As we approach the Christmas holiday, I’m inspired to post a beautiful song sung by one of my favorite Italian artists, Eros Ramazzotti! His songs always have beautiful lyrics as well as moving music. This one speaks of the peace that Christmas should bring, but that is sadly missing in our world today. The official music video (which you can see here and which I could not embed into this post) was filmed under the gorgeous porticos of Bologna and shows Eros dressed up as a homeless man, meanwhile another famous Italian artist, Biaggio Antonacci, poses as a taxi driver. This song about Christmas is from his latest album Perfetto!
LA NOTTE VISTA DA QUI
SEMBRA BELLISSIMA
STELLE CHE ACCENDONO IL BLU
QUANTA LUCE C’E’
ECHI DI UN ALLELUJA
CHE NON SI SPENGONO MAI
OGGI E’ UN GIORNO SPECIALE, E’ NATALE ED E’ SEMPRE COSI’
DIMMI PERCHE’
E’ NATALE MA PACE NON C’E’
“BUON NATALE” MA IL SENSO QUAL E’ ?
UN SALUTO FORMALE NON E’
COME AMARE, QUANTI SOGNI FANNO GLI UOMINI
CHE IN UN GIORNO VANNO VIA
“BUON NATALE” SE VUOI, QUELLO VERO CHE E’ DENTRO DI NOI
DENTRO DI NOI
LA NEVE CHE CADE QUI
MI SEMBRA CANDIDA
MA NEL SILENZIO CHE FA
C’E’ UNA GUERRA
IN OGNI TERRA A META’
CHE NESSUNO MAI SALVERA’
ANCHE UN GIORNO SPECIALE FA MALE E TREGUA NON HA
DIMMI PERCHE’
E’ NATALE MA PACE NON C’E’
“BUON NATALE” MA IL SENSO QUAL E’ ?
UNA FRASE FORMALE NON E’
UN PENSIERO CHE VALE PERCHE’
C’E’ UN NATALE SE VUOI
MA PUO’ NASCERE SOLO DA NOI
DENTRO DI NOI
STELLA COMETA SARAI
STELLA PURISSIMA
SE DALL’ALTO DEI CIELI UN BEL GIORNO LA PACE VEDRAI
DIMMI PERCHE’
E’ NATALE MA PACE NON C’E’
“BUON NATALE” MA IL SENSO QUAL E’ ?
DUE PAROLE DA DIRE PERCHE’
E’ NORMALE
CRESCERA’ UN ENORME ALBERO
QUANDO FINIRA’ QUESTA FOLLIA
UN NATALE VERRA’ E PER SEMPRE CI CAMBIERA’
CI CAMBIERA’… CI CAMBIERA’
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The night seen from here
Seems beautiful.
Stars that light up the blue.
How much light there is.
Echoes of an alleluia
That never turn off.
Today is a special day, it’s Christmas and it’s always like this.
Tell me why
It’s Christmas but there’s no peace
“Merry Christmas”, but what does it mean?
A formal greeting, it is not
Like loving, how many dreams do men make
That disappear every day.
“Merry Christmas”, if you want, that which is real inside of us
Inside of us.
The snow that falls here
Seems like a cure
But in the silence it makes
There’s a war
In every country divided
That no one can ever save
Even a special day is bad and there is no truce.
Tell me why
It’s Christmas, but there is no peace
“Merry Christmas”, but what does it mean?
A formal phrase it’s not
A thought that means something because
It’s Christmas, if you want
But it can only be born from us
Inside of us.
Comet star, you’ll be
Pure star
If, from high in the heavens, a beautiful day of peace you’ll see.
Tell me why
It’s Christmas, but there is no peace.
“Merry Christmas”, but what does it mean?
Two words to say why
It’s normal
To grow a huge tree.
When will this folly be over
A Christmas will come and it will forever change us
It will change us…It will change us.