LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: OBSTACLE 1/INTERPOL

I wish I could eat the salt off your last faded lips
We can cap the old times
Make playing only logical harm
We can cop the old lines
Make playing that nothing else will change
But she can read, she can read, she can read, she can read, she's bad
But she can read, she can read, she can read, she can read, she's bad
She's bad

But it's different now that I'm poor and aging
I'll never see this face again
You go stabbing yourself in the neck

And we can find new ways of living
Make playing only logical harm
And we can top the old times
Clay-making that nothing else will change
But she can read, she can read, she can read, she can read, she's bad
But she can read, she can read, she can read, she can read, she's bad
She's bad

And it's different now that I'm poor and aging
I'll never see this place again
You go stabbing yourself in the neck
It's different now that I'm poor and aging
I'll never see this place again
You go stabbing yourself in the neck

It's in the way that she posed
It's in the things that she puts in my head
Her stories are boring and stuff
She's always calling my bluff
She puts, she puts the weights into my little heart
And she gets in my room and she takes it apart
But she puts the weights into my little heart
I said she puts the weights into my little heart
She packs it away
She packs it away
She packs it away
She packs it away
She packs it away
She packs it away
She packs it away

It's in the way that she walks
Her heaven is never enough
She puts the weights in my heart
She puts, she puts the weights into my little heart

ALBUM: TURN ON THE BRIGHT LIGHTS (TENTH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) (2012)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: NO MISTAKES/PAUL BANKS

ALBUM: BANKS (2012)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: HOUND OF WINTER/MOGWAI

Where did it go?
I don't know
Where is it now?
Where is it now?

Time hides things
Lies hide things
I hide things
I lose things

Where did it go?
I don't know
Where has it gone?
Where has it gone?

Time hides things
Lies hide things
I lose things
I break things
I forget
I fall away
I'm tired
I'm tired

ALBUM: EARTH DIVISION EP (2011)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: THE DAILY MAIL/RADIOHEAD

A Glastonbury, a sorpresa.




The moonies are up on a mountain
The lunatics have taken over the asylum
Waiting on the rapture

Singing we're here
To keep your prices down
Feed you to the hounds
To the Daily Mail
Together, together

You made a pig's ear
You made a mistake
Paid off security
And got through the gate
You got away with it
But we lie in wait

Where's the truth?
What's the use?
In hanging round
Lost and found
And with your head in the sand
Fat chance, no plan
No regard for human life
You'll keep time
You've no right
You're fast to lose
You're willing to lose
To jump the queue
Go back again
President
For life
Lord of all
The flies in the sky
The beasts of the earth
The fish in the sea
Have lost command

(2011)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: ALL IN WHITE/THE VACCINES

Break me on the thirty-seventh hour
Tout me, doubt me, show me all of your power
I will watch you rise on my back from the ground
Friend or foe? I don't know
Do you like what you've found?

Beacause I will one day shine with you
I'll shine on a faithful few

Show we 'low quotations
Have you earned your stripes?
Fabricate salvation
Lord, I know your type
I've known you all my life
I was always wrong, you all in white

Brush my cause aside with little trouble
Oh my god, I think I'm hearing double
I will watch you rise on my back from afar
Friend or foe? I don't know
Now you're up in the stars

But I will one day shine with you
I'll shine on a faithful few

Show we 'low quotations
Have you earned your stripes?
Fabricate salvation
Lord, I know your type
I've known you all my life
I was always wrong, you all in white

Show we 'low quotations
Have you earned your stripes?
Fabricate salvation
Lord, I know your type
I've known you all my life
I was always wrong, you all in white

Show we 'low quotations
Have you earned your stripes?
Fabricate salvation
Lord, I know your type
I've known you all my life
I was always wrong, you all in white

ALBUM: WHAT DID YOU EXPECT FROM THE VACCINES? (2011)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: LEAVE/WHIRL

Don't change the way you are
Don't change the way you were because I said
Run away from your mistakes
And all you hate because you said
So you will

That's a promise
You need to keep
And if you break it
You'll never leave

Don't change the way you are
Don't change the way you were because I said
Run away from your mistakes
And all you hate because you said
So you will

That's a promise
You need to keep
And if you break it
You'll never leave

ALBUM: DISTRESSOR (2011)

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LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: FUTURE STARTS SLOW/THE KILLS

You can holler, you can wail
You can swing, you can flail
You can fuck like a broken sail
But I'll never give you up
If I ever give you up my heart will surely fail

And after all god can keep my soul
England have my bones
But don't ever give me up
I could never get back up when the future starts so slow
No longing for the moonlight
No longing for the sun
No longer will I curse the bad I've done
If there's a time when your feelings gone
I wanna feel it
You can holler, you can wail
You can blow what's left of my right mind
You can swing, you can flail
You can blow what's left of my right mind
I don't mind

There's a time for the second best
And there's a time when the feeling's gone
But it's hard to be hard I guess
When you're shaking like a dog

You can holler, you can wail
You can blow what's left of my right mind
You can swing, you can flail
You can blow what's left of my right mind
You can holler, you can wail
You can blow what's left of my right mind
You can swing, you can flail
You can blow what's left of my right mind
I don't mind

You can blow what's left of my right mind
You can blow what's left of my right mind
You can holler, you can wail
You can blow what's left of my right mind

ALBUM: BLOOD PRESSURES (2011)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: THE FUNERAL/BAND OF HORSES

I'm coming up only to hold you under
I'm coming up only to show you wrong
And to know you is hard and we wonder
To know you all wrong, we were

Really too late to call
So we wait for morning to wake you
It's all we got
To know me as hardly golden
Is to know me all wrong, they were

At every occasion I'll be ready for a funeral
At every occasion once more is called a funeral
Every occasion I'm ready for the funeral
At every occasion one brilliant day funeral

I'm coming up only to show you down for
I'm coming up only to show you wrong
To the outside, the dead leaves, they all blow 
Before they died had trees to hang their hope

ALBUM: EVERYTHING ALL THE TIME (2006)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: HEART IN YOUR HEARTBREAK/THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART

Take a look around when you’re going down
‘Cuz you’ll never feel so high
As when you hid in her arms in the sky
And the world slept
And there’s no use to say just how much it kills
When it still kills all the same
Every thought of her name
Like a hand to an open flame

She was the heart in your heartbreak
She was the miss in your mistake
And no matter what you take
You’re never going to forget
She was the tear in a rainstorm
She was the promise that you would’ve sworn
And no matter what you say
It’s never gonna come back

An ambulance goes by, and you wonder why
It never stops when you want it to
It never stops when you need it to
Take you away
And your friends don’t understand that the world could end
And it would feel no worse than this
Every thought of the look in her eye
Like a cold California sky

She was the heart in your heartbreak
She was the miss in your mistake
And no matter what you take
You’re never going to forget
She was the tear in a rainstorm
She was the promise that you would’ve sworn
And no matter what you say
It’s never gonna come back

And no matter what you pray
It’s never gonna take the pain away
And even if she’d stay you know it’s wrong
And no matter what you pray
It’s never gonna take the pain away
And even if she’d stay you know it’s wrong

She is the heart in your heartbreak
She is the heart in your heartbreak
And no matter what you pray
It’s never gonna take the pain away
And even if she’d stay you know it’s
You know it’s
You know it’s wrong

ALBUM: BELONG (2011)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: USELESS/DEPECHE MODE

Diretto da ANTON CORBIJN

Well it's about time
It's beginning to hurt
Time you made up your mind
Just what is it all worth

All my useless advice
All my hanging around
All your cutting down to size
All my bringing you down

Watch the clock on the wall
Feel the slowing of time
Hear a voice in the hall
Echoing in my mind

All your stupid ideals
You've got your head in the clouds
You should see how it feels
With your feet on the ground

Here I stand the accused
With your fist in my face
Feeling tired and bruised
With the bitterest taste

All my useless advice
All my hanging around
All your cutting down to size
All my bringing you down
All your stupid ideals
You've got your head in the clouds
You should see how it feels
With your feet on the ground

ALBUM: ULTRA (1997)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: IF I WERE GOING/THE AFGHAN WHIGS

What should I tell her?
She's going to ask
If I ignore it
It gets uncomfortable
She'll want to argue about the past
Still I think she believes me
Every word I say
I think I'm starting to believe it all myself
Go ask the gentlemen who play it
But hate to pay

And it don't bleed and it don't breathe
It's locked its jaws and now it's swallowing
It's in our heart
It's in our heads
It's in our love
Baby, it's in our bed

It holds my arms down
Sits upon my chest
It waves its finger at me every night and day
And it don't rest

And it don't breathe and it don't bleed
It's locked its jaws and now it's swallowing
It's all a lie
It's nearly dead
It's in our hope
Baby, it's in our bed

ALBUM: GENTLEMEN (1993)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: SKIP THE CHARADES/COLD WAR KIDS

You wait on letters
Fishing for any sign of life
Drinks after dinner
Your friends will get you to unwind

Let's skip the charades
Can we just speak plain?

I'm two left feet when
I'm home we tapdanced on broken glass
Somehow you manage
To keep your sense of humor intact

Let's skip the charades
You're seeing right through me anyway
Can we just speak plain?
We're playing for the same team
But I'm the one that's acting like, acting like, acting like
I'm so strong
You're the one that's acting like, acting like, acting like
Nothing's wrong

You dodged the bullet
You do your best when you're busiest
You're disconnected
You can't find your name in the script
It was you who were wildest
It was you who floated above us all
I held on with wires
Will you come back down if I let you go?

Let's skip the charades
You're seeing right through me anyway
Can we just speak plain?
We're playing for the same team
But I'm the one that's acting like I'm so strong
You're the one that's acting like nothing's wrong
I'm the one that's acting like I'm so strong
You're the one that's acting like nothing's wrong

Can we skip the charades?
Just speak plain
Can we skip the charades?
Just speak plain
Now skip the charades

ALBUM: MINE IS YOURS (2011)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: TOMORROW HAS TO WAIT/PETER BJORN AND JOHN

I don't think that you are sorry for what you did
(I don't think that you are sorry for what you did)
I don't think that you are sorry for what you did
I know you need it
And you just don't know how to quit

I don't think that you are sorry for what you did
(I don't think that you are sorry for what you did)
I don't think that you are sorry for what you did
I know you need it
And you just don't know how to quit

It's too late
But tomorrow has to wait
It's the time of your life
So tomorrow has to wait
Tonight's the night
And tomorrow is a million miles away

It's too late
But tomorrow has to wait
It's the time of your life
So tomorrow has to wait
If you control yourself
Then give up before you break
Well it's too late

I don't think that you are sorry for what you did
(I don't think that you are sorry for what you did)
I don't think that you are sorry for what you did
(I don't think that you are sorry for what you did)

It's too late
But tomorrow has to wait
It's the time of your life
So tomorrow has to wait
Tonight's the night
And tomorrow is a million miles away

It's too late
But tomorrow has to wait
It's the time of your life
So tomorrow has to wait
If you control yourself
Then give up before you break
Well it's too late

ALBUM: GIMME SOME (2011)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: MICHAEL YOU'VE GOT A LOT TO ANSWER FOR/DURAN DURAN

I came over your place today
In a roundabout sort of way
Nothing holding me
Just the company
Gentle giving the afternoon

Don't ever try to be anymore
Michael, you've got a lot to answer for
You unlocked some of the doors to my soul

And I don't see you for a while
Thinking of you will make me smile
You never bother me with responsibility
Misbehaving in candlelight

Don't ever try to give anymore
Michael, you've got a lot to answer for
You got me waking up wise to the world

Trust you to get caught up in somebody's war
You'll come out of it all in time, I'm sure
Just remember what friends were put here for
Michael, you've got a lot to answer for
And I know that you're gonna call
If you need me
When you need me
If you need me

ALBUM: MEDAZZALAND (1997)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: MIRACOLI/CRISTINA DONÀ

Io credo nei miracoli che la gente puo’ fare
Milioni di chilometri per potersi incontrare
Per guardarsi negli occhi
Per spiegare un errore
Per un gesto che forse sarà l’unico che potremo ricordare

Io credo nei miracoli che la mente può fare
Milioni di chilometri senza doversi spostare
Per creare una storia che prima non c’era
Ed una nuova invenzione, quella che salverà l’umanità intera

Forse non sai che la primavera
Arriverà a prenderti domani sera
Metti un vestito per l’occasione
Preparati, c’è la rivoluzione
Rivoluzione

Tu credi nei miracoli che la musica sola puo’ fare
E canti le canzoni che ti han fatto sognare
E ti danno la forza di combattere ancora
Per ogni nuova battaglia
C’è una nota che ti canta in gola

Forse non sai che la primavera
Arriverà a prenderti domani sera
Metti un vestito per l’occasione
Preparati, c’è la rivoluzione
Rivoluzione

Io credo nei miracoli che la gente puo’ fare

ALBUM: TORNO A CASA A PIEDI (2011)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: AUSTRALIA/AMANDA PALMER

I could do the dishes while talking on the phone
I could ask you for an answer but you want to be alone
I can never do the dishes a single dish at a time
It's too much of a commitment so I lie my mouth and fire

I could calamine your insides
I could wind them all around me I could
I could tiptoe on a tightrope made of fear and looking down see
All the people do they see me I can wave or I can carry
All the dishes I'm holding that is keeping me steady

Or I could go to Australia
And carry a bowie knife
And wear my hair like Hepburn parted on the side
And learn card tricks and buy
Everyone drinks and take boxing and write
Songs about my bowie knife
I could do these dishes
I could try to do these dishes
Time to decide

I could make a cake
My kitchen is small but I could clear the space
I could write my name
'Cause practice makes perfect yes that's what they say
I could make a button out of plaster
That said finished I could nail it in my closet
To the left side of the lightswitch
I could walk down to a Colombus and try drinking to forget it
But then come home less afraid and then press it and press it

Or I could go to Australia
Carry a bowie knife
And wear my hair like Hepburn parted on the side
And learn card tricks and buy
Everyone drinks and take boxing and try
Eating things only with chopsticks and write
Songs about my bowie knife
I could do these dishes
I could try to do these dishes
I could sigh to do these dishes
Time to decide
Or I could go to Australia
And carry a bowie knife
And wear my hair like Hepburn parted on the side
And learn card tricks and physics and buy
Everyone drinks and take boxing and try
Eating things only with chopsticks and finally
Be like a person I think you might like

I could do these dishes
I could try to do these dishes
I could decide to do these dishes
I shoud decide to do these dishes
Time to decide
Fuck it
I'm gonna go to Australia
I'm gonna go to Australia
I'm gonna go to Australia

ALBUM: GOES DOWN UNDER (2011)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: AUDIENCE OF ONE/COLD WAR KIDS

Sunday nights that you wanna
Black velvet cake
Sweet heart can bargain
Half price mistakes
She will go down with her ship
Like a good captain
You're sitting on the dock
Playing for an audience of one
Pacing your apartment
Linoleum floors
Get a call from an old friend
She never like them before
He will drive all over three lanes
You sit tight, shotgun
When she rifles
Waving for an audience of one

You came out from the country
Wearing momma's clothes
You were born in the city
Daddy's dominos
You need a record you can move to
Well we got one
Drop the needle
We are playing for an audience of one
Drop the needle
We are playing for an audience of one

One gets all of you twos jealous
Three get even less
Four divides you up then you're left
Pleasing all your guests

Reach out you point a finger
And touch the globe
Spin around and where it stops
You've got to pack your bags and go
Land in the Mohave Desert
Sing for the sun
Three's too many when you're playing for an audience of one
Two's too busy when you're playing for an audience of one
One is the only way
Playing for an audience of one

ALBUM: BEHAVE YOURSELF EP (2010)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: BLUE TULIP/OKKERVIL RIVER

They're waiting to hate you
So give them an excuse
They say that it changed you
I know that can't be true
I came in the entrance
The makeup girl went through
And waited for ages
I waited there for you

Hats off to my distant hope
I'm held back by a velvet rope
And he's behind the wall
The smoke machine has made between us
And if he does exist, if camera clicking
Green room guests swirl around
The man whose real life can be touched
Then I will do just that much

Hats off to my distant hope
A little lie, a puff of smoke
My street tonight's on fire with hope
You'll be there, you'll see us
I've got my ear against the screen
I'll feel your feelings crackling
For every single inch of me
I'm going to make you mean it
With every single cell of me
I'm going to make you mean the words you sigh
Goodbye
Goodbye
Goodbye

ALBUM: THE STAND INS (2008)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: OTHER VOICES/THE CURE

Ok, non sarà un vero e proprio canto natalizio, ma tra i brani che citano la parola christmas nel testo, è senza dubbio il migliore che abbia mai ascoltato.



Whisper your name in an empty room
You brush past my skin
As soft as fur
Taking hold
I taste your scent
Distant noises
Other voices
Pounding in my broken head
Commit the sin
Commit yourself
And all the other voices said
Change your mind
You're always wrong
Always wrong

Come around at christmas
I really have to see you
Smile at me slyly
Another festive compromise
But I live with desertion
And eight million people
Distant noises
Of other voices
Pulsing in my swinging arms
Caress the sound
So many dead
And all the other voices sing
Change your mind
You're always wrong

ALBUM: FAITH (1981)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: LA MAREGGIATA DEL '66/NON VOGLIO CHE CLARA

Ognuno parli per sé
Di quello che rimane dell'amore
Se te ne vuoi andare
Se tutto quel che ho fatto
Per farti restare
E per tenerti qui
Non è abbastanza
Tu ami l'onda e devi stare
Sempre in fronte al mare
E farti investire

Ma se mi chiederanno
Se ti verrò a cercare
Io, con parole nuove
Gli saprò spiegare
Che ognuno corre per sé
E che la fatica per riaverti qui
Non conta niente
Io amo la terra
E ho da correre
Fino a stancarmi
Per dormire bene

ALBUM: DEI CANI (2010)