Chitarra Nera Lyrics in English Vasco Brondi

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Chitarra Nera by Vasco Brondi from Italian to English.

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You don't know what to do

They say you're in Barcelona and you're still not coming back

Today you fast and you still don't come back

Some hair has become transparent

But you're like before, the same as before

With two fingers in your throat you returned calm, you won Sanremo

You said, 'What will we be, what will we be?'

We are nothing, we have become almost normal

I wake up at dawn, I don't watch series

Here where I live there is no network, there are no people

Not even old people playing cards anymore

Every now and then someone tells me that you stopped

But no one knows where you are

Outside the algorithms

Maybe when you pass by, the photocells don't even work

The doors don't open

But what was inside you?

Evil? Good?

Something that survives and doesn't give up

They say that the heart has reasons that reason does not understand

I heard what happened, they told me

I recommend it, if you have the choice

Better a prison than a prison

Ask if there is room in Bollate

There are larger cells, more activities to do

Have your father call you, who will have your mother call you

The last time, like a fault, you told me

'In the end you were the only one who kept playing

Before, you were the one serving the drinks

You're the only one who kept playing

And now you've also stopped drinking'

I told you: 'How beautiful it was to lose you, to see you disappear'

You stayed at twenty

We'll reach fifty with girls who want children

That they want daughters, that they would like us to be normal

But we are animals, we are animals without instinct

So even worse

Where did your black guitar go?

Did you sell it?

Like my bass on eBay

Ended up on a Greek island

Who knows if now, as I get older

You too have begun to be interested in immortal goods

Of the names of trees, local deities and twenty-year-olds

No, you can't imagine

Music is something else now

Everyone tries to sponsor you, music and high fashion

You play at the Arena, in a gym, in a parish or on the moon

All celebrities

You play or advertise

You play and advertise

I heard what happened, they told me

I recommend it, if you have the choice

Better a prison than a prison

Ask if there is room in Bollate

There are more activities to do

Have your father call you, who will have your mother call you

I learned some things that might be useful to you

There are these precepts that I have been following for the past few months

I walk in the woods, if you see me you don't recognize me

I already told you that I wake up at dawn and sleep

I sleep very well now

In the Buddhist monastery there were many monks and nuns of our age

Even ex-punk monks

You would tell him

'Hands off my soul, saving souls

We will never become perfect

We won't enlighten anyone'

Full of flaws, nothing to be ashamed of

Indeed, we make them see better by going on stage

Under the lights shouting: 'Look at me

Look at me, I'm like this

The house where we stayed became famous

The area has improved, now it's worth a fortune

This small town also became fascist

But it will pass, this wave of shit will pass

I will spend hours in headstand

To meditate, to let myself breathe

Your mother wanted to treat you with essential oils

Zodiac signs, she wanted to heal you

Who knows what it feels like to be normal

Where did your black guitar go?

Did you sell it?

Like my bass on eBay

Ended up on a Greek island

I dreamed that I was doing my old job when I came back

The one when I was eighteen and everyone was still there

All broken and childless, smiling

Who knows what you draw, if you still draw

I heard what happened, they told me

If you were lucky, you ended up in Bollate

Not in Ferrara in the prison

There was a house of confinement there

There were hotter showers, more activities to follow

It was easier to bear

They told your father, who told your mother

It shouldn't have ended like this

Who knows if you had a very last night of love

See you in the next life

You'll start waving at me again

I'll start saying hello again

We have always been full of love

Full to bursting

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digiuni — you fast

Digiuni comes from the verb digiunare, meaning 'to fast'. While it literally refers to abstaining from food, in this song, it carries a deeper, more metaphorical weight.

The lyric "Oggi digiuni e ancora non torni" (Today you fast and still don't return) suggests a form of self-deprivation or a struggle that the person is undergoing. It's an interesting word because it hints at a spiritual or personal battle, making the listener wonder about the character's journey and why they haven't returned.

This song is a heartfelt letter to a long-lost friend. The singer reflects on a shared past filled with music and wild youth, wondering what happened to his old companion and their black guitar. While the singer has moved on to a quieter, more mindful life—waking at dawn, walking in the woods, and even giving up drinking—his friend seems to be stuck in time, still the same person he was at twenty.

The tone shifts from nostalgia to concern as the singer reveals he's heard some bad news. He gives his friend advice on navigating the prison system, suggesting one facility is better than another, hinting at a serious crime. The song contrasts their rebellious past, where they proudly displayed their flaws on stage, with the commercialized music world of today. It's a poignant look at growing up, growing apart, and the love that remains for a friend who took a different, darker path.

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