[Verse 1]
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

[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]
A goddess with wings on her heels ...