Caramelle [English translation]

Hi, I'm Marco and ten years is my age,

I have blond hair and I go to fourth grade.

Except for math I like to study,

my dad and my mom have a grocery store.

I have a sister five years older than me

and a little brother who's about to be born.

And I can't wait for him to arrive in early May,

if I'll be good I'll get to hold him in my arms.

My best friend is called Joshua,

think that even in class he sits near me.

When the bell rings we fly like feathers,

and until it gets dark we throw rocks at the river.

Yesterday afternoon, however, he got sick,

and therefore in the end I went by myself.

And while I was playing a peculiar stranger

first looked at me and then came closer.

And seeming mysterious but kind,

he sat next to me on the pier.

And before I took a stone to toss,

the stranger began to say

"Give me your hand, child, and come into the woods,

no, I'm not a stranger, I know you,

I come from the same place as you."

In my silence the memory of the most beautiful things,

the color of the stars, while you take my skin,

in exchange for a smile and two candies.

Hi, I'm Monica and I'm fifteen years old,

I'm already an adult and I've made a lot of mistakes.

First I am with Luca instead of Dario,

yes, maybe he's prettier but he's too bossy.

And so out of spite I went out with friends,

and later one by one we went home.

What a pain, my house is always the last one,

at the end of that dark and murky way.

And as if that was not enough, the storm broke out too,

I also shampooed this morning, damn it.

Because since some time the world has been an agony,

whatever he does is always my fault.

Luckily, a gentleman offered me a ride,

I've never seen him before but he seems wise.

Life is not a movie, what do you want to happen to me?

And while I think this he suddenly changes course.

"Give me your hand, child, and come into the woods,

no, I'm not a stranger, I know you,

I come from the same place as you."

In my silence the memory of the most beautiful things,

the color of the stars, while you take my skin,

in exchange for a smile and two candies.

Two candies.

Please, do quickly what you have to do,

please do it without hurting me.

I swear, I won't have anything to say,

but make it fast so I can breathe again.

Please, do quickly what you have to do,

please do it without hurting me.

I swear, I won't have anything to say,

but make it fast so I can breathe again.

"Give me your hand, child, and come into the woods,

no, I'm not a stranger, I know you,

I come from the same place as you."

In my silence the memory of the most beautiful things,

the color of the stars, while you take my skin,

in exchange for a smile and two candies.

"Give me your hand, child, and come into the woods,

no, I'm not a stranger, I know you,

I come from the same place as you."

In my silence the memory of the most beautiful things,

the color of the stars, while you take my skin,

in exchange for a smile and two candies.

Please, do quickly what you have to do,

please do it without hurting me.

I swear, I won't have anything to say,

but make it fast so I can breathe again.

• Artist:Pierdavide Carone