Un verso al giorno

[Dowi]

It's a mystery to me

We have a greed, with which we have agreed

And you think you have to want more than you need

Until you have it all, you won't be free

Society, you're a crazy breed

Hope you're not lonely, without me

When you want more than you have, you think you need

When you think more than you want, your thoughts begin to bleed

I think i need to find a bigger place

When you have more than you think, you need more space

Society, you're a crazy breed

Hope you're not lonely, without me

Society, crazy indeed

Hope you're not lonely, without me

It's those thinking more less, less is more

But if less is more, how you keepin' score?

It means for every point you make your level drops

Kinda like you're startin' from the top

And you can't do that

Society, you're a crazy breed

I hope you're not lonely, without me

Society, crazy indeed

Hope you're not lonely, without me

Society, have mercy on me

I hope you're not angry, if i disagree

Society, crazy indeed

Hope you're not lonely

Without me...

eddie vedder - society

[kid_max]

Listen to your words they'll tell you what to do

Listen over the rhythm that's confusing you

Listen to the reed in the saxophone

Listen over the hum in the radio

Listen over sounds of blades in rotation

Listen through the traffic and circulation

Listen as hope and peace try to rhyme

Listen over marching bands playing out their time

WAKE UP WAKE UP DEAD MAN

WAKE UP WAKE UP DEAD MAN

u2

[TomThom]

Listen to your words they'll tell you what to do

Listen over the rhythm that's confusing you

Listen to the reed in the saxophone

Listen over the hum in the radio

Listen over sounds of blades in rotation

Listen through the traffic and circulation

Listen as hope and peace try to rhyme

Listen over marching bands playing out their time

WAKE UP WAKE UP DEAD MAN

WAKE UP WAKE UP DEAD MAN

u2

:love:

[rubbish]

E nuda è la strada e i binari e le insegne

e nuda sei tu

il mondo ora è nudo

se non lo copre il tuo amore

siamo orfani ora

Siamo orfani ora

io te e la strada

se non si divide il buio

si tradirà sempre la luce

Ti prego chiamami tesoro adesso

mentre piove e l’aria è fredda

e sono giorni che cammino senza meta

portandoti nel cuore

Vinicio Capossela - Orfani ora

[TomThom]

" Get off your high horse lady,

I don’t need a ride tonight... "

Oasis - (Get Off Your) High Horse Lady -

[TomThom]

" Il paese era molto giovane,

i soldati a cavallo erano la sua difesa.

Il verde brillante della prateria

dimostrava in maniera lampante l'esistenza di Dio,

del Dio che progetta la frontiera e costruisce la ferrovia.

A quel tempo io ero un ragazzo

che giocava a ramino, fischiava alle donne.

Credulone e romantico, con due baffi da uomo.

Se avessi potuto scegliere fra la vita e la morte,

fra la vita e la morte, avrei scelto l'America.

Tra bufalo e locomotiva la differenza salta agli occhi:

la locomotiva ha la strada segnata,

il bufalo può scartare di lato e cadere.

Questo decise la sorte del bufalo,

l'avvenire dei miei baffi e il mio mestiere.

Ora ti voglio dire: c'è chi uccide per rubare

e c'è chi uccide per amore,

il cacciatore uccide sempre per giocare,

io uccidevo per essere il migliore.

Mio padre guardiano di mucche,

mia madre una contadina.

Io, unico figlio biondo quasi come Gesù,

avevo pochi anni e vent'anni sembran pochi,

poi ti volti a guardarli e non li trovi più.

E mi ricordo infatti di un pomeriggio triste,

io, col mio amico 'Culo di gomma', famoso meccanico,

sul ciglio di una strada a contemplare l'America,

diminuzione dei cavalli, aumento dell'ottimismo.

Mi presentarono i miei cinquant'anni

e un contratto col circo "Pacebbeene" a girare l'Europa.

E firmai, col mio nome e firmai,

e il mio nome era Bufalo Bill. "

Francesco De Gregori - Bufalo Bill -

[pandroid]

E mi ricordo infatti di un pomeriggio triste,

io, col mio amico 'Culo di gomma', famoso meccanico,

sul ciglio di una strada a contemplare l'America,

diminuzione dei cavalli, aumento dell'ottimismo.

Mi presentarono i miei cinquant'anni

e un contratto col circo "Pacebbeene" a girare l'Europa.

E firmai, col mio nome e firmai,

e il mio nome era Bufalo Bill. "

[Fake Plastic Man]

Ever away from seeing more than life

The morning lies miles away from the night

No man ever could steal her heart

But With bright gold coins I’ll take my shot

[myra_lee]

You got a lotta nerve

To say you are my friend

When I was down

You just stood there grinning

You got a lotta nerve

To say you got a helping hand to lend

You just want to be on

The side that's winning

You say I let you down

You know it's not like that

If you're so hurt

Why then don't you show it

You say you lost your faith

But that's not where it's at

You had no faith to lose

And you know it

I know the reason

That you talk behind my back

I used to be among the crowd

You're in with

Do you take me for such a fool

To think I'd make contact

With the one who tries to hide

What he don't know to begin with

You see me on the street

You always act surprised

You say, "How are you?" "Good luck"

But you don't mean it

When you know as well as me

You'd rather see me paralyzed

Why don't you just come out once

And scream it

No, I do not feel that good

When I see the heartbreaks you embrace

If I was a master thief

Perhaps I'd rob them

And now I know you're dissatisfied

With your position and your place

Don't you understand

It's not my problem

I wish that for just one time

You could stand inside my shoes

And just for that one moment

I could be you

Yes, I wish that for just one time

You could stand inside my shoes

You'd know what a drag it is

To see you

Bob Dylan - Positively 4th Street

Nessuno, nessuno dovrebbe restare mai senza questa canzone, perché prima o poi serve a tutti.

[FrankBlack]

The snow has fallen

and raise this white mountain

on which you will die

and fade away inside

- Agalloch -

[Voyant86]

Leonard Cohen "Chelsea Hotel n° 2"

"I remember you well in Chelsea Hotel

we were talking so brave and so free

giving me head on unmade bed ( )

while the limousines wait in the street

But those were the reasons

that was New York

We were running for the money and the flesh

But that was called love

for the world cousin song

probably steal it form those who had been lead

Ah, but you got away, didn't you baby?

you just turn your back on the crowd

you got away I never once heard you say:

"I need you, I don't need you

I need you, I don't need you"

and all of that jiving around

I remember you well in Chelsea Hotel

You were famous, your heart was a legend

You told me again you prefer handsome men

but for me you would make an exeption

and clenching your fist

for the ones like us we were oppressed by the figures of beauty

you fixed yourself, you said "well, nevermind, we're ugly but we have the music"

and then you got away, didn't you baby?

you just turn your back on the crowd

you got away I never once heard you say:

"I need you, I don't need you

I need you, I don't need you"

and all of that jiving around

I don't mean to suggest that I loved you the best

I can't keep track of each fallen robin

I remeber you well in Chelsea Hotel

it's all that I don't think of you that often..."

[pandroid]

Leonard Cohen "Chelsea Hotel n° 2"

"I remember you well in Chelsea Hotel

we were talking so brave and so free

giving me head on unmade bed ( )

while the limousines wait in the street

But those were the reasons

that was New York

We were running for the money and the flesh

But that was called love

for the world cousin song

probably steal it form those who had been lead

Ah, but you got away, didn't you baby?

you just turn your back on the crowd

you got away I never once heard you say:

"I need you, I don't need you

I need you, I don't need you"

and all of that jiving around

I remember you well in Chelsea Hotel

You were famous, your heart was a legend

You told me again you prefer handsome men

but for me you would make an exeption

and clenching your fist

for the ones like us we were oppressed by the figures of beauty

you fixed yourself, you said "well, nevermind, we're ugly but we have the music"

and then you got away, didn't you baby?

you just turn your back on the crowd

you got away I never once heard you say:

"I need you, I don't need you

I need you, I don't need you"

and all of that jiving around

I don't mean to suggest that I loved you the best

I can't keep track of each fallen robin

I remeber you well in Chelsea Hotel

it's all that I don't think of you that often..."

[principles]

No-one can perceive the state I'm in

It’s like the living world is blind

Kula Shaker,Smart Dogs

Rappresentativa per questo giorno...

[myra_lee]

I can’t get on

I can’t get on

Because I live in the past

and it’s too strong.

I can’t get on

I can’t get on

Because I live in the past

and it’s too strong.

And the present is imperfect.

And the future, well, it’s conditional.

And the past’s a foreign land

that I’m trying to understand.

And all the girls are framed

in the order that they came.

And the best friends do their worst

to remind me that I’m cursed.

And I’d just like to say

that I’m sorry to everyone

that just wants to get on,

that just wants to get on...

Piano Magic - The Nostalgist

[myra_lee]

Questa è leggermente geniale/mi fa ridere:

I died

On the cross

Trainer,

Getting in shape for you.

Los Campesinos! - All Your Keyfabe Friends

[TomThom]

" Black rain

floods the downs

ferrets burrow

moles make mound

'round your bones

deep underground

but nobody knows

nobody knows

how I wait for you

Summer, Spring

Autumn, Winter here

perishing

Gypsy, stray

bleak orphan

no one could say

the land you came from

but deep in my arms

you belonged

but nobody knows

nobody knows

how I wait for you

Summer, Spring

Autumn, Winter here

perishing

My goddamned Damaris

killed with last kiss

goddamned Damaris

I loved you

goddamned Damaris

killed with last kiss

goddamned Damaris

I loved you, I loved you... "

Patrick Wolf - Damaris -

[there_there]

Now my foolish boat is leaning

broken love lost on your rocks.

For you sang

"Touch me not!

Touch me not! Come back tomorrow".

Oh my heart, oh my heart

shies from the sorrow.

[Th0mY0rk3]

Everyday I love you less and less....

[lavàndaia.]

Qualche volta mi sento come se non avessi un compagno

Qualche volta mi sento come se la mia unica amica

Fosse la città in cui vivo, la città degli angeli

Solo come sono piangiamo insieme.

Guido sulle sue strade perché è la mia compagna

Cammino per le sue colline perché sa chi sono

Vede le cose buone che ho in me e mi bacia piena di vento

Ed io non mi preoccupo mai (adesso questa è una bugia)

Non voglio mai più sentirmi

Come mi sono sentito quel giorno

Portami nel posto che io amo

Portami in quel luogo.

[myra_lee]

Io lo so già

che tu vivrai

meglio di me.

Io lo so già

che tu saprai

andar lontano;

come so già che tu ridi di me,

e di chi come me

non sa

vivere bene,

e di chi come me

non fa come fai tu,

che pensi solo a te.

Io lo so già

che tu otterrai

quello che vuoi;

io lo so già

che niente mai

ti fermerà;

come so già che tu ridi di me,

e di chi come me

non sa

chiudere gli occhi,

e di chi come me

non sa

dir "Me ne frego"

come fai sempre tu.

Ti auguro solo che non cambi mai,

perché se cambierà, per la gente come te,

non ci sarà più posto nel mondo,

non ci sarà più posto nel mondo per quelli come te.

Luigi Tenco - Io lo so già

Immisurabile.

[echoes]

E così fu la fine del gioco,

con gli amici venuti da lontano,

a deporre una rosa sulla cronaca nera,

a chiudere un occhio, a stringere una mano.

Alcuni lo ricordano ancora mentre accende una sigaretta,

altri ne hanno fatto un monumento

per dimenticare un po' più in fretta.

[pandroid]

Il paese era molto giovane,

i soldati a cavallo erano la sua difesa.

Il verde brillante della prateria

dimostrava in maniera lampante l'esistenza di Dio,

del Dio che progetta la frontiera e costruisce la ferrovia.

A quel tempo io ero un ragazzo

che giocava a ramino, fischiava alle donne.

Credulone e romantico, con due baffi da uomo.

Se avessi potuto scegliere fra la vita e la morte,

fra la vita e la morte, avrei scelto l'America.

[karmapoliceman]

ancora in sbornia post concerto

I hurt myself today

To see if I still feel

I focus on the pain

The only thing that's real

The needle tears a hole

The old familiar sting

Try to kill it all away

But I remember everything

What have I become?

My sweetest friend

Everyone I know

Goes away in the end

You could have it all

My empire of dirt

I will let you down

I will make you hurt

I wear this crown of shit

Upon my liar's chair

Full of broken thoughts

I cannot repair

Beneath the stains of time

The feelings disappear

You are someone else

I am still right here

What have I become?

My sweetest friend

Everyone I know

Goes away in the end

You could have it all

My empire of dirt

I will let you down

I will make you hurt

If I could start again

A million miles away

I would keep myself

I would find a way

[jimy84]

Ma senza che gli altri non ne sappiano niente

dirmi senza un programma dimmi come ci si sente

continuerai ad ammirarti tanto da volerti portare al dito

farai l'amore per amore

o per avercelo garantito,

andrai a vivere con Alice che si fa il whisky distillando fiori

o con un Casanova che ti promette di presentarti ai genitori

o resterai più semplicemente

dove un attimo vale un altro

senza chiederti come mai,

continuerai a farti scegliere

o finalmente sceglierai.

sentita ieri sera all'auditorium ri-arrangiata da cristiano de andrè....

[clarisse]

Ti sveglierai sull'indaco del mattino

quando la luce ha un piede in terra e l'altro in mare

ti guarderai allo specchio di un tegamino

il cielo si guarderà allo specchio della rugiada

il testo originale è in dialetto ligure, quindi molto difficile sia da scrivere che , ancora più, da pronunciare....

'A çimma Fabrizio De Andrè