NINO:
September third nineteen seventy-five
The moment a blue fly takes flight
NINO & LUCIEN:
It passes a fruit stand and lands on a fig
As the new owner's taking a bite
HIPOLITO:
One block away at an outdoor café
As the wind makes the tablecloth dance
GEORGETTE:
Even before the fly lands on a girl
The girl's getting sick in advance
(Georgette sneezes)
ENSEMBLE:
Oh oh oh oh
JOSEPH & GEORGETTE:
Down on the street a man holds a receipt
JOSEPH:
He's returning a ring to a store
JOSEPH & BRETODEAU:
Four flights above him a boy fills a box
BRETODEAU:
With his favourite glass marble
An old diecast car
And a comic and coins from the war
JOSEPH & BRETODEAU:
Adds a watch from his father
And closes the lid
JOSEPH:
Hides the box in a hole in the floor
BRETODEAU:
Where I've hidden it ten thousand times before
ENSEMBLE:
Oh oh oh oh
BRETODEAU:
Where you'll never find it
ENSEMBLE:
Oh oh oh oh o-oho-oh oh
SUZANNE & NINO:
High on the breeze near a flying trapeze
The fly meets a girl in midair
And for one shining moment
It feels like there's no one else there
NINO:
The girl thinks she sees the fly smiling
SUZANNE:
Is that fly actually smiling?
(Suzanne realizes she is falling)
Oh merde!
ENSEMBLE:
Oh oh oh oh!
GINA:
A girl leaves her boyfriend
NINO:
A boy finds a photo
ENSEMBLE:
Oh oh oh oh o-oh
BLIND BEGGAR:
A man at the doctor
Is told he'll go blind
ENSEMBLE:
Oh oh oh oh
HIPOLITO:
A promising poet rhymes "purple" with - Merde!
ENSEMBLE:
Oh oh oh oh o-oh
DUFAYEL:
A man starts painting then leaves it behind
ENSEMBLE:
O-oh everyone is falling as the fly comes into view
And everyone's connected
Though they may not know it's true
They form a trail of breadcrumbs
But what are they leading to?
(Amélie is revealed and walks forward to skip a stone.)
Oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh
(Amélie eats raspberries off her fingertips)
Oh everyone is falling as their lives play out as unplanned
And everyone's connected though they may not understand
That falling feels like flying
Falling feels like flying
Falling feels like flying
Falling feels like flying
Falling feels like flying
AMÉLIE:
Till the moment that you land