Imperfetta così [English translation]

And I know how you feel

when you return at night

with biscuits for dinner.

And I know that as ever

you always talk to yourself

but you don't know how to tell yourself sorry.

You cry, you dry, you watch and scold at yourself.

You'd like to but you don't know why

they all seem thinner or happier,

at least quite more than you.

If you knew how to love yourself

the way the sea loves a shell.

If you knew how wonderful you are.

Perfect, perfect, perfect, imperfect like this!

Perfect, perfect, perfect, imperfect for whom?

With your cold hands on the door

and those frightened eyes of one who waits.

Perfect, perfect, perfect, imperfect like this!

And I know you don't know

where you've left your bag,

how to give that answer.

You run and get lost,

you wake up and it's already late.

You repeat, 'It's alright'.

You seem happy at the parties of others

but you don't want to be there.

And you never learn

that disgrace is a lesson

that has saved you from being the mistake.

Perfect, perfect, perfect, imperfect like this!

Perfect, perfect, perfect, imperfect for whom?

With your cold hands on the door

and those frightened eyes of one who waits.

Perfect, perfect, perfect, imperfect like this!

Like the somewhat burnt cake of your mother.

Like the gold that repairs some cracks.

Like the lipstick that you've lost in the rim of the glass.

Like you, like you who survives love!

Perfect, perfect, perfect, imperfect like this!

Perfect, perfect, perfect, imperfect for whom?

With your cold hands on the door

and those frightened eyes of one who waits.

Perfect, perfect, perfect, imperfect like this!

Imperfect like this.

• Artist:Nek (Italy)