Il battito animale [English translation]

I believe we lost our minds

or maybe we just lost sight

of the most authentic things

in the stormy seas

(and maybe it's not enough) and maybe it's not enough.

But I must admint I am afraid

and I never was before

afraid of the world

of you and sometimes even of myself.

No, no, it's not going away.

We have a beat

that beats like a jackhammer inside us

but if you keep a lid on it with the benefit of hindsight

it will never beat.

We have a healthy beat

that takes our hands

like a motorbike running

running against the wind at full speed

it's risky, everyone knows that.

If this world is never how you wanted it

if you feel like shouting, don't stop, ever.

It's an animal beat

it beats like no other

and has an overwhelming allure

that seizes you and carries you away with it.

No, it never stops pounding

until it becomes

your normal beat

the natural instinct that is inside you

yes, inside you, ooh.

It beats every time I play with my band.

It beats harder, it beats until death

sometimes it beats in pop music

and goes against time

it's the most authentic part of you

So try to let it go and it rises in you

it goes straight through your heart and never stops.

It's the animal beat

it beats like no other

and has an overwhelming allure

that seizes you and carries you away with it.

No, it never stops pounding

until it becomes

your normal beat

the natural instinct that is inside you

yes, inside you, ooh.

It beats and beats again and has a tribal flavour

it's our natural way of being

that beats, beats, beats and rebels

against this life, against the world that

changed us so much, yes,

but not completely

no, no, no, it's not over.

And so it beats, beats, beats

without an end the animal beat

that is inside1 people

and if you want to listen to it

it will tell you:

no, no, no, it's not over.

1. inside or among

• Artist:Raf
• Album:Cannibali