L'imperfetto

The Imperfect

L'imperfetto

It was, it was rainingEra, pioveva
There was something that couldn't be seenC’era qualcosa che non si vedeva
Something was breathing, it was breathingRespirava qualcosa respirava
In the bride's room it was hidingNella stanza della sposa si nascondeva
Yet it was movingEppure si muoveva

Tell me again, tell me againAncora dimmelo ancora
That everything was coming back as it wasChe tutto ritornava così com’era
How it burned, how it dispersedCome bruciava che si disperdeva
And how it came backE come tornava
Every time it leftOgni volta che partiva

It criedPiangeva
And it got tiredE si stancava
Like sand it transformed over timeCome sabbia nel tempo si trasformava
And yet it existedE però esisteva
And it took formE si incarnava
And sometimes I was sure it was bornE a volte ero sicuro che nasceva
And it started againE che ricominciava

It roseChe saliva
And it fellE scendeva
It called and answered itselfChiamava e si rispondeva
It amazedMeravigliava
And it producedE produceva
And it expelled soundsEd espelleva suoni
Sounds that it stoleSuoni che rubava

It was rainingEra pioveva
But so white and no one took offenseMa così bianca e nessuno se la prendeva
So closeCosì per poco
That it was almost thereChe poco ci mancava
While watching a ringing phoneMentre guardava un telefono che suonava
That wouldn't stopE che non la smetteva

It didn't speakNon parlava
But it knew everything it neededPerò sapeva tutto quello che gli bastava
What it believedQuello che credeva
What it didn't seeQuello che non vedeva
So precise and imperfectCosì preciso ed imperfetto
That no one fit itChe nessuno lo incastrava
If it didn't want, it thankedSe non voleva ringraziava
With a bow like a tamer it greetedCon un inchino da domatore le salutava
And then askedE poi chiedeva
And asked or tookE chiedeva o prendeva
And like a Mexican it walked awayE come un messicano si allontanava