In L’Angelo Degli Altri E Di Se Stesso, Tiziano Ferro teams up with the sharp-tongued rapper Caparezza to spin a restless, cinematic tale of small-town life, sleepless nights and the never-ending hunt for happiness. The narrator has survived a crash — literal or emotional — and now moves through memories like flashing streetlights, feeling “dead” while everyone else pretends nothing happened. Over a driving beat he admits he once sprinted toward joy and still finished “third,” while Caparezza fires off witty, self-deprecating lines about mirrors, social media and the fleeting nature of fame. The contrast between Ferro’s soulful melody and Caparezza’s rapid-fire verses mirrors the push-and-pull inside the mind: hope versus doubt, calm versus chaos.
Yet the chorus shines a hopeful torch: real answers hide in everyday details, in half-forgotten memories and their reflections. If you pause to “observe between things,” beauty appears; if you trust instinct, certainty follows. The song’s key idea is disarmingly simple and profoundly uplifting — each of us can be an angel to others, and to ourselves. By urging listeners to reclaim that inner guardian, Ferro and Caparezza turn a story of provincial angst into a universal reminder to look after one another, notice the small sparks of wonder around us and, above all, believe that salvation often starts from within.