05.02.2018
Everyday courage
I write my lifeTraces on the stones
And I have the same eyes
of Scampia 1
I accept my pain
It is the price to pay
To shake your hands
Clasp my hands
I no
I have never felt
so alive
Do not ask me
Why so
So
So far and
Close to the world
To his courage
The courage of every day
This is my story
Years like stones
Running fast
In my quick blood
Dark and fertile land
Star always my star
Bride and sister, cover me
With clouds and quilts of dreams 2
I never
I have never felt
so alive
Do not ask me
Why so
So
So far and
Close to the world
To his courage
The courage of every day
3
Sing the praises of the sea and keep the earth
The light is day in the evening
Sing the praises of the sea and stay on the earth
The light is day in the evening
- 1. little town near Naples, it is famous because it is a 'camorra kingdom', where honest people suffer for the bullying and criminal actes of the gangland and the State is not very present
- 2. here Avitabile quotes Domenico Modugno
- 3. In Neapolitan in the original text
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