Album : Songbook vol.2 (piste 5)
Durée : 3:30

Crédits

Musique et paroles: Cécile Corbel

Paroles

Once there was an honest man
Fallen in love with a bonnie maid
He spread gold and flowers in her hair
A painted veil, she's a painted veil

He walks in her steps
Spies on her dreams
Builds a gilded cage
He's crazy in love with a stranger
This is a fancy in a Mirror

He adores her
She's a bird in a cage
And years have gone in despair
His love is vain
Because he's a blind man
He don't know her name
Falling in with a shadow, a painted veil
A painted veil

Once there was a nobleman
Fallen in love with a wealthy maid
He stole gold and diamonds from her hands
A painted veil, it's a painted veil

And he locks her in silence and shade
Builds a gilded cage
He's crazy in love with a stranger
This is a fancy in a Mirror

He adores her
She's a bird in a cage
And years have gone in despair
His love is vain
Because he's a blind man
He don't know her name
Falling in with a shadow, a painted veil
A painted veil

Once there was a pretty maid
She saw her face on the bright water
She spent days and years staring herself
A painted veil, it's a painted veil

She's lost her soul
She's lost her dreams
Building a gilded cage
She's crazy in love with a stranger
This is a fancy in a Mirror

I adore her
She's a bird in a cage
The years have gone in despair
My love is vain
Because she's a blind lady
She don't know my name
Falling in love with a shadow, a painted veil
A painted veil

Notes

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Signification

"Un homme construit une histoire d'amour autour d'une femme sans chercher à la connaître, un autre est envoûté par l'argent, une jeune fille est tombée amoureuse de son propre reflet... C'est le voile et les illusions et tous en sont prisonniers." (livret de l'album)