AMÉLIE:
September 28th, 1997. It is exactly 5 pm. Near the ghost train, the marshmallow twister is twisting. Meanwhile, on a bench in Villette Square, Félix Lerbier learns there are more links in his brain than atoms in the universe. Meanwhile, at the Sacré-Cœur, the monks are practicing their back-hands. The temperature is 24°C, humidity 70%, atmospheric pressure 999 millibars
ENSEMBLE:
5 P.M.
Montmatre Carousel
Bring 5 francs 5 P.M.
5 P.M.
Montmatre Carousel
Bring 5 francs 5 P.M.
Montmatre Carousel
Bring 5 francs
AMÉLIE:
Follow the blue arrows, Mr. Quincompoix
There on the hill
There sits a great cathedral
Where I've left a trail
But it only goes so far
Here I can keep him moving forward
And keep things as they were
Halfway to love
And just close enough to Sacré-Cœur
I know my heart
Is speaking with a murmur
Making a sound
That only I can hear
All I can manage is a whisper
Of this heartbeat trapped inside
Here in this place
Grant me the grace
To be amplified
The secret to life
Is to leave a trail of breadcrumbs
If I lose my way I can always turn around
So I'll keep one eye on the window
And one foot out the door halfway to love
And just close enough
To Sacré-Cœur
(Nino puts 5 franc coins into the binoculars and aims them down toward the carousel)
ENSEMBLE:
A-ah aaah a-ah
aaha-ah a-ah a-ah
(He sees Amélie with the album beside his bike. She waves at him. She pulls out his album, and puts it in his bike bag)
NINO:
Wait! Stay there! Stay. Put.
(Nino runs down the path, pushing past tourists. Amélie stands frozen like a deer in headlights)
ENSEMBLE:
A-ah aaah a-ah
aaha-ah a-ah a-ah
AMÉLIE:
I can stay right here
All I have to do is stay
If I stay right here
Maybe I can solve this lifelong problem
All I have to do right now is stay
Just stay right here
Here he comes
Screw that
Run away!
(Amélie runs like a bat out of hell. Nino returns to his bike. He opens the bag. The album is there, intact. He looks for the mystery woman)
ENSEMBLE:
(Ah ah) A-ah aaaha-ah
Aaha-ah a-ah a-aaaaaaah