Qualcosa di te [English translation]

dear friend of mine

we're still standing

you speak without breathing

as you did few years ago

sit down near me

memories pass

they're knots in hair

(knots) that we'll never untie

now you look down with your red eyes

i feel the weight of your steps

they look like empty shelves

years that we call around us

thanks for your being with me

night flows away

there's a thin snatch inside

and time goes by without asking

i choose the pieces of the past

i take a few things and i go

i always carry deep inside me something that looks a little like you

the air is changing yet

colour burns

toughts will fly away

in skies, like swallows

fresh water in open sea

a river flows in the desert

new city lights

and a superhighway runs free

thanks for your being with me

my soul takes breath

i shiver to a thin wall

and heart gives up where it's fragile

i live hanging by a thread and i fall

i run and i don't know where i go

but i always look around me for something that looks a little like you

what will it be of him?

to talk about it will serve to nothing

but to open again a old wound

that dried with difficulty

now leave around a bit of joy

the one you carry with you

dear really close voice

open space in clouds

think about me in the midst

think about me and you will be present

and always carry deep inside you something that looks a little like me

• Artist:Ornella Vanoni