Tuesday, January 22, 2019

Vecchi difetti - Old Failings

Tutto ciò da cui stavi fuggendo
Torna come valanga più grande che
Ti trascina al punto di partenza se vestirai
Vecchi difetti

Volami affianco e solca il tempo
E bevi l'immenso soffio eterno
Guardami cambiare forma dopo forma e ancora
Respirare i tuoi capelli dentro a un giorno nuovo

Nello spazio che adesso riempi c'è
Succo acerbo di densi silenzi che
Colleziono da tempo
Come schegge d'inferno
Why? Why? Vecchi difetti

Volami affianco e solca il tempo
E bevi l'immenso soffio eterno
Guardami cambiare forma dopo forma e ancora
Respirare i tuoi capelli dentro un giorno nuovo
Non vedi com'è facile
Non vedi che è inutile
Scordarsi di credere ai vecchi difetti

Volami affianco e solca il tempo
E bevi l'immenso soffio eterno
Guardami cambiare forma dopo forma e ancora
Respirare i tuoi capelli dentro un giorno nuovo
Non vedi com'è facile
Non vedi che è inutile
Scordarsi di credere ai vecchi difetti

Vecchi difetti © 2003 Marta sui tubi

"Vecchi difetti" was one of two singles released from Muscoli e dei.



Everything I was fleeing from
returns as a bigger avalanche that
drags you to square one if you wear
old failings.

Fly next to me and sail through time
and drink the immense, eternal breath.
Watch me change form after form and still
breathe in your hair inside a new day.

In the space you now fill there is
bitter juice of dense silences that
collect for a long time
like shards of hell.
Why? Why? Old failings.

Fly next to me and sail through time
and drink the immense, eternal breath.
Watch me change form after form and still
breathe in your hair inside a new day.
You don’t see how easy it is,
you don’t see that it’s futile
to forget about believing in the old failings.

Fly next to me and sail through time
and drink the immense, eternal breath.
Watch me change form after form and still
breathe in your hair inside a new day.
You don’t see how easy it is,
you don’t see that it’s futile
to forget about believing in the old failings.

English translation © 2023 Dennis Criteser


Muscoli e dei (Muscles and Gods) was Marta sui tubi's debut album. The duo Giovanni Gulino (vocals) and Carmelo Pippitone (guitar and vocals) became an underground sensation in the clubs of Bologna in the fall and winter of 2002/2003, performing originals and covers. Their demo was positively received and led to a publishing deal with Eclectic Circus Records. There was nothing else like it on the Italian airwaves when the album was released in late 2003. Subsequently, in 2004, drummer Ivan Paolini was added and the group was voted the Best Italian Independent Group at the annual Meeting of the Independents music event. The Eclectic Circus music videos are especially noteworthy.