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I, as a person (Io come persona, 1992)

Patti Smith

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    I, as a person (versione eseguita)

    In this time of inescapable decline
    a spreading fear masked by indifference.
    In such a chaotic, corrupt time,
    anything could happen, anything could happen.
    In this shattered, absurd time
    we have so much information
    yet we know nothing at all.

    In this terrible time, terrible anywhere in the world.

    In this time the western dream is falling
    As its hopes are swiftly rising
    In this time our people
    are killing one another
    without reason, without reason.

    I as a woman or man
    who can’t feel desire,
    can’t understand,
    who can’t assess, assess or believe anything
    who has seen it all wondering
    “Have I made my choice?”
    “Have I made my choice?”
    “Have I made my choice?”

    In this time everything overwhelms us,
    decisions are made without our consent.
    In this time our only involvement,
    And it’s our fault, it’s taking a vote.
    In this time with no possible way out
    And men, and fates seemed to hold our fate in the palms of their hands.

    In this terrible, terrible time, anywhere in the world.

    I as a person I stand
    With all my feelings
    goals unachieved
    With my faith wasting
    feeling dazed and spent with dismay
    feeling confused and empty, without power,
    resigning to never make a choice,
    to never make a choice,
    to never make a choice…

    In this time, in this terrible time,
    we just seem to drift away from the world,
    with the pain of a defeated man,
    disenfranchised, estranged.
    But this kind of salvation is no salvation, it’s self-protection, and you know, it’s not the answer.
    And our defeat is this, we want to do something but we can do nothing, we can do nothing.

    But I am here
    as a person, as a person, I am still here
    with all my feelings, with all my deepest feelings I am here, I am here.
    With my outrage, with my anger, I am still here, I am still here
    with the will to change my life, I am still here
    I am here with my faith, with my faith I am still here.

    Here I stand.
    As a person I am here.
    Here I stand, as a person I am still here.
    Here I am,
    here I am
    as a person, as a person
    I am here.

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