La cura - The Cure

Ti proteggerò dalle paure delle ipocondrie Dai turbamenti che da oggi incontrerai per la tua via Dalle ingiustizie e dagli inganni del tuo tempo Dai fallimenti che per tua natura normalmente attirerai Ti solleverò dai dolori e dai tuoi sbalzi d'umore Dalle ossessioni delle tue manie Supererò le correnti gravitazionali Lo spazio e la luce per non farti invecchiare E guarirai da tutte le malattie Perché sei un essere speciale Ed io, avrò cura di te Vagavo per i campi del Tennessee Come vi ero arrivato, chissà Non hai fiori bianchi per me? Più veloci di aquile i miei sogni Attraversano il mare Ti porterò soprattutto il silenzio e la pazienza Percorreremo assieme le vie che portano all'essenza I profumi d'amore inebrieranno i nostri corpi La bonaccia d'agosto non calmerà i nostri sensi Tesserò i tuoi capelli come trame di un canto Conosco le leggi del mondo, e te ne farò dono Supererò le correnti gravitazionali Lo spazio e la luce per non farti invecchiare Ti salverò da ogni malinconia Perché sei un essere speciale ed io avrò cura di te Io sì, che avrò cura di te La cura © 1996 Franco Battiato & Manlio Sgalambro Of "La cura," Battiato said, "I was touched by a little light that allowed me to write this piece. A true and rare moment of the purest inspiration." One of two songs on the album where Battiato had input on the lyrics, the song became one of his most beloved works, and has been covered by a number of other artists, a love song at once cerebral and yet profoundly moving.

I'll protect you from the fears of the hypochondriacs, from the turmoils that from today you will encounter in your life, from the injustices and from the deceptions of your time, from the failures that by your nature you will normally attract. I'll lift you from the sorrows and from your mood swings, from the obsessions of your delusions. I will overcome the gravitational currents, space, and light to make you not age, and I will heal from all the illnesses because you are a special being and I, I will take care of you. I wandered the fields of Tennessee. How I arrived there, who knows? Don’t you have white flowers for me? Faster than eagles, my dreams cross the ocean. I'll carry you above the silence and the patience, we’ll follow together the ways that carry to the essence. The scents of love will intoxicate our bodies, the stillness of August won’t calm our senses. I'll weave your hair like plots of a song. I know the laws of the world and I’ll make a gift to you of them. I will overcome the gravitational currents, space, and light to make you not age. I will save you from every gloom because you are a special being, and I'll take care of you. Yes, me, who will take care of you. English translation © 2020 Dennis Criteser L'imboscata (The Ambush) was released in 1996. It marked another change of direction for Battiato, returning to the world of rock and the electric guitar after his turn into classical music sonorities beginning in 1986. He also felt a desire to connect to a larger popular audience (the sales of his previous album were the lowest of all his pop albums going back to 1979; L'imboscata became the second best selling album of the year). The album cover is a painting by Antoine-Jean Gros - Napoleon at the Pyramids. Like the previous album, the lyrics were by the Sicilian philosopher Manlio Sgalambro, with Battiato's input on "Di passaggio" and "La cura." The album was dedicated to the writer Gesualdo Bufalino, a close friend of Battiato's. Cover by Algebra, with Steve Hackett and Anthony Phillips, known for their work with Genesis

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