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A Woman
04:21
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When I was young I thought she could fly,
but I grew wiser while we grew older.
She was beautiful and to my eyes
her little smile was like the sun when I needed it.
Then I grew tall, still green inside,
when she told me many things I didn't really like.
She was afraid and hurt by human kind
and her heart couldn't discern right or wrong
Even though I thought she was perfect, the only perfect person in the world
now I know that she's not flawless, she's a human, finding her best way to live
So she laughed and she cried,
when she was younger she had dreams that she didn't achieve,
She loved men and she danced,
she rode a bicycle and fell down on the street.
Imperfectly independent
she could live her life standing on her own feet,
trying to learn from the mistakes,
praying to the universe for her own light.
She fought lies and fought hatred,
fought the dangers that were lying in her bed.
She faced the punishments arising from her sins,
but she never fell to her knees.
Even though I thought she was perfect, the only perfect person in the world
now I know that she's not flawless, she's a human finding her best way to live
So she laughed and she cried,
when she was younger she had dreams that she didn't achieve,
She loved men and she danced,
she rode a bicycle and fell down on the street.
She could give birth and death,
she gave a name and gave a hand to whom needed it,
she felt regrets and silence,
she sang melodies far from home, close to the sea.
Never able to give order to her chaos she decides to dance inside it,
and for all I know about this blessed world,
What I learnt from her I treasure in my blood.
So she laughed and she cried,
when she was younger she had dreams that she didn't achieve,
She loved men and she danced,
she rode a bicycle and fell down on the street.
She could give birth and death,
she gave a name and gave a hand to whom needed it,
she felt regrets and silence,
she sang melodies far from home, close to the sea.
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I don’t know why it happens
But it happens
And I just have to learn from it somehow
As you did always tell me
Everything comes from a flower and will make a seed
So when the clouds will gather I will drink the rain
And when the sun will brighten my face I won’t complain
But when sometimes I fall
now I find you inside me
Hold me through the air I inhale
Only for a minute or two
I find my safe place in you
Hold me and I will find you there
Just as you would do it before
Surround me to cure this sore
I don't know what comes after
But it will So why should I spend my time thinking of it?
Just as when I suspended all my feelings
And you tried to lift me up from the ground
Now when the sky gets blurry I can see your face
And when the weight of worry hits i feel you in the wind
You're in every leaf brushing my face
In every gentle move of the wind
In the atoms filling up my breath
I hear you
I feel you
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Quello che mi piace di più sono i capelli al vento
Ma questo soltanto non spiega quello che sento
C’è di più che nelle favole in queste nuvole
Quando ogni movimento rimane in questo momento
E dovunque vada gia’ ci sono, anche se mi perdo
Che mi guardo dentro e mi guardo intorno
È semplice ma non è facile
Che come per questa vita non c’è
Un manuale d’uso per la bicicletta
Ho smesso di andare di fretta
Per imparare
Il bello della strada che ho
È che c’è il sole in faccia ma anche la pioggia,
L’odore che lascia
E l’unico modo per trovare l’equilibrio è
Sempre avanzare senza troppo timore
Quindi mi concedo il permesso di cadere spesso
Così tento invece di stare ferma
Che come per questa vita non c’è
Un manuale d’uso per la bicicletta
Ho smesso di andare di fretta
È semplice ma non è facile
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Harbour
03:36
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The tide’s beginning to load
And I am carried afloat
All of this feels rather new
I’m here, I’m turning you
The tide’s beginning to rise
The current bursting through my eyes
For a moment be the boat
to ease the lumps in my throat
Rock my pain towards the crests
Don’t let me stray away
In the harbour of your chest
I will be safe
The waves are stirring my soul
Am I weaker than the flow?
Please be my anchor to keep
me here now that nothing feels real
Rock my pain towards the crests
Don’t let me stray away
In the harbour of your chest
I will be safe
Please be the harbour to keep me here
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Te La Ridi
02:34
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Scommetto che te la ridi
Senza fardelli
Ora ch’è tutto chiaro
Tu ridi ancor di più
E noi che ancor guardiamo su o giù o di lato
Sperando di sentire una risata o un flauto
Sappiamo che stai bene
Forse anche ‘un po’ meglio
Senza tutti i dolori
Che la vita ci dà
Ma noi un po’ piangiamo ancora perché manchi
Sì certo, andiamo avanti, ma ci volevi tu
Che canti una canzone che poi cantiamo tutti
Col cuore sereno come sai fare tu
La lallallala lalalalalalala la lalalalala lala lala lala
Quanno se rivedremo, tutti più leggeri
Pensa le risate che ce faremo insieme
Cantanno na canzone che poi cantamo tutti
Cor core sereno come lo sai fa tu
E intanto io un
po’ piango
Perché un po’ mi manchi
Si, sempre vado avanti
Ma ci volevi tu
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Non So Perché Succede
03:30
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Non so perché succede
Ma succede
E rimane solo da imparare
Come dicevi sempre
Tutto viene da un fiore e produce il seme
Così se le nuvole piangono io le berrò
Quando il sole illumina mi scalderò
A volte però cado
E ti cerco qui dentro
Tienimi nel vapore del mio respiro
Solo per un minuto
E sono sicuro
Tienimi e ti trovo nel mio petto
Come facevi prima
Avvolgimi questa ferita
Non so cosa c’è dopo
Ma lo saprò
Perché dovrei pensarci adesso?
Tutta questa paura
Innocente di non essere mai abbastanza
Ora se il cielo si appanna vedo il tuo viso
quando l’ansia affonda sei nel vento intorno a me
E’ percheé quando cado
Io ti cerco qui dentro
Sei in ogni foglia sul mio palmo
Sei in tutte le danze del vento
Sei negli atomi del mio respiro
Ti sento
Ti sento
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Valerio Lysander London, UK
British based Italian artist Valerio Lysander is a baroque pop singer/songwriter. Among his achievements, he has performed
in Trafalgar Square for Pride in London, has been a finalist of Pride's Got Talent and the Coffee Music Project and his tracks have been broadcasted on BBC Radio.
His latest album, “We Are Like Coloured Moths Towards The Sunlight”, was released on 21st July 2018.
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