Io sono l'altro [English translation]

I'm the other.

I'm the one who frightens.

I'm the one who puts you to sleep in the next room.

I'm the other.

You can find me in the mirror.

Your reflected image, the opposite of you.

I'm the other.

I'm the shadow of your body.

I'm the shadow of your world.

The one who does the dirty job in your place.

I'm the one who's ahead of you at the car park

and delays your exit.

The husband of the woman you fell in love with.

I'm the one they hired when you graduated.

The one who sleeps on boxes at the station.

I'm the black man on a boat.

I'm the one who seems calm to you

because he was born lucky or only because he's twenty years younger.

That which you see are only my clothes.

Now turn around and then... you tell me.

And then...

I'm the veil

that covers the face of women,

every choice or stance that remains misunderstood.

I'm the other,

the one your own sea

sees from the opposite shore.

I'm your brother, the beautiful one.

I'm the surgeon operating you tomorrow.

The one who drives while you sleep.

The one who screams like a madman and seats beside you.

The donor you waited for your transplant.

I'm the father of the disabled child who shares classes with your son.

The director of the bank where you've asked for a loan.

The one who was condemned,

the president of the council.

That which you see are only my clothes.

Now turn around and then... you tell me.

And then... you tell me.

You tell me.

(And then... you tell me...)

You tell me.

(And then... you tell me...)

(And then...)

(You tell me...)

• Artist:Niccolò Fabi
• Album:Tradizione e tradimento (2019)