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An English-language blog dedicated to Tiziano Ferro.

“…Ma So Proteggerti” from the album L’amore È Una Cosa Semplice

Tiziano’s love songs have traditionally been full of drama and obstacles, so it was nice to find some purely romantic pieces on his latest album. This is one of them. And while his love songs have always been and remain gender neutral, I think “maybe one day even we will have a place, in this world that can’t surrender to love” is a touching referral to the ongoing global struggle for LGBT rights.

From the second book:

January 20th 2011

I dust off all the drawers and shelves of my brain and clean out the cobwebs, looking for the remnants of an idea for the song that I want to write. There’s still a lot to be said before I consider this album “written”. Letting your life turn completely upside down allows you to put aside the things that have always been important, even if only for a little while. But anyway, the songs and I know that we’ll again have something to say.

It’s also true that now, if I were able to push this song out of my head, I’d feel perfect.

January 21st 2011

It seems that the first month of this year doesn’t want to pass by.

It’s ok, in exchange I have written, the child has come into existence. This album is taking a very interesting turn, many ideas of blues, swing, R&B… nice. And I don’t intend to stop this flow of ideas that are so “rough” in sound.

Ah, the kid is called …Ma so proteggerti.

English translation of “…Ma So Proteggerti”:

“…But I Can Protect You”

I’m thinking about those first seven days
always together, twenty-four hours
and a lot of time has been passing by
but I’m still taken away by your scent
and laugh… laugh, laugh, always laugh, my love

Sincerity is the mother of all vices
so I’m thinking of you
now that I hear you talk, from behind my wall and
what divides us now, will unite us in the future

And it will always look like Christmas
and love, I will take care of you inside the tear
that rained on my face the day you wrote:
I don’t have wings but… but I can protect you
from bad weather or, strangely enough, from the harmonies
because even happiness can be scary
but I can, I can protect you

We think we’re adults by some invention
We waste time screaming, without listening
and we hold back our tears as if it’s a competition
as if it’s a contest to hide them
But cry… cry, cry… cry even if you want to

The destiny that connects each world, one day it brought me to you
and by chance, I chased after you
and it was surreal
the love that you cried out, was so strong it ached

And it will always look like Christmas
and love, I will take care of you inside the tear
that rained on my face the day you wrote:
I don’t have wings but… but I can protect you
from bad weather or, strangely enough, from the harmonies
because even happiness can be scary
but I can, I can protect you

Maybe one day even we will have a place
in this world that can’t surrender to love
While going around, the world has your name
and to me it looks better

And it will always look like Christmas
and love, I will take care of you inside the tear
that rained on my face the day you wrote:
I don’t have wings but… but I can protect you
from bad weather or, strangely enough, from the harmonies
because even happiness can be scary
but I can, I can protect you

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