
See, just a little while ago,
Where the sick and crippled go,
I collapsed to the floor...
When from the faint I came around,
I was still lying on the ground,
My head held in a fish's lap,
And mutant faces gawked and yapped.
Now, here's the twist: to my surprise,
When I slowly opened my eyes,
In panic I wanted to kick and scream.
I was convinced that I relived
That nightmare from when I was six...
...'Cause childhood is a fleeting thing,
But trauma stays.