I giorni della monotonia - Days of Monotony

Stavi giù distesa sopra il letto E ti lasciavi andare come alla deriva Passavamo così attraverso impervie vie I giorni della monotonia Tutti e due le labbra sulle tue Gli attimi vissuti intensamente Sono spenti Stare insieme a te fu il delirio Di una storia della nostra estrema diversità E mi innamorai ossessivamente Per distruggermi "..stringimi.." Mi sussuravi piano: "caro amore" Giorni di immensa meraviglia E giorni di cattività Tra noi due poi scoppiò il diluvio Lux eterna domine in excelsis deo Passavamo così attraverso impervie vie I giorni della monotonia Tutti e due le labbra sulle tue Gli attimi vissuti intensamente Sono spenti Sto con me tra noi due ho scelto me I giorni della monotonia © 2007 Franco Battiato & Manlio Sgalambro "I giorni della monotonia" is a breakup song in the style of Battiato/Sgalambro.

You were down there stretched out on the bed, and you let yourself drift around. We passed thus across impervious ways – days of monotony. Both of the lips on yours, the moments lived intensely were spent. Being together with you was the delirium of a story of our extreme diversity. And I fell in love obsessively to destroy myself “..hold me..” you whispered to me: “sweet love.” Days of immense marvel and days of captivity. Then between the two of us the deluge fell. Eternal light of God in all the high places, Lord. We passed thus across impervious ways – days of monotony. Both of the lips on yours, the moments lived intensely were spent. I am with myself; between us, I chose me. English translation © 2020 Dennis Criteser Il vuoto was released in 2007. Battiato said of the album, "All of this disc talks essentially of emptiness. And for "emptiness" I don't mean only that as it relates to thoughts or considerations of a philosophical order, but precisely the problems and circumstances that each one of us is obligated to live every day." And of course there's the flip side of this negative emptiness: the emptiness one can reach through meditation which then allows the realization of new possibilities. The lyrics are again a collaboration between Battiato and the Sicilian philosopher Manlio Sgalambro.

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