Written originally in 2006 before evolving throughout the years in different reincarnations, it is one of Angelo Romano's trademark songs, narrating the complications and emotional paths of a busker's life in the incoherent daily chaos of the streets of London.
lyrics
I'm losing my mind, I'm walking around
I'm singing a song whose name I don't know
I'm crazy as you claim, I don't know my name
I can't see the light, I don't think aloud
I walk to the way you can't understand
I'm missing the goal, I'm killing my soul
I'm breaking the night, I'm feeling so right
I'm playing the blues, I'm writing the rules
But I'm going outside, I'm having this ride
I'm breathing the dust, my head's full of rust
I'm having a tea in front of the sea
I'm killing my soul, I'm losing the ball
But explain me, explain me, explain me the truth
Dear wandering friend with no shoes to bend
And show me, show me, show me her eyes
I'm actually blind with nothing to find
Forgive me, forgive me and give me a home
My guitar is broken, my heart is broken
The sidewalk, the station of South Kensington
I'm dreaming of you, I'm living so cruel
I'm taking a glass full of longing at last
I'm mad as myself, I'm the one you should hate
And I'm smelling fire, I'm living my fate
And you cannot know, you cannot read
My lips are hanging, I'm stuck on a plea
But explain me, explain me, explain me the truth
Dear wandering friend with no shoes to bend
And show me, show me, show me her eyes
I'm actually blind with nothing to find
Forgive me, forgive me and give me a home
My guitar is broken, my heart is broken
The sidewalk, the pub of South Kensington
But explain me, explain me, explain me the truth
Dear wandering friend with no shoes to bend
And show me, show me, show me her eyes
I'm actually blind with nothing to find
Forgive me, forgive me and give me a home
My guitar is broken, my heart is broken
The sidewalk, the sidewalk of South Kensington
credits
from Southern Lights [reissue],
released May 22, 2020
Angelo Romano: lead vocals, guitars, bass guitar, synthesizers
María Borrell: cello
Nacho López: violin
Born 1982 in Sicily, Angelo Romano is a singer-songwriter with a totally personal approach to music and arts. His life is
kind of a weird storybook, with several cities all around where he spent some time and lived his life: from Pisa to Florence, from Ottawa to Amsterdam, from Groningen to Berlin, Utrecht, Barcelona and then Palermo, where he is currently based....more
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