I was as long as I can remember, a key-child And no one ever asked me how I feel about it The old ones had little time for their son And when they came home from the test, I was mostly already asleep I was as long as I can remember, put on me That's how the world was when I came, no holy world That's how it is that I still have a headache today And all the people wonder, what's the big deal? The keys hang on my neck like a weight But mother's or father's heart, they don't open to me I know I never asked her if in every night Love was written when she made me I was as long as I can remember, a key-child And now I search until I find my own key On this day I free myself from my skin And all wishes come true, which are stuffed And all wishes come true, which are stuffed And all wishes come true, which are stuffed The keys hang on my neck like a weight But mother's or father's heart, they don't open to me I know I never asked her if in every night Love was written when she made me I was as long as I can remember, a key-child A key-child