Natalie Merchant - Ophelia Lyrics
Ophelia was a bride of godA novice carmeliteIn sister cellsThe cloister bells tolled on her wedding nightOphelia was the rebel girlA blue stockting suffragetteWho remedied society between her cigarettesAnd ophelia was the sweetheartTo a nation overnightCurvaceous thighsVivacious eyesLove was at first sight...Love was at first sight...Love...Ophelia was a demigoddess in pre-war babylonSo statuesque a silhouette in black satin evening gownsOphelia was the mistress toA vegas gambling manSignora ophelia maraschinaMafia courtesanOphelia was the circus queenThe female cannonballProjected through five flaming hoopsTo wild and shocked applauseTo wild and shocked applauseOphelia was a tempest cycloneA goddamn hurricaneYour common sense, your best defenseThey wasted , and in vainFor ophelia d know your every woeAnd every pain youd ever hadShed sympathize and dry your eyesHelp you to forget...And help you to forgetAnd help you to forgetOphelias mind went wanderingYoud wonder where she goesThrough secret doors down corridorsShe wanders there aloneAll alone(voice in german)Es kostet mich keine kleine krise die verunreinigung und dasSuechtige aus meinem leben auszuschliessen(but it is for me no little effort to exclude the polluting and the addictiveFrom my life. )(voice in spanish)Compondo musica , en un estado de ecstases(composing music , in a state of ecstasy)(voice in spanish)Fuerza de vida , de vida( strength of life , of life)(voice in german)Mein vater ist ein architekt(my father is an architect. )
