Lettera a mio padre [English translation]

Of beasts like you

They're all around and it's not easy

Discovering them and you know that

They are mask-makers

They spit you into the world

Just to have an easy meal

I'm still here

I have even tougher skin than you

It's never easy

accepting to recognize you

In between my wrinkles that

Always resemble yours more

And this blood that

Is a bit monster and also a bit of me

It makes me think that I'd like to thank you

Because you're not here

Few wrinkles

of expression

Nothing more of you

survives in me

A last name to carry

You'll only be this

And you won't see me any more

Of monsters like you

The world is full of them and it's not easy

Discovering them and you know that

They have white hands and sweet voices

But if you really look at them

You don't see anything in their eyes

They rent out your heart in a dark night

Devoid of every light

Few wrinkles

of expression

Nothing more of you

survives in me

A last name to carry

You'll only be this

And you won't see any more of me

Every bad thing is good when it needs to be

I've even learned to roll with the punches

I've been outside all the time

Outside of myself and in the world

I'm no longer afraid

And there's nothing

What was once giant is not visible today

You find scars on the back

and it's there that they attach the wings

Few lines on my skin

Nothing more of you

survives in me

A last name to carry

You'll only be this

And you won't see any more of me

Every bad thing is good when it needs to be

I've even learned to roll with the punches

I've been outside all the time

Outside of myself and in the world

I'm no longer afraid

There's nothing

What was once giant is not visible today

You find scars on the back

And it's there that they attach the wings

Every bad thing is good when it needs to be

I've even learned to roll with the punches

Maybe one day I'll become a father

And I'll tell him to change the stars

And I'll tell him that a punch hurts

And that sometimes a word kills you

And when you have scars on your back

It's there that they attach the wings

• Artist:Ermal Meta
• Album:Umano