L'uomo che guardava le nuvole [English translation]

I knew him well,

the man who looked at the clouds

he saw so many things

in all those strange shapes, him

he saw us a new world

like a dream there to be taken

but he never got there.

I remember one fine day

there was a white cloud,

I told her she looks like an ogre

while he seemed to be an angel to him

maybe because everyone sees

only what he wants to see

and then, a bit like the truth.

It's a story like any other

maybe someone has already heard it

it can be changed

yet always the same will be

the history of humanity.

And of clouds

they have passed by now

and they will pass even more than ever before

from here

they will pass by.

Now that he will be older

that my noble heart friend

what he sees in his mirror

I wanted to ask him this

but they told me that he was lost

in the clear of a clear sky

now .. no one knows where it is

I knew him well,

the man who looked at the clouds,

perhaps out of need of love

perhaps out of need of fairy tales

and that basically everyone believes

only what he wants to believe

a bit like the truth.

It's a story like any other

maybe someone has already heard it

you can change,

yet always the same will be

the story that everyone will experience in time

You can change and yet always the same will be

the history of humanity.

And clouds have passed by now

and they will still pass on us

still on us ...

• Artist:Eros Ramazzotti
• Album:9 (2003)