i see a fire in the distance mother   my love i see those rising flames   are those the sabbath candles glowing   no my love, but you will rest the same   i haven't seen you since the separation   i watched you pushed along by the crowd   on the train you swore we'd stick together   still i look for you even now      a million judenkinder, the dulling of the stars   barefoot across the crystal nacht but we   can't get thru the bars   where are you now does heaven pay the price   can the one who wipes your tears away   make faith from this ice      unbar the door for i must come in   the kingdom of memory, burrows of the night   i'm no survivor i was not yet born   but i'm drawn like a sacred rite   the past it belongs to you   frozen forever like that lone tattoo   silent before you i can be your tears   but i'm locked outside by six million years      your memories our shield, we will not forget   we will not forget...   schreibt und forschreibt for us   we will not forget   to our hearts we'll clutch each name   we will not forget