Ermeneutica - Hermeneutics

Eiacula precocemente l'impero Tornano i vecchi testamenti Gli stati mostri si avventano sui regimi fascisti Tensioni di tensioni di frustrazioni si manifestano Nel nostro seme si nascondono si riproducono germi di desideri infetti In my dreams I see you in a different way The emotional colours of life are changing completely Sometimes we need to expel our seed Where tensions of tensions hide Mostruosa creatura (human virus) Il suo nome è fanatismo Solo quando il sacro parla (human virus) L'eccelso prende forma (human virus is coming inside us) Deus est filius dei Tutte le macchine al potere gli uomini a pane ed acqua And what is cosmos? what is the meaning of the word? History is bunk Eiacula precocemente l'impero Ritorna il circolo dei combattenti Gli stati servi si inchinano a quella scimmia di presidente S'invade si abbatte si insegue si ammazza il cattivo Si inventano democrazie A monstrous creature its name fanaticism (human virus) When the consecrated word speaks Magnificence takes form And now I am far from you Now I’m far from you And now I am far from you Now I’m far from you Ermeneutica © 2004 Franco Battiato & Manlio Sgalambro "Ermeneutica" was written after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. While Battiato felt that it wasn't the role of music to address social questions, he was sufficiently indignant, as he was formerly when he wrote "Povera Patria," to speak out. The song takes its title from a philosophical term that means the theory and methodology of interpretation. Battiato said, "We can't accept certain insults to reason. These scoundrels want to pass on the idea that if they kill five Marines it's a massacre willed by the forces of evil, while it's fair to count up 15,000 innocent victims in Iraq or 10,000 in Afghanistan, because those are the enemy. We know the truth, we must shout that Bush is a lying criminal."

The empire ejaculates precociously, the old testaments return, the monster states pounce on the Fascist regimes. Tensions of tensions of frustrations manifest themselves; in our seed, germs of infected desires hide and reproduce themselves. In my dreams I see you in a different way. The emotional colours of life are changing completely. Sometimes we need to expel our seed where tensions of tensions hide. Monstrous creature (human virus) – its name is fanaticism. Only when the sacred speaks (human virus) does the exalted take form. (human virus is coming inside us) God is son of god. All the machines to power, the men to bread and water. And what is cosmos? what is the meaning of the word? History is bunk. The empire ejaculates precociously, the circus of combatants returns. The servant states bow down to that ape of a president, the bad is invaded, beaten down, followed, murdered, democracies are invented. A monstrous creature its name fanaticism (human virus). When the consecrated word speaks, magnificence takes form. And now I am far from you Now I’m far from you And now I am far from you Now I’m far from you English translation © 2020 Dennis Criteser Dieci stratagemmi - Attraversare il mare per ingannare il cielo was released in 2004. The title is a takeoff on the Chinese essay Thirty-Six Stratagems, which discusses strategies used in war and politics. The lyrics were mostly co-written by Battiato and the Sicilian philosopher Manlio Sgalambro.

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