La Donna Cannone paints a vivid, almost cinematic scene: a circus performer who lets herself be shot from a cannon so she can finally touch the sky. De Gregori uses this daring flight as a metaphor for breaking free from limits, whether they are other people’s judgments, the weight of the past, or our own fears. The singer promises to throw his “enormous heart among the stars,” to grab his loved one by the hand, and together leave behind stations, last trains, and the gossip of those who look on from below.
What follows is a dreamlike pledge of fearless love. No matter if she is not “as beautiful” as someone demands, they will rise in flesh and bone, with no hunger, thirst, wings, or safety net. The cannon shot becomes a moment of total liberation: crowds gasp, eyes close, reality blurs, and the couple vanishes into a boundless blue. The result is an anthem to those who long to escape the circus ring of everyday life and choose love and imagination as their launchpad into the unknown.