Chan-son egocentrique - Egocentric Song

Avenue Park My life in the dark I with me Do you smile For arabian style I like hit Miami Beach boys Children with toys Across the universe Chan-son egocentrique Self centred song Chan-son egocentrique Self centred song Chi sono, dove sono Quando sono assente di me Da dove vengo, dove vado Dalla pupilla viziosa delle nuvole La luna scende i gradini di grattacieli Per prendermi la vita Chan-son egocentrique ... Central Park I love in the dark Ich bin klein People sang Around the campfire ground I remember Prehistoric sound Was the time of the dinosaur age Oh, nein Chan-son egocentrique © 1982 Francesco Messina, Tommaso Tramonti, Franco Battiato "Chan-son egocentrique" was originally written in 1982 for an album by Alice. All three authors were deeply into the teachings of Gurdjieff, so we can understand the question "where am I when I am absent myself?" to be a philosophic koan based on the Gurdjieffian understanding that we live most of our lives unconscious of our own deeper, more real self. The five lines at the end of the song beginning with "People sang" are taken from the song "Prehistoric Sound" by Osage Tribe, a progressive rock band Battiato founded in 1972.

Avenue Park My life in the dark I with me Do you smile For Arabian style I like hit Miami Beach boys Children with toys Across the universe Self-centered song Self-centered song Self-centered song Self-centered song Who am I, where am I when I am absent of myself? Where do I come from, where do I go? From the depraved pupils of the clouds the moon descends the stairs of skyscrapers to take my life. Self-centered song ... Central Park I love in the dark I am small People sang Around the campfire ground I remember Prehistoric sound Was the time of the dinosaur age Oh, no. English translation © 2020 Dennis Criteser Mondi lontanissimi was released in 1985 and was originally conceived as a sort of intergalactic fable. According to Battiato, "The far-distant worlds are the worlds of fantasy, of the planets of our constellation in which perhaps there are other forms of life that we're not able to imagine; also the interior worlds, those levels of awareness that not only can we not imagine but that we waste like the greatest treasure hidden in every individual." Giusto Pio collaborated on the arrangements and on most of the music, and also directed the Milan Symphony Orchestra, whose presence here lends warmth to what is sometimes a certain coldness in Battiato's more synth-heavy work.

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