LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: LA CRISI/BLUVERTIGO

Sto vivendo una crisi
E una crisi c'è sempre ogni volta che qualcosa non va
Sto vivendo una crisi
E una crisi è nell'aria ogni volta che mi sento solo
So che rimarrò distratto per un po'
Quindi rimarrò altrettanto distante

Quando inizia una crisi è un po' tutto concesso
Quasi come a carnevale
Quando in corso una crisi dimentico tutto
E posso farmi perdonare
So che rimarrò un po' assente da scuola
E forse non andrei nemmeno al lavoro

Quando arriva una crisi riaffiorano alcuni ricordi che credevo persi
Cosa penso di me, cosa voglio da te
Dove sono, cosa sono e perchè
Ho il sospetto che non sia un buon esempio
Camminare a un metro e mezzo da terra

Molto spesso una crisi è tutt'altro che folle
È un eccesso di lucidità
Sta finendo la crisi e ogni volta che passa una crisi
Resta qualche traccia
Infatti ultimamente rido per niente
E non mi nascondo pi facilmente
E malgrado sembri male
Cambia solo il modo di giudicare

ALBUM: ZERO (1999)

POST-IT: (INTER) ATTIVITÀ (RI) CREATIVE

Interpol ed Arcade Fire interattivi. La band di New York ha registrato uno showcase per la serie POV di Pichtfork, suonando 4 brani: Lights, Summer Well, Barricade e Take You On A Cruise. Per la cronaca, POV sta per point of view, ed infatti è possibile giocare a fare il regista scegliendo tra 6 angolazioni differenti.
Gli Arcade Fire, invece, hanno presentato The Wilderness Downtown, un innovativo esperimento video per il singolo We Used To Wait, diretto dal regista Chris Milk, che porta la musica della formazione canadese direttamente a casa vostra, provare per credere.

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: FOREVER/THE CURE

Pulling this watch as faces go
Pulling in a word and done it slow this other time
I see your face is silent
We go away and play
What have you done
Takes a feeling inside us all
Continue out with just one push in my mouth
But you're so close now
And you're so close now
All I have to do is three short blows
All that still is best inside
The full when the wall
And you don't even know
All I have to do is kill her
All I have to do is kill her
All I have to do is kill her
And the other faces here with me
The others dressed in summer's thing
If only one way is to be wonderful
If only one way is to the other song
And every time it's you
It's like the blood on the stairs is sent away
And every time we see it's all said before you

If only one way is to kill you
You used to say this fear of drowning
Fear no death by water
Father walks in at the foot of the bed
Six of you want to see you safe
Just one time you'll meet this man
All you've got to do is kill her
And all you've got to do is kill her
Trickle the sands against and pull the animals
Just out of the womb
Seeing the cow dead before he was born
It's the man he loved
The solid pieces fell on the ground
He couldn't kill another life
He couldn't kill another life
He couldn't kill another life
It's all been painted with love
It could have been some friends
Pulling strings to meet you
All I want to do is reach it
She says let go my shoulder
See the sky
And the sky goes black
And the sky goes black
I just want to feel her
I just want to feel her
I just want you to feel it
I just want you to feel it

Everytime I looked up the stairs
I used to see her die
She would move so slow
Anyone could've been but she was a cat
Anyone could've been she was a cat
Pulling away as I used to fight
That's just playing so low
That ugly or pretty
Her face stays the same
Her face stays the same
Her face stays the same
The ugly or pretty
Her face stays the same, stays the same, stays the same
And looking on the final walls
And looking on the final walls
Did you now find this malice out
The angels fall
Let's make some noise
Let's make some noise
Let's make some noise
Make some noise
Let's make some noise
Let's make some noise
Make some noise

Forever you to say
Help me be your mother for just one day
Let's fall in churches far outside
They used to love
They used to love
They used to
They used to love

(1982)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: VENUS IN FURS/THE VELVET UNDERGROUND

Shiny, shiny, shiny boots of leather
Whiplash girl-child in the dark
Comes in bells, your servant don't forsake him
Strike dear mistress, and cure his heart

Downy sins of streetlight fancies
Chase the costumes she shall wear
Ermine furs adorn the imperious
Severin, Severin awaits you there

I am tired, I am weary
I could sleep for a thousand years
A thousand dreams that would awake me
Different colors made of tears

Kiss the boot of shiny, shiny leather
Shiny leather in the dark
Tongue of thongs, the belt that does await you
Strike dear mistress, and cure his heart

Severin, Severin speak so slightly
Severin down on your bended knee
Taste the whip in love not given lightly
Taste the whip, now plead for me

I am tired, I am weary
I could sleep for a thousand years
A thousand dreams that would awake me
Different colors made of tears

Shiny, shiny, shiny boots of leather
Whiplash girl-child in the dark
Severin, your servant comes in bells, please don't forsake him
Strike dear mistress, and cure his heart

ALBUM: THE VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO (1967)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: 100%/SONIC YOUTH

I can never forget you
The way you rock the girls
They move a world and love you
A blast in the underworld
I stick a knife in my head
Thinking about your eyes
But now that you been shot dead
I've got a new surprise

I've been waiting for you just to say
He's off to check his mind
But all I know is you got no money
But that's got nothing to do with a good time

Can you forgive the boy who
Shot you in the head
Or should you get a gun and
Go and get revenge
A 100% of my love
Up to you true star
It's hard to believe you took off
I always thought you'd go far

But I've been around the world a million times
And all you men are slime
It's going to my head
Goodbye I am dead
Wastewood rockers is time for crying

ALBUM: DIRTY (1992)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE LET ME GET WHAT I WANT/THE SMITHS

Good times for a change
See the luck I've had
Can make a good man turn bad
So please, please, please
Let me, let me, let me
Let me get what I want this time

Haven't had a dream in a long time
See the life I've had
Can make a good man bad
So for once in my life
Let me get what I want
Lord knows it would be the first time
Lord knows it would be the first time

ALBUM: LOUDER THAN BOMBS (1987)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: NIGHTMARES BY THE SEA/JEFF BUCKLEY

Beware the bottle thoughts of angry young men
Secret compartments hide all of the skeletons
Little girl wants to make her home with him
In the middle of the shore she wonders
Don't know what you asked for
Don't know what you asked for

All young lovers know why
Nightmares blind their mind's eye
Your rube is young and handsome
So new to your bedroom floor
You know damn well where you'll go

I've loved so many times and I've drowned them all
From their coral graves they rise up when darkness falls
With their bones they'll scratch the window
I hear them call
Don't know what you asked for
Don't know what you asked for
Don't know what you asked for

All young lovers know why
Nightmares blind their mind's eye
Your rube is young and handsome
So new to your bedroom floor
You know damn well where you'll go

Stay with me under these waves tonight
Be free for once in your life tonight
Your rube is young and handsome
So new to your bedroom floor
You know damn well where you'll go

All young lovers know why
Nightmares blind their mind's eye
Your rube is young and handsome
So new to your bedroom floor
You know damn well where you'll go
All young lovers know why
Nightmares blind their mind's eye
Your rube is young and handsome
So new to your bedroom floor
You know damn well where you will go

ALBUM: SKETCHES (FOR MY SWEETHEART THE DRUNK) (1998)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: FAKE EMPIRE/THE NATIONAL

Stay out super late tonight
Picking apples, making pies
Put a little something in our lemonade
And take it with us
We're half awake in a fake empire
We're half awake in a fake empire

Tiptoe through our shiny city
With our diamond slippers on
Do our gay ballet on ice
Bluebirds on our shoulders
We're half awake in a fake empire
We're half awake in a fake empire

Turn the light, out say goodnight
No thinking for a little while
Let's not try to figure out everything at once
It's hard to keep track of you
Falling through the sky
We're half awake in a fake empire
We're half awake in a fake empire

ALBUM: BOXER (2007)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: BY SOME MIRACLE/PHILIP SELWAY

As I gave in to temptation
I've straighten across the line
Keep it under wraps in the cold store
Put it to the back of your mind
Put it to the back of your mind

But by some miracle
I've just got away with it
I've clawed it back again
By some miracle
I've just got away with it
I've clawed it back
I'm crawling back again

As a black dog down in the basement
Is barking out my name
Snapping at my heels when I falter
Kick it but it won't go away
Kick it but it won't go away

But by some miracle
I've just got away with it
I've clawed it back again
But by some miracle
I've just got away with it
I've clawed it back
I'm crawling back again

Put it back, put it back, put it where you found it
Put it back, put it back, put it where you found it
Put it back, put it back, put it where you found it

ALBUM: FAMILIAL (2010)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: BURN MY SHADOW/UNKLE FEAT. IAN ASTBURY

I have burned my tomorrows
And I stand inside today
At the edge of the future
And my dreams all fade away

I have burned my tomorrows
And I stand inside today
At the edge of the future
And my dreams all fade away

And burn my shadow away
And burn my shadow away

I faced my destroyer
I was ambushed by a lie
And you judged me once for falling
This wounded heart arise

And burn my shadow away
And burn my shadow away

When I see the light
True love forever
When I see the light
True love forever

Burn my shadow
Burn my shadow
Away

And burn my shadow away
And burn my shadow away

ALBUM: WAR STORIES (2007)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: SELLING THE DRAMA/LIVE

And to love a god
And to fear a flame
And to burn a crowd that has a name
And to right or wrong
And to meek or strong
It is known just scream it from the wall

I've willed, I've walked, I've read
I've talked, I know, I know
I've been here before
Now we won't be raped
Now we won't be scarred like that
Now we won't be raped
Now we won't be scarred like that

It’s the sun that burns
It’s the wheel that turns
It’s the way we sing that makes 'em dream
And to Christ a cross
And to me a chair
I will sit and earn the ransom from up here

I've willed, I've walked, I've read
I've talked, I know, I know
I've been here before
Now we won't be raped
Now we won't be scarred like that
Now we won't be raped
Now we won't be scarred like that
Scarred like that
Scarred like that

And to love a god
And to fear a flame
And to burn a crowd that has a name

I've willed, I've walked, I've read
I've talked, I know, I know
I've been here before
Now we won't be raped
Now we won't be scarred like that
Now we won't be raped
Now we won't be scarred like that
Now, now, now
Won’t be scarred like that
Won’t be scarred like that

ALBUM: THROWING CHOPPER (1994)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: ASK FOR ANSWERS/PLACEBO

Time to pass you to the test
Hanging on my lover's breath
Always coming second best
Pictures of my lover's chest

Get through this night
Ghere are no second chances
This time I might
To ask the sea for answers

Always falling to the floor
Softer than it was before
Dog boy, media whore
It's who the hell you take me for

Give up this fight
There are no second chances
This time I might
To ask the sea for answers

These bonds are shackle free
Wrapped in lust and lunacy
Tiny touch of jealousy
These bonds are shackle free

Get through this night
There are no second chances
This time I might
To ask the sea for answers
These bonds are shackle free
These bonds are shackle free
These bonds are shackle free
These bonds are shackle free

Get through this
There aere are no second chances
This time
To ask the sea for answers

ALBUM: WITHOUT YOU I'M NOTHING (1998)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: SUEDEHEAD/MORRISSEY

Why do you come here?
And why do you hang around?
I'm so sorry
I'm so sorry

Why do you come here
When you know it makes things hard for me?
When you know
Why do you come ?
Why do you telephone?
And why send me silly notes?
I'm so sorry
I'm so sorry

Why do you come here
When you know it makes things hard for me?
When you know
Why do you come?

You had to sneak into my room
Just to read my diary
It was just to see
Just to see
All the things you knew I'd written about you
Oh, so many illustrations
Oh, but I'm so very sickened
I am so sickened now

It was a good lay, good lay
It was a good lay, good lay
It was a good lay, good lay

It was a good lay, good lay
It was a good lay, good lay
It was a good lay, good lay

ALBUM: VIVA HATE (1988)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: LET DOWN/RADIOHEAD

Transport, motorways and tramlines
Starting and then stopping
Taking off and landing
The emptiest of feelings
Disappointed people
Clinging onto bottles
And when it comes it's so, so disappointing

Let down and hanging around
Crushed like a bug in the ground
Let down and hanging around

Shell smashed, juices flowing
Wings twitch, legs are going
Don't get sentimental
It always ends up drivel
One day I am gonna grow wings
A chemical reaction
Hysterical and useless
Hysterical and

Let down and hanging around
Crushed like a bug in the ground
Let down and hanging around

Let down again
Let down again
Let down

You know, you know where you are with
You know where you are with
Floor collapsing floating
Bouncing back and one day
You know where you are
You know where you are
You know where you are

ALBUM: OK COMPUTER (1997)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: YOU WERE A KINDNESS/THE NATIONAL

I was in a fog I didn't notice everything
It's coming all apart inside of me
There wasn't anyway for anyone to settle in
You made slow disaster out of me
There's a radiant darkness upon us
But I don't want you to worry
I was careful but nothing is harmless
Baby you better hurry

You were a kindness when I was a stranger
But I wouldn't ask for what I didn't need
Everything's weird and we're always in danger
Why would you shatter somebody like me?
It doesn't work that way
Wanting not to want you won't make it so
It doesn't work that way
Don't leave me here alone

I'll do what I can to be confident wreck
Can't feel this way forever I mean
There wasn't any way for anyone to settle in
You made slow disaster out of me
There's a radiant darkness upon us
But I don't want you to worry
I was careful but nothing is harmless
Baby you better hurry

You were a kindness when I was a stranger
But I wouldn't ask for what I didn't need
Everything's weird and we're always in danger
Why would you shatter somebody like me?
It doesn't work that way
Wanting not to want you won't make it so
It doesn't work that way
Don't leave me here alone
It doesn't work that way
Wanting not to want you won't make it so
It doesn't work that way
Don't leave me here alone

Performed live in The Current Studios (2010)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: STELLE BUONE/CRISTINA DONÀ

Mio amore
Ripiegate le labbra
E tornati al colore di prima
Guardo fuori ed è l'alba
Come fuggono le ore da qui
Ci dobbiamo salutare

C'è un'altra giornata d'amore da preparare
Ho visto solo stelle buone sulla tua pelle
Se tornerai domani saprò darti quelle perse
E lascerò che tutto sia sospeso
Fino a quando non ci rivedremo

Mio amore
Il tuo cuore è un mare calmo
E non basta una sola notte
Per attraversarlo
Sono pronta per riaverti ancorato al mio respiro
Mentre il sole svanisce
E l'ombra disegna il tuo profilo

Ho visto solo stelle buone sulla tua pelle
Se tornerai domani saprò darti quelle perse
E lascerò che tutto sia sospeso
Fino a quando non ci rivedremo

Ho visto solo stelle buone sulla tua pelle
Se tornerai domani saprò darti quelle perse
E lascerò che tutto sia sospeso
Fino a quando non ci rivedremo

Ho visto solo stelle buone
Ho visto solo stelle buone
Ho visto solo stelle buone

ALBUM: TREGUA (1997)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: HUNTING HIGH AND LOW/A-HA

Here I am
And within the reach of my hand
She's sound asleep
And she's sweeter now than the wildest dream
Could have seen her
And I watch her slipping away
But I know I'll be hunting high and low
High
There's no end to the lenghts I'll go to
Hunting high and low
High
There's no end to the lenghts I'll go to
Find her again
Upon this
My dreams are depending through the dark
I sense the pounding of her heart
Next to mine
She's the sweetest love I could find
So I guess I'll be hunting high and low
High
There's no end to the lenghts I'll go to
High and low
High
Do you know what it means to love you?

I'm hunting high and low
And now she's telling me
She's got to go away

I'll always be hunting high and low
Only for you
Watch me tearing myself to pieces
Hunting high and low
High
There's no end to the lenghts I'll go to
For you I'll be hunting high and low

ALBUM: HUNTING HIGH AND LOW (1985)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: HELLO GOODBYE/THE BEATLES

You say yes, I say no
You say stop and I say go, go, go
Oh, no
You say goodbye and I say hello
Hello, hello
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello
Hello, hello
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello

I say high, you say low
You say why and I say I don't know
Oh, no
You say goodbye and I say hello
Hello, hello
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello
Hello, hello
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello

Oh, no
Hello, hello
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello
Hello, hello
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello

You say yes (I say yes)
I say no (but I may mean no)
You say stop (I can stay)
And I say go, go, go (till it's time to go)
Oh, no
You say goodbye and I say hello
Hello, hello
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello
Hello, hello
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello
Hello, hello
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello
Hello

ALBUM: MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR (1967)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: STARS/DUBSTAR

Is it asking too much to be given time
To know these songs and to sing them?
Is it asking too much of my vacant smile
And my laugh and lies that bring them?
But as the stars are going out
And this stage is full of nothing
And the friends have all but gone
For my life, my god, I'm singing

We'll take our hearts outside
Leave our lives behind
And watch the stars go out
We'll take our hearts outside
Leave our lives behind
And watch the stars go out

Is it asking too much of my favourite friends
To take these songs for real?
Is it asking too much of my partner's hands
To take these songs for real?
But as the stars are going out
And this stage is full of nothing
And the friends have all but gone
For my life, my god, I'm singing

We'll take our hearts outside
Leave our lives behind
And watch the stars go out
We'll take our hearts outside
Leave our lives behind
And watch the stars go out
We'll take our hearts outside

We'll take our hearts outside
Leave our lives behind
And watch the stars go out
We'll take our hearts outside
Leave our lives behind
And watch the stars go out
We'll take our hearts outside
Leave our lives behind
And watch the stars go out
We'll take our hearts outside
Leave our lives behind
And watch the stars go out
And watch the stars go out
And watch the stars go out

ALBUM: DISGRACEFUL (1995)

POST-IT: STANLEY DONWOOD A ROMA

Il prossimo 21 ottobre si inaugura la prima esposizione romana dedicata all'artista che ha ideato tutti i progetti grafici che hanno accompagnato la musica dei Radiohead (spesso in collaborazione con Thom Yorke, celato sotto lo pseudonimo di Tchock), da The Bends in poi: Stanely Donwood. La mostra, intitolata Red Maze, si terrà presso la galleria Mondo Bizzarro, ed andrà avanti sino al 21 di dicembre.

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: COMING IN FROM THE COLD/THE DELGADOS

Step inside
A better dream job you could never find
A set of keys and bottles heaven wide
Find yourself a seat and settle in for the ride
Raise your glass
We're going to drink now till the summer's past
So bring the hats out we all need a laugh
And let the neighbours talk then make sure you lose them
We can

Try for the right kind of life
I only wish that you'd had a chance to decide
Have a look around you there's no one there
How can you call this fair?

Not to blame
No one's telling you you're not to blame
Things around they just don't feel the same
And I don't recognise this person that still remains
Settle down
I really hope that you can settle down
Take your tent and trailer out of town
We'll find a place to roam where you could escape to
We can

Try for the right kind of life
I only wish that you'd had a chance to decide
Have a look around you there's no one there
How can you call this

Everybody's waiting for the big surprise
But nobody will notice when it does arrive
So send it on
Try for the right kind of life
I only wish that you'd had a chance to decide
Have a look around you there's no one there
How can you call this fair?
We're coming in from the cold
And everybody's searching for someone to hold
Have a look around you there's no one there
How can you call this fair?

ALBUM: HATE (2002)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: SOCIETY/EDDIE VEDDER

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
And when you think more than you want
Your thoughts begin to bleed
I think I need to find a bigger place
Because 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

There's those thinking more or less, less is more
But if less is more how you keeping score?
Means for every point you make your level drops
Kinda like you're starting from the top
You can't do that

Society, you're a crazy breed
Hope you're not lonely without me
Society, crazy indeed
Hope you're not lonely without me
Society, have mercy on me
Hope you're not angry if I disagree
Society, crazy indeed
Hope you're not lonely without me

ALBUM: INTO THE WILD (Soundtrack) (2007)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: I WILL POSSESS YOUR HEART/DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE

How I wish you could see the potential
The potential of you and me
It's like a book elegantly bound
But in a language you can't read just yet
You got to spend some time, love
You got to spend some time with me
And I know that you'll find love
I will possess your heart
You got to spend some time, love
You got to spend some time with me
And I know that you'll find love
I will possess your heart

There are days when outside your window
I see my reflection as I slowly pass
And I long for this mirrored perspective
When we'll be lovers, lovers at last
You got to spend some time, love
You got to spend some time with me
And I know that you'll find love
I will possess your heart
You got to spend some time, love
You got to spend some time with me
And I know that you'll find love
I will possess your heart
I will possess your heart
I will possess your heart

You reject my advances and desperate pleas
I won't let you let me down so easily
So easily
You got to spend some time, love
You got to spend some time with me
And I know that you'll find love
I will possess your heart
You got to spend some time, love
You got to spend some time with me
And I know that you'll find love
I will possess your heart
You got to spend some time, love
You got to spend some time with me
And I know that you'll find love
I will possess your heart
I will possess your heart
I will possess your heart

ALBUM: NARROW STAIRS (2008)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: PRAYERS FOR RAIN/THE CURE

You shatter me
Your grip on me
A hold on me
So stale it kills
You stifle me
Infectious sense of hopelessness
And prayers for rain
I deteriorate
I live in dirt
And nowhere shines but desolate and drab
The hours all spent on killing time again
All waiting for the rain

You fracture me
Your hands on me
A touch so plain
So pale it kills
You strangle me
Entangle me in helplessness
And prayers for rain
I deteriorate
I live in dirt
And nowhere glows but desolate and drab
The hours all spent on killing tima again
All waiting for the rain

You shatter me
Your grip on me
A hold on me
So stale it kills
You stifle me
Entangle me in helplessness
And prayers for rain

ALBUM: DISINTEGRATION (1989)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: ROAD TO NOWHERE/NOUVELLE VAGUE

There's a city in my mind
Come along and take that ride
And it's all right
And it's very far away
But it's growing day by day
And it's all right

We're on a road to nowhere
Come on inside
Takin' that ride to nowhere
We'll take that ride
I'm feelin' okay this morning
And you know
We're on the road to paradise
Here we go, here we go

We're on a ride to nowhere
Come on inside
Takin' that ride to nowhere
We'll take that ride
Maybe you wonder where you are
I don't care
Here is time is on our side
Take you there, take you there

There's a city in my mind
Come along and take that ride
and it's all right
And it's very far away
But it's growing day by day
And it's all right
Would you like to come along
and you could help me sing this song?
And it's all right
They can tell you what to do
But they'll make a fool of you
And it's all right
It's all right
We're on a road to nowhere

ALBUM: NOUVELLE VAGUE 3 (2008)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: SUZANNE/TORI AMOS

Suzanne takes you down to her place by the river
You can hear the boats go by
You can spend the night beside her
And you know that she's half crazy
But that's why you want to be there
And she feeds you tea and oranges
That come all the way from China
And when you mean to tell her
That you have no love to give her
She gets you on her wavelength
And she lets the river answer
That you've always been her lover
And you want to travel with her
You want to travel blind
You know that she will trust you
For she touched your perfect body with her mind

And Jesus was a sailor
When he walked upon the water
And he spent a long time watching
From his lonely wooden tower
And when he knew for certain
Only drowning men could see him
He said all men shall be sailors
Then until the sea shall free them
There are, yes there are sailors they sit
All men shall be sailors
Then until the sea shall free them
But he himself was broken
Long before the sky would open
Forsaken almost human
He sank beneath your wisdom like a stone
And you want to travel with him
And you want to travel blind
You think that you'll trust him
For he touched your perfect body with his mind
With his mind
With his hands

Now Suzanne takes your hand
And she leads you to the river
She is wearing rags and feathers
From Salvation Army counters
And the sun pours down like honey
On our lady of the harbour
And she shows you where to look
Among the garbage and the flowers
There are heroes in the seaweed
There are children in the morning
They are leaning out for love
And they will lean that way forever
While Suzanne holds the mirror
And you want to travel with her
You want to travel blind
You know that you can trust her
For she touched your perfect body with her mind
Suzanne
Suzanne
Suzanne

(2010)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: BONES/EDITORS

How can you always be late for your arrival?
You know I'd forgive you every single time
Retreat, retreat
I've fallen at the low tide
Retreat, retreat
And meet me by the quayside

In the end all you can hope for
Is the love you felt to equal the pain you've gone through
Are your eyes showing off for mine
Your face in my hands is everything that I need

The system's put in place, put there to protect us
For you I'd throw a lifeline every time
Retreat, retreat
I've fallen at the low tide
Now retreat, retreat
And meet me by the quayside

In the end all you can hope for
Is the love you felt to equal the pain you've gone through
Are your eyes showing off for mine
Your face in my hands is everything that I need
Bones, starved of flesh
Surround your aching heart
Full of love
Bones, starved of flesh
Surround your aching heart
Full of love

Bones, starved of flesh
Surround your aching heart
Bones

I watch as your eyes show off for mine
I watch as your eyes show off
I watch as your eyes show off for mine
I watch as your eyes show off

ALBUM: AN END HAS A START (2007)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: ANGEL/MASSIVE ATTACK

You are my angel
Come from way above
To bring me love

Her eyes
She's on the dark side
Neutralize
Every man in sight

To love you, love you, love you, love you ...

You are my angel
Come from way above

To love you, love you, love you, love you ...

ALBUM: MEZZANINE (1998)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: THE CROWNING/A CAMP

Brighten the corners and clear out the room
Color the flowers in rose and maroon
Light up the fires and season this wine
We're gonna party like it's 1699
Slaughter the rabbits, the ducks and the boares
And lay all the tables and open the doors
Crème de la crème will be waiting on one guest of honor

Up go the curtains and down go the virgines
Oh no, mothers are crying
Ladies of virtue will stand to accuse you of heartbreak and theaft
Bells are gonna ring, birds are gonna sing, let the people begin
The crowning of your big head

Young drunken girls sit in hideous dens
Sing a heart found a meant of a death of romance
Beautiful boys turning offer their cheeks
Preening and prancing the outcome looks bleak
Good times are rolling but outside these walls
Our houses will crumble, this city will fall
But a few broken ponds don't mean nothing to our guest of honor

So let's raise our glasses to murderes asses like you
May you sleep soundly
Once we had laughter you got what you're after
You wear it well
Bells are gonna ring, birds are gonna sing, let the people begin
He had the hearts of hounding
We're all witnessing the crowning
Of your big bleeding head

Bells are gonna ring, birds are gonna sing, let the people begin
He had the hearts of hounding
Your eyes nothing but astounding
We're all witnessing the crowning
On your useless, ruthless head

ALBUM: COLONIA (2009)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: LIFE IN A DAY/SIMPLE MINDS

Life in a day
The price that you pay
For time that you spent
It's such a fatal event
Take a look at my watch
There is no time to wait
Take a look deep inside
There's no escape from this day
Life in a day
Life in a day
Take a look around you
Is it true what they say
Life in a day
Life in a day
No sence in looking for you
For sure they'll get you one day

Can you see how they run
Do you believe what they say
They'll soon be looking for you
For sure they'll get you one day
The premonition came true
Look all around and you'll see
Some say it takes two to know
Or could it all just be me
Life in a day
Life in a day
I love to see how they run
They came a running this way
Life in a day
Life in a day
Is there no place to hide
Could there be some other way

ALBUM: LIFE IN A DAY (1979)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: POLITIK/COLDPLAY

Look at earth from outer space
Everyone must find the place
Give me time and give me space
Give me real, don't give me fake
Give me strength, reserve control
Give me heart and give me soul
Give me love, give us a kiss
Tell me your own politic

Open up your eyes
Open up your eyes
Open up your eyes
Open up your eyes

Give me one 'cause one is best
And in confusion, confidence
Give me peace of mind and trust
And don't forget the rest of us
Give me strength, reserve control
Give me heart and give me soul
Wounds that heal and cracks that fix
Tell me your own politic

Open up your eyes
Open up your eyes
Open up your eyes
Open up your eyes
Just open up your eyes

And give me love over
Love over, love over this
And give me love over
Love over, love over this

ALBUM: A RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD (2002)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: SWEETER THAN ANYTHING/PJ HARVEY

In photographs
I've seen him laugh
Man overboard
Sun on his back

Summer was here
I remember it well
How he stood in the shade
How we both kissed and fell

How can this be?
There's nothing left here
How can this be?
There's nothing left here

So sad our
So sad our
So sad our
So sad our
Our memory

Now he talks in his sleep
Says I've never known peace
And I don't know him now
He's a stranger to me

How can this be?
There's nothing left here
How can this be?
There's nothing left here

We were never more than a dream
Brief as summer or spring
Sweeter than anything

ALBUM: A PERFECT DAY ELISE (Single) (1998)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: TEN STOREY LOVE SONG/THE STONE ROSES

When your heart is black and broken
And you need a helping hand
When you're so much in love
You don't know just how much you can stand
When your questions go unanswered
And the silence is killing you
Take my hand baby I'm your man
I got love enough for two

Ten storey love song
I built this thing for you
Who can take you higher
Than twin peak mountain blue
Oh, well I built this thing for you
And I love you true

There's no sure fire set solution
No short cut through the trees
No breach in the wall
That they put there
To keep you from me
As you're lying awake in this darkness
This everlasting night
Someday soon
Don't know where or when
You're gonna wake up and see the light

Ten storey love song
I built this thing for you
Who can take you any higher
Than twin peak mountain blue
Oh, well I built this thing for you
And I love you true

ALBUM: SECOND COMING (1994)