[Verse 1]

What did I see?

Fool that I was

Oh, a goddess with wings on her heels

All my illusions

Projected on her

The ideal that I wanted to see

[Chorus]

What did I know?

Fool that I was

Oh, little by little, I learned

My friends were dismayed

To see me betrayed

But they knew they could never tell me

[Verse 2]

What did I care?

Fool that I was

Oh, little by little, I burned

Maybe sometimes

There might be a flaw

But how pretty the picture was back then

[Chorus]

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

[Instrumental break]

[Chorus]

What did I do?

The fool that I was

To profit from youthful mistakes

So shameful to tell

Just how often I fell

In love with illusions again

[Outro]

Oh, a goddess with wings on her heels...