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Mattino
03:04
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2. |
The Charmin'Elf
03:53
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THE CHARMIN’ELF
Lyrics: Mara Campobasso
Music: Nicola Cicerale, Giovanni Mastrangelo
As I was going home on a lonely winter night
Silence was broken by some strangers passing by
They tried to entice me with jewels made of gold
But soon I realized what they wanted was my soul.
The night was dark and the wind blew strong
Though I could see a sparkling in the fog.
I was so scared and I began to run
The hunters were chasing me, trying to put me down
I had no place to go, nowhere to escape
Then in the forest I saw that gleam again.
The night was dark and the wind slapped my face
But the light told me I was no more in disgrace.
And now my dear friend if you wonder 'bout that light
I'll tell you 'twas a fairy who came and save my mind
And as for the strangers they just fell into void
Like anyone who thinks souls can be sold.
If the night is scary and the wind blows cold
I'll dance with the fairies and sing aloud my song.
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3. |
The Ring of Fortune
04:52
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THE RING OF FORTUNE
Lyrics and Music: Giovanni Mastrangelo
Moon and the Sun were hiding the ring
The ring that the fortune she gave to the sand
New dawn was rising with luminous wings
Jester was playing dice in a Fairyland.
All that she touched changed in gold
And the river now seems so old
And I'm walking on the same stony road
But I'll take my love in the spring.
Lady of the castle was singing a song
When the red moon was kissing the gloom
She always thought that life was too long
Too long to be lived in a room.
And the forest was shining bright
Full of jewels and carnival lights
Fairest ladies and heart-broken knights
Can I remember my song?
And now just for a while
I could give her a smile
She never listened to the story I've told.
She has lost the ring of Fortune.
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(I’M NOT) THE PRODIGAL SON
Lyrics and music: Giovanni Mastrangelo
When I was a young boy
I heard my mother sayin’
That I was too young to
Sell my soul.
When I was a young boy
I heard my father sayin’
That I was too young to
Go away from my home.
Cover me with ground
Cover me with tears, rain and snow
Cover me with leaves
‘Cos I’ll never come back to my home.
I was runnin’ through the moonlights
Talkin’ on with closed eyes
Of the young sunflowers
I was the happy watcher.
I was runnin’ through the midnights
Walkin’ on the muddy streets
Of an old unknown town
That I’ve never seen before.
Scream and call my name
Trough the rivers and valleys and roads
Scream and curse my name
‘Cos I’ll never come back to my home.
And then came the winter
And he froze my soul
And then came the winter
To chill my tears.
And then came the winter
And night was too cold
And my heart stopped his beatin’
My grave is the ice.
Cover me with ground
Cover me with tears, rain and snow
Cover me with leaves
‘Cos I will never come back to my home.
Cover me with ground
Cover me with tears, rain and snow
Cover me with leaves
‘Cos I’m not the prodigal son!
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5. |
Lullaby
04:32
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LULLABY
Lyrics: Mara Campobasso
Music: Nicola Cicerale
Dance with me tonight
Take my hand and lift me up
Dance with me tonight
Lift me up to the impalpable blue.
Lead me far away
Far away from the ghosts
That in our sleepless nights
Would scream and cry so wild.
Far from the disguise that we have to wear
The mask we wear every day.
The stars are painting dreams in the sky
And the wind blows a sweet lullaby.
Let's dance floating lightly
Till the moon kiss us goodnight
And then we'll fall asleep
On to the softest cloud.
Let's dance till our solitudes
Embrace each other tonight
Let's dance till our solitudes
Forget their own existence.
Far from the disguise that we have to wear
The mask we wear every day
The stars are painting dreams in the sky
And the wind blows a sweet lullaby.
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6. |
About You
03:31
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ABOUT YOU
Lyrics and music: Giovanni Mastrangelo
Maybe you just think it’s hard
But I know that it’s not true
Now I’m talking about your wish
The wish to touch a little sun.
You must go far
To dress the world in white
As a lil’ river
Running on your door.
And I’m talking
About you
Yes I’m talking
Talking about you.
And just take a little water
From the gentle pale blue eyes
And a little penny black
From the gardener’s pictured sky.
And I’m talking
About you
Yes I’m talking
Talking about you.
Well, I had this dream last night
Awaking I have touched my bed
Worried about my little love
I saw she was not there.
And now I know
She is flying away
Away from me
She’ll never come back to me.
And I’m talking
About you
Yes I’m talking
Talking about you.
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7. |
Marianne
06:12
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MARIANNE
Lyrics: Mara Cinzia Catia Campobasso
Music: Giovanni Mastrangelo, Nicola Cicerale
One morning in May a fair maid I saw
She lived by the river down in the wood
In secret I spied her behind a big tree
She danced on the meadows with her bare feet.
Her long hair was red like the setting sun
Her eyes were green like the depth of the sea
Her movements so gentle just grazed the air
Oh, how I would love to know her name...
I went there to view her day after day
But one morn she found out my hiding place
She did not despise me, but she did take my hand
She taught me the tunes she sang to the Moon.
She taught me to love the Sun and the Rain
She taught me to dream, to smile and to cry
She taught me to love her down by the river
But she did never want to tell me her name…
“The name of your true love is the name of a witch”
That’s what they told me in my mean town
And I as a fool began to believe
That my fair maid cast a love spell on me.
Her long hair was red like a burning flame
Her eyes so deep, in them I could sink
Her song were the strangest I’d ever heard
But I’d been so mad to leave her alone…
When I realized the mistake I made
I went to the river to see my true love
Where once was her house I heard the wind say:
“No more you will find here your Marianne”.
Instead of the green grass I found nude ground
And there were briars where flowers should be.
I was burnt with cold to my very soul
Just when I lost her I knew her name, Marianne.
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Lilium
04:56
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LILIUM
Lyrics: Mara Campobasso
Music: Nicola Cicerale
Once upon a time
In the garden of memories
A white lily used to dwell
He used to envy
The brightness
Of the gaily coloured flowers.
No, he could not
Be part of them.
He became, growing old,
More and more tired
Of his colour
Slowly he did change
Turning into a gorgeous rose
Mysteriously he did turn
Into a gorgeous black rose.
Still he could not
Be part of them.
He provided himself with thorns
Pointed and sharp
Maybe just for defence
Tight among his own thorns
Now his tears
Were made of blood.
No, he could not
Be part of them.
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9. |
Pictures of Spring
04:43
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PICTURES OF SPRING
Lyrics and music: Giovanni Mastrangelo
Spring pictures on the ground
While is raining on me
While I don't know what I can do
And my clock is stopping too.
And you know I can’t believe you
I was waiting to hold your hands
I gave you everything I had
I gave you everything you wanted from me.
Oh my little pretty girl
You're not so kind with me
Oh my little pretty girl
You're not so kind with me
'Cos you said it was too late
And your clock was stopping too.
So I’m here in a cold night
Waiting for a new morning
Waiting for a new mind
I think that now is all so near.
Oh my little pretty girl
You're not so kind with me
Oh my little pretty girl
You're not so kind with me
'Cos you said it was too late
And your clock was stopping too.
Pictures of my old springs
Pictures of my last springs
I know they won’t come back
I think that now is all so far.
Oh my little pretty girl
You're not so kind with me
Oh my little pretty girl
You're not so kind with me
'Cos you said it was too late
And your clock was stopping too.
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Lament - Restless Flame
07:08
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RESTLESS FLAME
Lyrics: Giovanni Mastrangelo
Music: Giovanni Mastrangelo, Nicola Cicerale
Waitin' at the gate like the blind
Hoping for more without a word to say
But while the blind he is sure
The sun will come back with the morning
What are we certain of.
Cursed in vain the blowin' winds we're moving to the shore
Sand is burnin' our lips the ship can wait no more.
People in trouble come and go
Nothing is changin’ under the sun
The way that we walk is bitter and hard
And leads to the place where there are no chains
Reach out and touch the restless flame of freedom.
Cursed in vain the blowin' winds we're moving to the shore
Sand is burnin' our lips the ship can wait no more.
So, everything shall pass
And the trees give up their fruits
Men, they don’t need a master
All they want is just a way to be
Keep your fire high, make it shine bright.
Cursed in vain the blowin' winds we're moving to the shore
Sand is burnin' our lips the ship can wait no more.
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11. |
Slowly Falls the Snow
05:38
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SLOWLY FALLS THE SNOW
Lyrics and music: Giovanni Mastrangelo
Nobody's comin' to knock on my door
Lights are changin' again on the floor
The ghost of a smile in my room
The candle, the table, the bloom.
It must be an angel
Like a murmur
He slowly fades away
And the clock now is clicking
And the tap now is dripping in the gloom
And still falls the snow.
Colours are blowin’ in this chalky air
Failures and fairies of the vanity fair
And all the flowers turn to dust
And all the voices are gone by the wind.
There is a reason
If the seasons come to an end
The promises I made
Are birds without wings in my hand
And still falls the snow.
I stare at the window I see fallin’ snow
I think it’s beautiful the quiet that I feel
The ship is sailin’ away
With all the memories I’ve betrayed.
At the end of the road
Is there the treasure I’ve lost?
At the border of Heaven
Is there a land with no bounds?
And still falls the snow.
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