Clamori - Outcries

Clamori nel mondo moribondo Clamori nel mondo Ciuffi d'isotopi in mano Passeggio tra le particelle dei miei atomi Nuclei pulsari, neutroni e quasari Il mondo è piccolo, il mondo è grande E avrei bisogno di tonnellate d'idrogeno Infestati di ragnatele Pieni di minuscoli computers Mangiando farfalle giapponesi Mosche giganti sputano dati Dando il totale sui disoccupati Clamori nel mondo moribondo Clamori nel mondo Sangue nero di Harlem Manometri affollati a Wallstreet Nel fango delle cifre tutto se ne va Guerriglia nella giungla Ma sotto un tetto di palme Amore mio Lunga sarà la fine Sceicchi custodi Di passaggi a livello nel deserto Spargono lacrime di petrodollari Sufi soffocati, Mullah immobili Nel silenzio delle sparatorie Clamori nel mondo moribondo Clamori nel mondo Clamori © 1982 Franco Battiato & Tommaso Tramonti The lyrics for "Clamori" were co-written with Tommaso Tramonti, who was one of Battiato's spiritual teachers in the Gurdjieff tradition, and who had translated Ouspensky's book In Search of the Miraculous into Italian.

Outcries in the moribund world, outcries in the world. Clumps of isotopes in hand, I walk among the particles of my atoms, nuclei, pulsars, neutrons and quasars. The world is small, the world is big, and I could use tons of hydrogen infested with spider webs full of minuscule computers eating Japanese butterflies, gigantic flies spit out data giving the total of the unemployed. Outcries in the moribund world, outcries in the world. Black blood of Harlem, pressure gauges maxed on Wall Street – in the mud of the ciphers everything goes away. Guerrilla in the jungle, but under a palm roof, my love, the end will be long. Sheik guardians of railroad crossings in the desert spill petrodollar tears. Suffocated Sufis, immobile Mullahs in the silence of the shootouts. Outcries in the moribund world, outcries in the world. English translation © 2020 Dennis Criteser L'arca di Noe was released in 1982. Giusto Pio collaborated on the musical compositions and arrangements. After its release, there were some critics who began to reassess Battiato and who charged him with putting forward right-wing ideas. To which Battiato responded, "Stupidly, there are those who have defined me as 'idealogue of the new right,' but in reality I am a conservative, in the ancestral sense. Because I think that all the current technological and scientific development, indeed a sort of neo-religion, has strongly deteriorated the qualities of man. And I, to the contrary, am for the recovery of the best traditions of civilized man." These charges led Battiato to avoid encounters with both the press and the public and concentrate on his work in the studio as producer and writer for other artists.

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