Sunday, April 4, 2021

Per me lo so - For Me, I Know

Conforme a chi? Conforme a cosa?
Conforme a quale strana posa?
Va peggio? Va meglio?
Non so dire, non lo so

La prima volta fa sempre male
La prima volta ti fa tremare

Sei tu, sei tu, sei tu chi può darti di più
Sei tu, sei tu, sei tu chi può darti di più

La terza volta ti fa pensare
La quarta volta stai a guardare

Sei tu, sei tu, sei tu chi può darti di più
Sei tu, sei tu, sei tu chi può darti di più

Un eterno presente che capire non sai
L'ultima volta non arriva mai
L'ultima volta non arriva mai
In questo presente che capire non sai

Sei tu, sei tu, sei tu chi può darti di più
Sei tu, sei tu, sei tu chi può darti di più
Sei tu, sei tu, sei tu chi può darti di più
Sei tu, sei tu, sei tu chi può darti di più

Per me lo so © 1987 CCCP

In a 1987 interview, the band said of "Per me lo so" that they were going for a surf sound that would morph into a raw and energetic rock sound.

According to whom? According to what?
According to which strange pose?
Getting worse? Getting better?
I don’t know how to say, I don’t know.

The first time it always hurts,
the first time it makes you tremble.

It’s you, it’s you, it’s you, who can give yourself more.
It’s you, it’s you, it’s you, who can give yourself more.

The third time it makes you think,
the fourth time you are looking.

It’s you, it’s you, it’s you, who can give yourself more.
It’s you, it’s you, it’s you, who can give yourself more.
An eternal present you don’t know how to understand.

The last time never comes,
the last time never comes
in this present you don’t know how to understand.

It’s you, it’s you, it’s you, who can give yourself more.
It’s you, it’s you, it’s you, who can give yourself more.
It’s you, it’s you, it’s you, who can give yourself more.
It’s you, it’s you, it’s you, who can give yourself more.

English translation © 2025 Dennis Criteser


Socialismo e barbarie (Socialism and Barbarism) was CCCP's second full album, released in 1987 on the Virgin label. The title refers to a phrase in Rosa Luxemburg's 1915 Junius Pamphlet where she asserts that the only two possibilities for future society were socialism or barbarism. The album cover shows the assembly line of the Fiat 124, which was licensed for production in the Soviet Union beginning in 1970.