da SO RIGHT
Little blue birds
M. P. De Vito – D. Rea
I crossed the border
and went so far beyond
I lost the measure
of the distances I’ve gone
Not hunted down
by anyone, but me
heading afar
from all familiar places
And as I wander
still craving for your arms
I see our falling,
the collapsing of our star
so many times
It doesn’t wise me up
if I’m here stumbling
on the same old traces
Words were not spoken
tears were not shed
dreams left undone
went flying high
I don’t know where
No, we didn’t figure out
how much this story meant
we tried, and then
no longer wished to try
And I set ablaze
the place I loved
and spread the ashes
of the days gone by,
happy-sad-old memories
in the air
blue little birds
singing their song so far away
Still singing their song,
but far away
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So right
(M. P. De Vito – E. Pietropaoli)
We were very tired, we were very merry
we wandered on the land all day
with no planning
It was Easter time, and the wind was freezing
but you were walking by my side,
I felt so dizzy
And everything was shining
with a different light
and you wrapped me up in your coat
and it felt so right
We were very tired, we were very happy
you brought me on the coast nearby
just to watch the sky
And I read a poem
and you kept singing loud, so loud,
you were so funny
and I felt so proud
as if your joy and laughter
were my own work of art
And your voice was the music
of a world apart.
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Miskin
(M. P. De Vito - M. P. De Vito)
Mirror, mirror
everything seems to be in the right
place
my eyebrows, my features
even those lines
that suddenly appeared on my
face.
My hands and my fingers
a celebrating throng
When it comes to play music
my feet come along
Still I don’t get
still I don’t know know
if I am this body
that I call home
Wander around the house
look at my things
my piano, my pictures
my books or my rings
Hundreds of pages
describing my past
rushing like waterfalls
the words, all the rest
Still I don’t get it
still I don’t know
what is this place
that I call home
I trained myself with blind determination
to be the perfect stranger to this world
sharp-tongued amongst the touchy fellows
a modest fool amidst the snobbish crowds
an hermit enjoying company too much
a loner loving laughs,and human touch
the fact is that
still I don't get it
still I don't know
what is this world that I call home
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Since your love died
(M. P. De Vito - E.Pietropaoli)
I know what my heart is like
since your love died
I know what my heart is like
Since your love died
It’s like a star at down
shining out of sight
in some other’s light
eclypsed by the rising sun
blinking for no one
burning for no one
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The sweetest medicine
(M. P. De Vito - M. P. De Vito - D. Rea - E. Pietropaoli - A. Romano)
Come here, my dear
Come here,
come…
Come back home, and rest
within these arms
of silence
Cradle your dreams
into a nest of time
Don’t miss the chance
of a refreshing bath
into …
your nothingness
Here, solitude
will turn
into your ark,
where you’ll find
a privilege in pain;
feeling things too much
is not a shame.
Come here and drink
the sweetest of all medicines:
Embrace
the invisible.
And - you know -
what is poetry?
It’s sightless painting.
And what is painting,
if not soundless poetry?
And what our melodies are,
if not the rendering
of invisible things?
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da SONGS FROM THE UNDERGROUND
Song from the underground
(M. P. De Vito-M. P. De Vito-C.Filippini-L.Bulgarelli)
From the ashes of my will
From the slanting lines of my tomorrows
Form the streams diverging
In my heart
From the basement where I hide my sorrow
I’ll take what I found
I’ll take what I found
And it’s gonna sound
like a song from the underground
I’ll take what I found
And it’s gonna sound
like a song from the underground
In this dark slum
Filled with relics
Promise of false tomorrows
A multitude of angels is gathering
Patiently waiting for a song to borrow
They’re humming around, and their voices sound
Like a song from the underground
They’re humming around , and their voices sound
Like a song from the underground
The sun, up here,
It’s just a blaze of light so brave
Making it’s way beneath the barren window
It doesn’t seem impossibloe to touch it
To grab it and pour in in my mouth..
And breathing it out, melted in the sound
Of my song from the underground,
and melting it out,
melted in the sound of my song from the underground…
and it’s gonna sound like a song from the underground
their voice, gonna sound, like a voice from the underground…
hey..