Via Lattea - The Milky Way

Ci alzammo che non era ancora l'alba Pronti per trasbordare Dentro un satellite artificiale Che ci condusse in fretta Alle porte di Sirio Dove un equipaggio sperimentale Si preparava Al lungo viaggio Noi Provinciali dell'Orsa Minore Alla conquista degli spazi interstellari E vestiti di grigio chiaro Per non disperdersi Seguimmo certe rotte in diagonale Dentro la Via Lattea Un capitano del centro impressioni Colto da esaurimento Venne presto mandato in esilio Mi preparavo Al lungo viaggio In cui ci si perde Seguimmo certe rotte in diagonale Dentro la Via Lattea Via Lattea © 1985 Franco Battiato In "Via Lattea," we are ready for the blast off that will take us to those "far-distant worlds" of the album title.

We got up when it wasn’t even dawn ready to transship inside an artificial satellite that led us in haste to the gates of Sirius, where an experimental crew was preparing for the long voyage – we, provincials of Ursa Minor – for the conquest of interstellar spaces, and dressed in light grey so as not to get disbanded. We followed certain routes on the diagonal inside the Milky Way. A captain from the Center of Impressions, hit by exhaustion, was quickly sent into exile. I prepared myself for the long voyage in which you get lost. We followed certain routes on the diagonal inside the Milky Way. 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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