What did I see?
Fool that I was
A goddess, with wings on her heels

All my illusions
Projected on her
The ideal, that I wanted to see


What did I know?
Fool that I was

Little by little, I learned
My friends were dismayed
To see me betrayed

But they knew they could never tell me

What did I care?

Fool that I was
Little by little, I burned
Maybe sometimes

There might be a flaw
But how pretty the picture was back then


What did I do?
Fool that I was
To profit from youthful mistakes?

It's shameful to tell
How often I fell
In love with delusions again


What did I do?
Fool that I was

To profit from youthful mistakes?
So shameful to tell
Just how often I fell

In love with illusions again

A goddess with wings on her heels ...