Must we go on believing That the best is yet to come When we both know for certain All there ever was is done? Because whatever we were meant to be We never had a prayer; You weren’t where you said you’d be And I was never there.
I don’t mean to let you have it Like I did back when in Rome But the line goes slack for no one And a soft tongue breaks the bone But as for holding onto fullness, As for reaching for my hand All attempts are vain and useless; I am never where I am.
So leave your burdens where they lie With the words you’ve memorized We said when we knew we’d fly, And we’d never die, And it was meant to be, But it was fantasy; And it was destiny That won the duel
My beautiful little fool. Farewell my love, farewell to you; My beautiful little fool.
In spite of all that you’ve been taught By the bull that you were bought, And everything you think you thought: You are what you are naught; And all the days to come, And all of your wisdom, Will not save you from Your heart’s rule
My beautiful little fool. Farewell my love, farewell to you; My beautiful little fool.