La mia banda suona il rock [English translation]

My band plays rock

and all the rest as per the occasion,

we know well that in our country

to do everything is a requirement.

It’s a rock still young

just with a bit of latin flavour.

A music that is hope,

a music that is patience.

And, like a train that has passed through

with a load of fruits,

we were at the station, yes,

but we were all sleeping.

And my band plays rock

for the one that saw it and for the one who wasn’t there,

and for the one who, on that day there,

was chasing one of his chimeras.

And don’t wake yourselves up,

oh, not yet.

And don’t stop us,

no, please, no.

My band plays rock

and it changes face as per the occasion,

from when political alliances

have become a requirement.

You will see us in crinoline

like ugly ballerinas.

You’ll see us dance

like young mosquitoes.

You’ll see us at the border

with our car on hold

but it will have made it:

the music went through.

It’s a rock still young,

just with a bit of latin flavour,

it travels without a passport

and us, behind it, short of breath.

It penetrates in your wall,

it makes a breach in your door

but, after all, it comes to tell you

that your soul is not dead.

And don’t wake yourselves up,

oh, not yet.

And don’t stop us,

no, please, no.

No, oh.

My band plays rock

and it’s an eternal departure,

it travels well at amplitude modulation

and at frequency modulation.1

It’s a rock still young

just with a bit of latin flavour.

A music that is hope,

a music that is patience.

And, like a train that has passed through

with a load of fruits,

we were at the station, yes,

but we were all sleeping.

And my band plays rock

for the one that saw it and for the one who wasn’t there,

and for the one who, on that day there

was chasing one of his chimeras.

And don’t wake yourselves up,

oh, not yet.

And don’t stop us,

oh no, oh oh, please, no.

And don’t wake yourselves up,

oh, not yet.

And don’t stop us,

no, please, no.

1. AM (amplitude modulation) and FM (frequency modulation)

• Artist:Laura Pausini
• Album:Io Canto (2006)