Halo Effect
I HAD FALLEN HELPLESSLY IN LOVE with one of the performers. She was so different from "the girl I left behind," and I was beginning to understand I had only pretended she was right for me. I pursued my beautiful acrobat obsessively until she let me be with her - then I suffered her rejection and contempt. Once again, I had created an ideal of the perfect soulmate, and tried to graft in onto her. It didn't fit. Such illusions have colored my whole life.
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
So shameful to tell
Just how often I fell
In love with illusions again
A goddess with wings on her heels ...
Efecto Halo
Me había enamorado perdidamente de una de las artistas. Era tan diferente de 'la chica que dejé atrás', y estaba empezando a entender que solo había fingido que ella era la correcta para mí. Perseguí obsesivamente a mi hermosa acróbata hasta que me permitió estar con ella, luego sufrí su rechazo y desprecio. Una vez más, había creado un ideal de la pareja perfecta e intenté imponérselo. No encajaba. Tales ilusiones han coloreado toda mi vida.
¿Qué vi?
Tonto que fui
Una diosa, con alas en los talones
Todas mis ilusiones
Proyectadas en ella
El ideal, que quería ver
¿Qué sabía?
Tonto que fui
Poco a poco, aprendí
Mis amigos estaban consternados
Al verme traicionado
Pero sabían que nunca podrían decírmelo
¿Qué me importaba?
Tonto que fui
Poco a poco, me consumí
Quizás a veces
Podría haber un defecto
Pero qué bonita era la imagen en aquel entonces
¿Qué hice?
Tonto que fui
¿Sacar provecho de errores juveniles?
Es vergonzoso contar
Cuántas veces caí
Enamorado de ilusiones de nuevo
Tan vergonzoso contar
Cuántas veces caí
Enamorado de ilusiones de nuevo
Una diosa con alas en los talones...