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.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.

What did I see?¿Qué vi?

Fool that I wasTonto que fui

A goddess, with wings on her heelsUna diosa, con alas en los talones

All my illusionsTodas mis ilusiones

Projected on herProyectadas en ella

The ideal, that I wanted to seeEl ideal, que quería ver

What did I know?¿Qué sabía?

Fool that I wasTonto que fui

Little by little, I learnedPoco a poco, aprendí

My friends were dismayedMis amigos estaban consternados

To see my betrayedAl verme traicionado

But they knew they could never tell mePero sabían que nunca podrían decírmelo

What did I care?¿Qué me importaba?

Fool that I wasTonto que fui

Little by little, I burnedPoco a poco, me consumí

Maybe sometimesQuizás a veces

There might be a flawPodría haber un defecto

But how pretty the picture was back thenPero qué bonita era la imagen en aquel entonces

What did I do?¿Qué hice?

Fool that I wasTonto que fui

To profit from youthful mistakes?¿Sacar provecho de errores juveniles?

It's shameful to tellEs vergonzoso contar

How often I fellCuántas veces caí

In love with illusions againEnamorado de ilusiones de nuevo

So shameful to tellTan vergonzoso contar

Just how often I fellCuántas veces caí

In love with illusions againEnamorado de ilusiones de nuevo

A goddess with wings on her heels ...Una diosa con alas en los talones...