Missing Piece

I remember the way (O, it still seems today)

she smiled the sweetest of smiles, turning my world upside down.

Everything seemed so perfect back then,

with just a smile she managed to surprise me again and again.

I knew that moment wouldn’t last forever,

so I clung on to it greedily; I had never thought

anything like that could happen to me.

Yet she walked in and set me free.

Come to my fathoms, I’ll be your shelter.

My feelings, I promise they’ll never falter.

‘Cause I once read on your lips that love is a jigsaw

and you are my missing piece.

Her breath down my throat was a blow of purest life,

it made me true and selfish at the same time,

for I realized it didn’t belong to me.

Still, I tried not to think and to breathe it in.

Today I’m alone, writing lyrics out of it.

Thinking back of moments that are now so far away.

I really wish you could have stayed.

Waves of woe and glee won’t seem to stop crashing into me.

Come to my fathoms, I’ll be your shelter.

My feelings, I promise they’ll never falter.

‘Cause I once read on your lips that love is a jigsaw

and you are my missing piece.

This infinite distance between us, at night I can remove it.

I still feel you by my side, and it’s wonderful, living blindfolded

and smelling your scent, I can almost feel your touch.

Nobody will ever take this feeling away.

I could spend my whole life waiting for you,

just to say thanks for everything

you presented me with in just one day:

I want you to know it was the best day ever.

And if we ever meet again, dewy-eyed, I’ll stare at the sky we share.

See, all these stars I’ve named after you, my angel. If you leave once more

my whole life will go awry, this perfection I’m scared to death I may blemish.

Reach your hand out and hold mine, stay close, with a kiss I pour my soul into yours.

The air you breathe into me is all I ever want to breathe.

Come to my fathoms, I’ll be your shelter.

(I miss your smile, my love)

My feelings, I promise they’ll never falter.

(I miss the look of your eyes)

‘Cause I read on your lips that love is a jigsaw

(I miss the taste of your kiss)

and you are my missing piece

(please help me make it seamless) x2

Scars Are Forever (Life As A Pincushion)

This bitter poison I’m drinking
It’ll erase the memory of the nights we spent together
You kept repeating  ‘from you I never want to part’
Yet you never caressed me, you just clutched my life
Tightening your hold, I’m now bound to fall

That’s not a pen, honey, it’s a knife
As the blade runs through my skin
I carve on myself three last words
‘I HATE YOU’
That’s not ink, honey, it’s my blood
Scars are forever, my forgivance, you’ll have it (NEVER)

If I can’t marry you I’ll just mar you,
For a firefly is no match to a supernova
I dived into flames just to save you and you weren’t there
Is it a matchbook you’re hiding? (I can smell oil on your hands)
Bluest skies turn crimson red, that reminds me of when she said ‘forlorn’ instead of ’sad’
The very colour streams down her face, sunglasses wouldn’t shield her
Darling, I never planned to gouge your eyes out
Still, the only way to leave this bed was for you to be…
Escaping is no use, I’ll hunt you, I’ll hurt you (that’s what you used to do)
Heartbeats hasten as she screams my name from her grave

That’s not a pen, honey, it’s a knife
As the blade runs through my skin
I carve on myself three last words
‘I HATE YOU’
That’s not ink, honey, it’s my blood
Scars are forever, my forgivance, you’ll have it (NEVER)

Stop praying for him to come and rescue you
What makes you so blind, why is it that you can’t see?
You’re relying on a man named G-o-d-o-t
She pleads and tells herself once again “tomorrow, tomorrow he’ll come and save me”
If you can’t be mine, as this night draws to an end you will do, too
(to the head, to the mouth, to the lips, this is everything you get)
Was it fun to smash my feelings? All these tiny pieces just won’t fit together anymore
(to the fist, to the wrist, to the veins, can you stop the edge before it reachs your neck?)

That’s not a pen, honey, it’s a knife
As the blade runs through my skin
I carve on myself three last words
‘I HATE YOU’
That’s not ink, honey, it’s my blood
Scars are forever, my forgivance, you’ll have it (NEVER)

I’m out of ink.

This Coffin Was Meant For Two

Our hearts, folded up with thorns, are now bleeding
Why, you asked for roses, barbwire is all I ever gave you
Lights grow dim as she realizes that this glass
Is neither half empty nor half full
There’s just no glass at all

Take a look at my eyes,
See, you were everything to me
Betrayal will be no more,
This embrace was only meant to daub more tar on your feathers

I know she saw this coming, but decided to stay
There was love tinged with hate in her voice when she eventually asked:
‘is it my grave you’re digging?’
But you don’t mind dying for me, do you?

You wish you could fly away, I bid you to fall
Black wings will lead your way to the bottom as I push you down the cliff
We had everything, you wasted it all, spare one very last kiss
The hourglass in my hand says it’s high time you fade away

I know she saw this coming, but decided to stay
There was love tinged with hate in her voice when she eventually asked:
‘is it my grave you’re digging?’
But you don’t mind dying for me, do you?

They say hatred dampens feelings,
But if tonight you shatter, my world will do, too
(I know she saw this coming, but decided to stay)
’cause I know, I know frozen lips won’t kiss me back
(there was love tinged with hate in her voice when she eventually asked:)
I’m falling with you tonight on my own will, so
(‘is it my grave you’re digging?’)
You see, when you asked me if I’d share your deathbed I didn’t say ‘no’
(but you don’t mind dying for me, do you?)
But I don’t mind dying for you, after all (x2)

I’m falling with you tonight on my own will, so
You see, when you asked me if I’d share your deathbed I didn’t say ‘no’
I don’t mind dying for you, after all

Barbwire will slowly swallow our grave.

Injured

Dato che il testo precedente è stato apprezzato da una persona (che volete fare, sono tempi duri per noi scrittori! ) ne posto un secondo, realizzato in collaborazione con un amico romano. Se verrà apprezzato anche questo ne seguirà un terzo, e così via. Non sto rispettando l’ordine cronologico di scrittura, quanto l’ispirazione che ho sul momento.

Struggling all night long,
As agony grips my heart
I feel sweat trickling
Down my spine.
Must find a way
To escape the illusions of a place called reality
I don’t seem to be getting to

I’m injured
My chest has been torn open
And you took everything from it
I feel lost
The emptiness I once felt inside me…
You made it real.

I keep my eyelids closed,
Yet your light strikes through.
My ears are tortured
By the deafening cries of my dying soul.
I try to resist the pain,
Creeping along brambles in search of you
But they keep catching me…
They drag me back again and again.
I’m injured

My chest has been torn open
And you took everything from it
I feel lost
The emptiness I once felt inside me…
You made it real.

Cercando di liberarmi tutta la notte
Sento il sudore colarmi giù per la schiena
Mentre l’agonia mi afferra il cuore
Devo trovare un modo
Per fuggire dalle illusioni di un posto chiamato realtà
In cui non sembra che arriverò.

Sono ferito
Il mio petto è stato lacerato
E tu hai preso tutto ciò che c’era dentro
Mi sento smarrito
Il vuoto che un tempo sentivo dentro di me…
L’hai reso reale

Tengo le palpebre chiuse
Eppure la tua luce penetra
Le mie orecchie sono torturate
Dalle urla assordanti della mia anima che muore.
Provo a resistere al dolore,
Strisciando tra i rovi, cercandoti,
Ma continuano ad avvinghiarmi…
E a riportami indietro ogni volta

Sono ferito
Il mio petto è stato lacerato
E tu hai preso tutto ciò che c’era dentro
Mi sento smarrito
Il vuoto che un tempo sentivo dentro di me…
L’hai reso reale

Your Biggest Catch Ever

 

 

E’ una mossa un po’ azzardata, ma posto uno dei miei ultimi testi, comprensivo di traduzione (per chi l’Inglese lo mastica un po’ meno). Penserò se aggiungerne ulteriori in futuro!

Lured to the surface by a bait I can’t escape
Falling a prey to your eyes again
Kittiwakes never hurt me this much
Now that all my flesh’s gone
My fish-bone will be your memento
Will you lend me your passkey to heaven?

You’re my ravenous angler
Whenever I kiss you my lips start bleeding
Why is your mouth so sharp a hook?

All the lies you rammed down my throat
I swear this will be my last choke
No longer will my mind rove back to my love for you
Your arms wrapped around my neck, they rub my skin
Just cast your bait, I know you’re somewhere, lurking
Once again I’ll give in without a struggle

You’re my ravenous angler
Whenever I kiss you my lips start bleeding
Why is your mouth so sharp a hook?

You’re my ravenous angler
Whenever I kiss you my lips start bleeding
Why is your mouth so sharp a hook?

Attratto verso le superficie da un’esca a cui non posso resistere
Cadendo nuovamente preda dei tuoi occhi
I gabbiani non mi hanno mai fatto così male
Adesso che non ho più carne
La mia lisca sarà tutto ciò che ti ricorderà di me
Mi presteresti il tuo passepartout per il Paradiso?

Sei la mia vorace pescatrice
Ogni volta che ti bacio le mie labbra incominciano a sanguinare
Come mai la tua bocca è un amo così affilato?

Tutte le bugie che mi hai cacciato giù in gola
Giuro che questo sarà il mio ultimo colpo di tosse
Il mio pensiero non ritornerà più al mio amore per te
Le tue braccia avvolte intorno al mio collo, mi scorticano la pelle
Lancia la tua esca, so che sei in agguato da qualche parte
Ancora una volta mi arrenderò senza combattere

Sei la mia vorace pescatrice
Ogni volta che ti bacio le mie labbra incominciano a sanguinare
Come mai la tua bocca è un amo così affilato? (x2)