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Come Little Children
Erutan Lyrics


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Come Little Children
I'll Take Thee Away, Into A Land
Of Enchantment
Come Little Children
The Time's Come To Play
Here In My Garden
Of Shadows

Follow Sweet Children
I'll Show Thee the Way
Through All The Pain And
The Sorrow
Weep Not Poor Children
For Life Is This Way
Murdering Beauty And
Passions

Hush Now Dear Children
It Must Be This Way
Too Weary Of Life And
Deceptions

Rest Now My Children
For Soon We'll Away
Into The Calm And
The Quiet

Come Little Children
I'll Take Thee Away, Into A Land
Of Enchantment

Come Little Children
The Time's Come To Play
Here In My Garden
Of Shadows

Overall Meaning

Erutan's song "Come Little Children" is an eerie and haunting melody that seems to depict the story of a character who has the power to lure children into a land of enchantment. The character seems to want to lead children away from the pain and sorrow of life, which they believe is full of deceiving and murdering.


The opening lines of the song invite children to follow the character to a place where they can experience enchantment. The character is mysterious and promises to take the children away into the garden of shadows. As the song progresses, the character's tone seems to change, and the mood becomes darker. The lyrics suggest that the character knows the way through all the pain and sorrow and that they have a powerful solution for the children.


The song's chorus, "Come Little Children I'll take Thee Away, Into a Land Of Enchantment," is repeated throughout the song, making it clear that the character is trying to persuade the children to follow them. The lyrics seem to be a mixture of warmth, comfort, and an underlying sinister tone.


Line by Line Meaning

Come Little Children
I am inviting the young and innocent to come with me


I'll Take Thee Away, Into A Land Of Enchantment
I will take you away from this mundane world to a magical place


Come Little Children, The Time's Come To Play Here In My Garden Of Shadows
Now is the time to come and have fun in my mystical garden filled with darkness and secrets


Follow Sweet Children, I'll Show Thee the Way Through All The Pain And The Sorrow
Follow me dear children as I guide you through the path of hardships and sadness


Weep Not Poor Children, For Life Is This Way Murdering Beauty And Passions
There is no need to mourn for the loss of beauty and love in life as this is the way of the world


Hush Now Dear Children It Must Be This Way Too Weary Of Life And Deceptions
Be silent now my dear children, as this is how things are meant to be. I am tired of the falsehoods of life


Rest Now My Children For Soon We'll Away Into The Calm And The Quiet
Take some rest before we embark on our journey to a peaceful and tranquil place


Come Little Children I'll Take Thee Away, Into A Land Of Enchantment
Get ready to leave with me to a world of wonder and magic




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Written by: Kate Covington

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@mysteryjunkie9808

I love this. The song is about trying to take the children away to keep them innocent from all the pain and sorrows of life. A impossible task but one every parent wishes to do

@maer_chen

It always feels like it's describing death to me, come to take us 'children' away, when it's time for us to die...

That also seems to fit more with the original purpose for the movie it was written for

@gothic7821

Uh... Here in my garden of shadows? Rest now my children?

Are you sure?

... It sounds more like a lullaby before euthanasia. ๐Ÿ˜ฌ

@chasemorrison8596

I see/hear it as the opposite. Her "garden of shadows" is life and how much it sucks and she is taking them to play in it...

@Harrypotterfan334

No. Itโ€™s about children dying

@Harrypotterfan334

The fact it says โ€œhush now dear children. It must be this way, weary of life and deceptionsโ€ it is about telling children their fate is to die and to accept that they are about to die

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@thejupiter2574

I deeply fell in love with this song when it originally was sung by the pretty blonde Witch Sarah in the Disney movie Hocus Pocus it was called Sarah's theme in the movie and was a shorter version of this and then Kate Covington recorded this longer version of the same song.

@rebekahmartin8865

It wasn't originally from Hocus Pocus, they adapted the original for the film.

@cherylhylin5258

@@rebekahmartin8865 Brock Walsh wrote the original lyrics and James Horner composed the song specifically for Hocus Pocus back in 1993. These lyrics first surfaced around 2002, with the false attribute to Edgar Allen Poe. The rest is all urban legend, there is no older original, though the theme of the song has vague similarities to William Blake's The Stolen Child poem.

@kainimates

Finally one that is stereo in my headphones.

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