The Verdict Songtext

von Martin Guerre

ARNAUD:
I have lied to you all so I could steal another man's wife
When you called me the devil that's when you knew my name
I've cast evil spells on you all, I'm Satan's child
And I've stolen a woman who never knew I was not Martin
Just let her go
She's not to blame

EMILE:
She's Satan's whore!

CATHERINE:
She is loved in the eyes of the Lord!

BERTRANDE:
The day has come to end the lies
You cannot take the blame alone
The only truth I know ? I love him
I knew from the start he was not Martin Guerre

MARTIN:
Yet once you loved me

BERTRANDE:
You never loved me

MARTIN:
If you had waited!

ARNAUD:
Bertrande, believe me

GUILLAUME:
Damn all their lies, the love they steal

ARNAUD:
I saw him die there

GUILLAUME:
The scares I bear will never heal

MARTIN & ARNAUD:
The skies are clear now
And all that we've know, that we've sworn
Revealed by the light of the dawn

MARTIN:
Still alone

ARNAUD:
If you still love me

MARTIN:
I've betrayed by the friend that I thought I knew

ARNAUD:
Nothing can harm me

BERTRANDE:
Martin, it's too late, I feel nothing for you...

JUDGE:
I do not need to hear anymore
Although this case has been made clear
There is nothing simple here

What I see are three young souls
All of the are guilty, but
Obsessed with you religious wars
You have craved them from your hatred

The three of them are victims here
But none more so than Martin Guerre
For though he shares some of the blame
You had no rights to steal his name

I sentence you to go to jail
Till Martin Guerre decides your fate
For only he can understand
How much you've changed his life, now you must wait
As for you Madame Martin Guerre
You are still your husband's wife
Now your future lies in his hands