Tramonto occidentale [English translation]

Vikings will come back in vogue,

we'll revert to living like barbarians.

Friedrich Nietzsche was a vegetarian,

he wrote many letters to Wagner

and I feel kinda like a cannibal and never write to anyone,

I feel like neither reading nor studying,

but I'm content with strolling back and forth along the main street or the arcade,

and the pleasure of a cigarette just for the sake of tasting the tobacco flavor isn't going to do me any harm.

Sedentary imaginary traveling and masturbating will come back in vogue;

therapists know that family has been in crisis for several generations because of lacking of father figures,

and a loner like myself can't cope; being disciplinate requires too much strength of will.

I like to stare at my fellows-countrymen, especially in off-work days,

waving flags out of the car-windows after attending the soccer game at the stadium

and the pleasure of a cigarette just for the sake of tasting the tobacco flavor entertains me.

• Artist:Franco Battiato
• Album:Orizzonti perduti (1983 / 2010)