Marco Masini "Caro babbo" lyrics

Caro babbo

Mi sembravi alto altissimo quando ero piccolinoeri il mio gigante buono che giocava a nascondinomi batteva forte il cuore mentre stavo ad aspettarefelice di nascondermi ma anche di farmi trovare.Ti sentivo forte e a volte mi facevi un po' paurama eri il mio cavallo docile e il tappeto la pianurae scendevo e camminavo nelle tue scarpe pesantifra colline di poltrone coi miei passi da gigante.Era dolce era dolcissimolo ricordo e te lo dicoeri il mio più grande eroeeri il primo vero amicoSei però rimpicciolito i primi anni della scuolatornavi tardi a casa e la mamma sempre solami svegliavo d'improvviso e vi sentivo ancora urlareeri sempre più nervoso e non mi stavi ad ascoltareAltre volte mi picchiavi e le tue parole durespalancavano soltanto una vita di paure.Eri assente irraggiungibileio ti odiavo e te lo dicoeri in sogno l'uomo neroeri a un tratto il mio nemico.E ho portato come un lutto il tuo sangue nelle venema il mio cuore per dispetto ti voleva ancora benee ora babbo te lo scrivo come quando ero bambinocome quando per trovarci giocavamo a nascondino.E ora è freddo anzi freddissimopiango mentre te lo dicocosa aspetti ad arrivarebabbo se mi sei amicoEra dolce era dolcissimol'ho capito e te lo scrivoquante volte io dovrò morireper sentirmi ancora vivo?

Dear dad

You seemed so tall to me, when I was littleYou were my good giant who played hide and seekMy heart was racing while I was staying waiting for youHappy to hide, but to make me find too.

I felt you were strong and sometimes you scared meBut you were my docile horse and the carpet was the plainI was used to come down and walk in your heavy shoesBetween hills of couches with my giant's passes

It was sweet, it was very sweet,I remember it and I tell youYou were my biggest heroYou were my first real friend

But you shrunk down in the first years of schoolYou came back always laterand mum always left aloneI woke up suddenly and I still heard shoutingYou were more and more nervous and you didn't stay and listen to meOther times you beated me and your hard wordsOpened wide only a life in fear.

You were absent and unreachableI hated you and I tell youYou were the boogieman in my dreamsYou suddenly became my worst enemy

And I carried like a mourn your blood in my veins,But my heart, for spite, was still loving youAnd now dad I write it to you, like when I was a childLike when we were used to play hide and seek.

Now it's cold, in fact it's very coldI cry meanwile i tell it to you:"What you're waiting for to arrive,Dad if you are a friend of mine?"

It was sweet, it was very sweetI understood it and I write it to you:"How many times shall I dieTo feel I'm still alive?"