He had in his eyes this inexplicable sadness Which made him mysterious, my lover of oblivion I was just twenty years old, dazzled by the drunkenness Of his thousand and one promises, time has stopped My lover of oblivion, let me tell you about him I swore to life, to belong only to him He said that love was his greatest weakness That it was not for him, my lover of oblivion Without saying anything, he left, taking back his thousand promises And my heart of having known drunkenness, it was so firmly And when I think of him, I smile with eyes full of tenderness My lover of oblivion, only God knows that it was him But that's how life goes, you must not believe in promises My lover of oblivion, only God knows that it was him © transcript Emily Beynon