De André is primarily a poet, Fossati an already refined musician.
'Smisurata preghiera' is a hymn to 'those who travel obstinately and contrary to the direction,' embodying De André’s entire artistic journey.
Fabrizio De Andrè... one who went beyond any pleonastic reasoning, one who knew how to reconcile Present and Future, one who distinguished the boundaries of divine greatness.
Enormous prayers... we, with all the love and goodwill, could never be enormous: we are Men, therefore, we are Normal. In fact, Extremely Normal.
This Work is a grandiose and poetically suggestive 'structure' within which poetry unfolds in dramatic, sad, joyful, amusing, epic, and elegiac registers.
'Smisurata Preghiera' ends with an invocation to a divine justice, traversing infinite nuances between tragedy and comedy without touching either limit.
One of the most touching, profound, introspective musical expressions existing on the face of the earth.
Deus ti salve...Fabrizio.
The «anime salve» that Faber talks about are all the souls of men because the soul is a «beautiful deception», i.e., it doesn’t exist, it’s an illusion.
Life is companionship, but it’s also great loneliness. De André sees himself from outside: «I watched myself cry in a snow mirror / I saw myself laughing / I saw myself leaving with my back turned».