Sotto casa [English translation]

1

Open your door, quickly;

it doesn’t matter what’s your opinion about this movement,

but I warn you that, if I were in your place,

I wouldn’t think twice,

given the imminent coming of Jesus,

because he’s never coming back again afterwards!

I noticed that, among believers,

dissatisfaction is creeping in,

due to the deluge of missed appointments throughout the millennia,

but just put yourself into His shoes:

that awful lot of planets to be saved,

of planets to be saved!

May the kindness of your heart

rediscover the truth that often hides

inside a single person;

and it’s not so much sex that gives man comfort to his weeping,

as it is the good love and holy forgiveness of the Lord.

Let me explain you, in a couple of words,

how easy it is to hear the low and immoral echoes

of frivolous and mean behavior,

such as that of certain little men in women’s clothes;

such a disgrace, even unworthy of animals!

Open up for one moment, and I’ll make you see

that the sun always rises where I look for God,

in all the poor souls who have lost

the immense meaning of life!

I’m not asking for a whole kingdom, after all,

I’m just an unworthy messenger and I’m looking for God

in those who sold their honor in exchange for money

and who now put up a wall inside their hearts!

You’re proving not to be enlightened

by the grace of your Holy Virgin Mary;

you may even call the head of the police, if you wish,

but in whose best interest is it to cause such a mess,

when ozone has become as leaky as a sieve

and a single ratbag is enough

to wipe man off the face of the earth?

And then, stick it in your mind:

we are not born to enjoy ourselves,

but only because a greater good created us!

Open up for one moment and I’ll make you see

that the sun always rises where I look for God,

in all the poor souls who have lost

the immense meaning of life!

I’m not asking for a whole kingdom, after all,

I’m just an unworthy messenger and I’m looking for God

in those who sold their honor in exchange for money

and who now put up a wall inside their hearts!

I know you’re in there,

you’re not moving, but I can hear you!

You got away with it for today, all right,

but it is not over yet!

In all the poor souls who have lost

the immense meaning of life!

I’m not asking for a whole kingdom, after all,

I’m just an unworthy messenger and I’m looking for God

in those who sold their honor in exchange for money

and who now put up a wall inside their hearts!

1. This song was inspired by a preacher who actually knocked at the singer’s door and tried to convert him.

• Artist:Max Gazzè
• Album:Sotto casa