Blue Arrow Suite [UK Version] lyrics

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

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