The Flight of the Blue Fly [Finnish translation]

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

• Artist:Amélie (musical)
• Album:Amélie (Original London Cast Recording)