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 my 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 illusions 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