Yo, yeah, girl
Can you hear that? It's playing our song
Are you sleepy? Take a nap
You're not afraid of the dark, are you?

You hear the beat as it makes you not wanna go to sleep
I knock on Dakota's door, it's locked, so I go to creep
Round the back with binoculars, not 'cause I wanna peep
But because I'm hungry, she smells like tacos I wanna eat
Visions of hot chocolaty marshmallows are so sweet
With sugar plums, oh, look, here comes Marshall, he's on your street
He's placing hot, smoldering charcoals beneath your feet
Now walk on 'em, he's dancing with carcasses, cheek to cheek
Like a Thanksgiving turkey, a holiday ham
Cinnamon sprinkled on toast, strawberry marmalade jam
Flavor my favorite graham crackers with JonBenét Rams'
I guess a modern day Jack the Ripper is all that I am, my music box

'Cause when the lights are off, I see the girl's asleep (my music box)
But I can hear you, my love, you keep calling me (my music box)
Although we're worlds apart, you mean the world to me (my music box)
So once you call, I come, I will answer (my music box)
'Cause when the lights are off, I see the girl's asleep (my music box)
I hear my music box playing a song for me (my music box)
So won't you twirl around and do a whirl for me (my music box)
And would you be my private little dancer? (My music box)

I almost look comatose, who wants to be sober? Gross
I foam like a Doberman, mouth open, I overdose
Put coke up my nostrils, in both my holes, and I plug my nose
My pupils quadruple in size, eyes are so bugged, I know
I put on my mother's makeup, get naked and run around
Wavin' the gun around, I think I'm down to a hundred pounds
There's thunder, I wonder how come it rains but the sun is out
The devil's upset with his wife, they must be sluggin' it out
I must be buggin' the fuck out, but what the fuck about?
Voices are leading me up to the attic, I love my house
They pull and they tug my blouse, the sound of a music box
Comes from inside a toy chest, but what do I do? It's locked
I pick it and open it, but it's stuffed full of human parts
I dig 'til I find it, I wind it up and the tune just starts
It's playing a song, so beautiful and the room is dark
The moon is full, I smell a funeral, guess I'll loom in the park, my music box

'Cause when the lights are off, I see the girl's asleep (my music box)
But I can hear you, my love, you keep calling me (my music box)
Although we're worlds apart, you mean the world to me (my music box)
So once you call, I come, I will answer (my music box)
'Cause when the lights are off, I see the girl's asleep (my music box)
I hear my music box playing a song for me (my music box)
So won't you twirl around and do a whirl for me (my music box)
And would you be my private little dancer? (My music box)

I'm fixated on asphyxiating and breakin' this little chick's
Neck like a pixie stick
The sick, Satan-worshippin' bitches get horse-whippin's
I'm in the back, through the back door, slip in through the crack
Leavin' the corpse drippin', the mortician of love, sent from above
Forced entry, the more wenchy, the more stingy I become
Been doin' this for more than a quarter century, I'm just numb
Am I dreamin', is it real? Someone pinch me on the buns
The time has come to tie her up, gotta roll me the ladder
I've had enough of the chatter, climb up to the window, look at her
Then climb in slow to shatter her brain matter and batter her
With a bat, a matter of fact that will splatter her
But before I do that, I'll have a chat to flatter her
Give her two compliments, back-to-back, like Tabatha
I'm your secret admirer, I'm back to ravish ya
So strong is your fight, but you're no match for Dracula
Prolonging her plight, as I go back to stabbin' her
Dismember her limbs, simple as that, cadaver her
Zoom in with the lens, then pan back, the camera
Stand back, 'cause here comes your man, Jack, so Pamela, my music box

'Cause when the lights are off, I see the girl's asleep (my music box)
But I can hear you, my love, you keep calling me (my music box)
Although we're worlds apart, you mean the world to me (my music box)
So once you call, I come, I will answer (my music box)
'Cause when the lights are off, I see the girl's asleep (my music box)
I hear my music box playing a song for me (my music box)
So won't you twirl around and do a whirl for me (my music box)
And would you be my private little dancer? (My music box)


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Music Box Lyrics as written by Trevor Lawrence Jr. Mark Batson

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    great beat by dre and sick lyrics by slim shady

    chrisographyon December 16, 2009   Link
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    good song.

    uhduh25on January 05, 2010   Link
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    "i almost look comatose who wants to be sober ? gross" that's the eminem i know. (:

    brendabongon February 07, 2010   Link
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    Amazing song. Best on the refill along with Elevator. This is classic Em.

    leavemealone22on March 09, 2010   Link
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    first of all, i agree with guitarplaya and i also want to add that this is really the only song that i thought was some of the more aggressive eminem. had an acid rap tone to it like the MM l.p.

    xbreakingxjeffxagainxon June 21, 2010   Link
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    I like to entertain the idea that the music box is a metaphor for a pill bottle. Winding it up is like opening the childproof lids. The attic scene describes him in a state of mind where all the demons the pills awoke mean nothing in search of the bottle. He digs through human parts for the bottle, referencing his several serial killer raps on the rest of the album. It creates a very dark, lucid description of the true darkness of Shady.

    Rytikoon July 19, 2010   Link

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