The Deluge Songtext

von Martin Guerre

GIULLAUME:
I know who has stopped the light
Brought us hail, brought us blight
Martin has not touched his wife
Since the day, they wed

FATHER DOMINIC:
What's this?

ROSE:
Yes, I heard their sheets are clean

JEANNE & BLANCHE:
So that's why Bertrande's so pale and lean

GUILLAUME:
He's bewitched, what else can all this mean?

JEANNE, ROSE & BLANCHE:
This must be the reason why
Though we pray, though we try
Jesus has not blessed the crops
All we had is lost

FATHER DOMINIC:
Martin, is it true
That your duty was not done
You provoke God's anger
Martin, all it takes is one

VILLAGERS:
Evil spirits all around
Flying low, seeking prey

GASPARD:
Satan's sticking needles
In the stomachs of our cows

EMILE:
Martin brought God's anger
He did not respect his vows

FATHER DOMINIC:
Have we failed you? Show us Lord
Is this judgement day

MADAME DE ROLS:
Bertrande, confess to God and tell
The truth or else you'll burn in hell

BERTRANDE:
Each night we get so close but still
We don't make love
But soon I swear we will

VILLAGERS:
Shame!
Shame!

FATHER DOMINIC (to Martin):
Your unholy behaviour has unleashed God's anger against Artigat.

VILLAGERS:
Shame!

FATHER DOMINIC:
It is a sin against God not to consummate your holy wedding.
A Catholic child must be conceived in every Catholic bed.

VILLAGERS:
Shame!

FATHER DOMINIC:
Remember the Protestants on your wedding day.
Remember the Fall in the Garden of Eden.
All it takes is one. I feel the Devil hovering all around us.

VILLAGERS (crossing themselves):
Satan! Satan! Satan! Satan!

FATHER DOMINIC:
We are the children of the lord

MARTIN:
I have done nothing wrong

PIERRE:
You have brought us the floods

FATHER DOMINIC:
We are the soldiers by his sword

VILLAGERS:
Keep away

MARTIN:
Do not touch me again

VILLAGERS:
He's possessed!

GUILLAUME:
The demon's inside him

VILLAGERS:
God forbid

MADAME DE ROLS:
We're all good Catholics here

ALL:
Spirit is broken

MARTIN:
You have all gone mad

ALL:
Satan lives within his soul