| Questa è l’ombra della mia croce
| This is the shadow of my cross
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| E si espande a vista d’occhio
| And it expands visibly
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| Sbavando scuro affronta il tempo
| Drooling dark faces time
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| Poi darà un senso al male trascorso…
| Then it will make sense of the past evil ...
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| Hai deturpato anni di limpidezza
| You have marred years of clarity
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| Troncato i passi di un eterno solo
| Truncated the steps of an eternal only
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| Ma non dai un senso al male trascorso
| But you don't make sense of the past evil
|
| Non rendi conto al vuoto che ti sovrasta…
| You don't realize the emptiness that hangs over you ...
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| Sono mani che si rafforzano incassando e sfregiando
| They are hands that are strengthened by cashing in and scarring
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| Microtraumi che vietano il sorriso ai miei specchi
| Microtraumas that forbid smiling from my mirrors
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| Guarda come mi hai ridotto — in cosa ricado ancora
| Look how you made me - what I'm still falling into
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| Continuo a rialzarmi e ferire a caso anche morendo
| I keep getting up and hurting at random even dying
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| A pezzi, senza te
| In pieces, without you
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| Un elastico tenuto in tiro sotto marziali ginocchiate inferte
| A rubber band held in place under martial knees inflicted
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| Un bambino sempre chiuso al buio — dall’angoscia scalcia contro cosa?
| A child always closed in the dark - from anguish kicks at what?
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| Immortalità è reagire al pungolo dell’esaurimento
| Immortality is reacting to the goad of exhaustion
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| E far vedere a chi aveva vinto che il traguardo non era lì…
| And show those who had won that the finish line was not there ...
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| Contro la tecnica del non voler mai dare risposte
| Against the technique of never wanting to give answers
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| Contro il murare nel ghiaccio ogni mia attenzione
| Against the blocking in the ice my every attention
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| Contro l’acidità del mondo-fuori a cui ti allinei
| Against the acidity of the outside-world you align yourself with
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| Patibolo dove finisci con chi esercita su di te
| Gallows where you end up with whoever exercises on you
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| Dietro alla durezza del tuo rapportarti
| Behind the hardness of your relationship
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| Quel ritmo bulimico che non sai scansare…
| That bulimic rhythm that you cannot avoid ...
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| Castrato a fuoco mi hai pressato a terra
| Castrated on fire you pressed me to the ground
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| Ma ora chi va avanti e chi annega qui?
| But now who goes on and who drowns here?
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| ORA CHI VA AVANTI E CHI ANNEGA QUI? | NOW WHO GOES FORWARD AND WHO DROWS HERE? |
| (x 4)
| (x 4)
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| Questa è l’ombra della tua croce
| This is the shadow of your cross
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| Da un esile cero sempre sottovento
| From a slender candle always downwind
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| Nel suo restringersi perde diottrie
| As it shrinks, it loses diopters
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| Rattoppata in vano da due fondi in vetro.
| Patched in compartment by two glass bottoms.
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| Hai deturpato anni di limpidezza
| You have marred years of clarity
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| Troncato i passi di un eterno solo
| Truncated the steps of an eternal only
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| Ma non dai un senso al male trascorso
| But you don't make sense of the past evil
|
| Non rendi conto al vuoto che ti sovrasta…
| You don't realize the emptiness that hangs over you ...
|
| (contemplo ulcere che si dilatano, autoimmuni)
| (I contemplate ulcers that dilate, autoimmune)
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| Stritolato dall’infierire della tensione psichica
| Crushed by the raging of psychic tension
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| Ma i lineamenti che plasma tanta ingiustizia
| But the features that mold so much injustice
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| Consacrano il mito della vendicatività
| They consecrate the myth of vindictiveness
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| «REDEMPTION KARMA»
| "REDEMPTION KARMA"
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| Here’s the shadow of my cross
| Here’s the shadow of my cross
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| Rolling as far as the eye can see
| Rolling as far as the eye can see
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| Smudging darkness to face time
| Smudging darkness to face time
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| Then it’ll make some sense of past evil …
| Then it’ll make some sense of past evil ...
|
| You’ve defaced years of purity
| You’ve defaced years of purity
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| Slashing the steps of who has been alone forever
| Slashing the steps of who has been alone forever
|
| But you give no meaning to past evil
| But you give no meaning to past evil
|
| You don’t give account to the emptiness above you …
| You don't give account to the emptiness above you ...
|
| Hands give each other strength as they take and scar
| Hands give each other strength as they take and scar
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| Microtraumas that want no smiles in my mirrors
| Microtraumas that want no smiles in my mirrors
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| Look what you’ve done to me — down again
| Look what you've done to me - down again
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| I keep getting up and lash out even as I die
| I keep getting up and lash out even as I die
|
| Shattered, without you
| Shattered, without you
|
| Elastic pulled taut as knees kick in killer blows
| Elastic pulled taut as knees kick in killer blows
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| A child always shut in the dark — kicking out at what in anguish?
| A child always shut in the dark - kicking out at what in anguish?
|
| Immortality means reacting to the spur of exhaustion
| Immortality means reacting to the spur of exhaustion
|
| Showing the winner that the finishing line was somewhere else …
| Showing the winner that the finishing line was somewhere else…
|
| Against the tactic of giving no replies
| Against the tactic of giving no replies
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| Against the walling in ice of all my gestures
| Against the walling in ice of all my gestures
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| Against the acidity of the world-outside of which you stand
| Against the acidity of the world-outside of which you stand
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| The gallows where you end up with those who influence you
| The gallows where you end up with those who influence you
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| Behind the hard manner you have
| Behind the hard manner you have
|
| The bulimic pace you can’t shrug off …
| The bulimic pace you can't shrug off ...
|
| I’m fire-castrated as you press me to the ground
| I'm fire-castrated as you press me to the ground
|
| But now who goes on and who drowns here?
| But now who goes on and who drowns here?
|
| NOW WHO GOES ON AND WHO DROWNS HERE? | NOW WHO GOES ON AND WHO DROWNS HERE? |
| (
| (
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| Here’s the shadow of your cross
| Here’s the shadow of your cross
|
| From a slim candle that’s always downwind
| From a slim candle that’s always downwind
|
| Losing dioptres as it narrows
| Losing dioptres as it narrows
|
| Patched in vain between two glass layers …
| Patched in vain between two glass layers…
|
| You’ve defaced years of purity
| You’ve defaced years of purity
|
| Slashing the steps of the only everlasting
| Slashing the steps of the only everlasting
|
| But you give no meaning to past evil
| But you give no meaning to past evil
|
| You don’t give account to the emptiness above you …
| You don't give account to the emptiness above you ...
|
| (I contemplate autoimmune gaping ulcers)
| (I contemplate autoimmune gaping ulcers)
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| Throttled by the pressure of mental tension
| Throttled by the pressure of mental tension
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| But the features that so much injustice is shaping
| But the features that so much injustice is shaping
|
| Consecrate the myth of vengeance | Consecrate the myth of vengeance |