Two Little Girls
Innocence Lost: Two Little Girls and the Sinister Play
Lyrics
One little girl with dirty fingers
Introduction of one of the little girls with dirty fingers
Playing with broken doll
Depiction of the first girl playing with a broken doll
As the other girl is lying
Reference to the second girl lying down
Digging deep into the ground
Description of the second girl digging into the ground
They seem to play an evil game
Observation that the girls are engaged in an evil game
A game that doesn't have a name
Recognition that the game they play lacks a specific name
Both of them are in the ashes
Both girls found in the ashes at a witch's burning stake
At the stake where witches burn
Location description of the girls, emphasizing a witch burning
If only they could see beyond the ground they play on
Expressing a wish for the girls to see beyond their current play area
The girls are laughing still, they think they're having fun
The girls are still laughing, unaware of the gravity of their actions
They should be far away, watching the sun go down
Suggesting that the girls should be elsewhere, witnessing a peaceful sunset
One little girl picked up a necklace
Introduction of a new development: one girl finding a necklace
From the ashes of the witches
The necklace is retrieved from the ashes of witches
It had wings and then the other
The necklace has wings; the other girl expresses a desire to have it
cried out loud Now let me have it
Request from the second girl to possess the necklace
The other looked without a sign
The first girl reacts without a clear response, perhaps indifferent
Right into the witch's eye
The first girl stares into the witch's eye without apparent emotion
The kind of horror that she saw
The horror witnessed by the first girl induces everlasting shock
Made her choke for evermore
The horror causes the first girl to choke, affecting her indefinitely
I wish they could have seen beyond the ground they played on
Reiteration of the wish for the girls to have a broader perspective
They would be laughing still, having the best of fun
If the girls had seen beyond, they would still be laughing and having fun
They would be far away watching the sun go down
The girls would be far away, enjoying the sunset
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