Massimo Volume - Dopo Che

[ Once I got confirmation of a favorable wind, I cast off the moorings ]

After climbing the forty-nine steps of wisdom in search of a clue

After stealing the best lines while hiding backstage

After wearing every kind of mask

After tearing off my own skin

After getting you drunk

After sacrificing my days for you

After wading knee-deep into icy water just to see you laugh

After dancing to shitty music, thinking it would make you laugh

After fooling myself that in the end you would love me

After planning trips

After reading you my unpublished stories

After accepting your arbitrary criticism

After making space for you in my bed

After making space for you in my veins

After sparing you when I was already ready to kill you

After biting the furniture in my room to keep from killing you

After watching my best lines die unnoticed

After loving you

Once I got confirmation of a favorable wind, I cast off the moorings

.: Emidio (Mimì) Clementi - Massimo Volume, "Dopo Che" :.