È tardi [English translation]

The museum will close in five minutes

Inform visitors that the museum will close in five minutes

I released my first record when it was already late

I was older than 30 when I started chatting with you

Not that I’m lazy, like the cat, yeah Garfield

It’s just that one day you’re watching Bambi and poof ! we’re grown-ups already

And it’s too late to retrace my footsteps

to became an Alpha male driving an Alfa with rubber door seals 1

Time passes and I’m a has-been just like Dustin

unfashionable like the Nokia keyboard phone

We’ve been swindled, but it’s too late to call the cops

We’re going to stay here, we’re just chickens, no J Harvey2

Too late for collective mass actions

The cheaters win, the cashier’s closed, come back tomorrow

It’s too late to raise our banners and fight each other like Franks against Longobards3

if the country defaults, we’re in deep shit

living like a hologram, black out, it’s too late

To find a job

it’s too late

to become a good person

it’s too late

to book a flight

it’s too late

to move to another city

it’s too late

to get your college degree

it’s too late

to achieve something it’s

too late but I won’t stop

too late but I won’t stop

too late but I won’t stop

but I won’t stop

It's too late but I won't stop

It's too late but I won't stop

It's too late but I won't stop

I won't stop

As usual, it’s too late to go to school and become literate

rest in peace Alberto Manzi 4

I need to get up to date, I don’t know the face of this new artist, I don’t know what he does for a living, unlike Bansky5

Too late to skip meals, we’re fat

We’re too old to run around barefoot

You’re in a metal band ? So cool !

But it’s too late to play the rockstar by the amplifier

You’re feeling down like Marvin the Android

No matter where you look you find more targets than darts6

Do you remember when you stayed up late

now you’re under a curfew as if under bomb attacks

Too late to buy a Harley

Time and money are different concepts, I don’t know how to put them together

I’m writing a song about art, at the risk of looking like an asshole

What can I do about it now, it’s too late

To make noise

it’s too late

to solve a jigsaw puzzle

it’s too late

to get a tattoo of Che Guevara on my arm

it’s too late

to listen to Vivaldi

it’s too late

to train my Rottweiler, it’s too late

It's too late but I won't stop

It's too late but I won't stop

It's too late but I won't stop

I won't stop

It's too late but I won't stop

It's too late but I won't stop

It's too late but I won't stop

I won't stop

1. I had no idea what this means, so I checked http://www.radioliberatutti.it/musica/artisti/item/791-caparezza-e-tardi... and it says « raschiavetri » which, as you can see from the image, are those rubber strips used mainly on sports car. Sorry, I have no idea what their purpose nor the exact translation would be.2. this is a pun on the name of PJ Harvey : Polly (polli) in italian translates « chickens ». So : we’re left behind, we just get to be « polli » without being the real thing 3. peoples that ruled the Italian peninsula in the Middle Ages ; there is an Italian political party that is still hanging on to this supposedly glorious past. I guess he means this is completely absurd, since we live in different times 4. Alberto Manzi was a teacher and promoter of education for all who hosted a very popular TV show in the ’60. The show was called « It’s never too late » and it broadcast literacy classes.5. a graffiti artist 6. I guess it means you see a lot of opportunities but are unable to seize them

• Artist:Caparezza
• Album:Museica