giovedì 21 gennaio 2021

MY SONG “SMART ASS”

 “The perfect blossom is a rare thing. You could spend your life looking for one, and it would not be a wasted life.”(Katsumoto)

Italian version at the link: L'opportunista




This song, whose title in Italian could also be translated as 'furbacchione', deals with the sadly well-known theme of opportunism. Double-crossing, deliberately remaining in a grey area and creating ambiguity are traits that are common to most of humanity in every time and place and which, if we are honest enough, we can also recognise to some extent in ourselves.

Having said that, in my opinion, striving for integrity, authenticity and consistency with professed values are among the rarest and most desirable virtues in a human being.

The character described in the song is unequivocally playing a double game on the protagonist, who pretends not to understand and plays 'dumb'. In the bridge, Nietzsche himself is even quoted as saying 'are you a dancing star?', ironically underlining the ethical and spiritual distance that separates the nietzschean 'creator' from the sleazy careerist in question.



The protagonist, on the contrary, candidly reveals her feelings to the opportunist with whom she has probably fallen in love: somethingt that could be interpreted as an act of extreme vulnerability, like placing oneself in the hands of the executioner.

In reality, as you can tell from the song's ending, the protagonist is not exactly a sentimental boob, on the contrary, she performs a rather powerful spiritual exercise: by not hiding or holding back what she feels, she brings it to the light of awareness in order to let it go. We know that demons and obsessions brood in the dark and feed on manipulative 'unspoken', half hints and silences to attract attention.

What is acknowledged and declared can be much more easily overcome, integrated or dissipated like snow in the sun... That's why the protagonist, in the end, serenely gets rid of the 'smart ass'.




Here are the video, the lyrics and the Italian translation of the song. 

Special thanks to Alain, who magically and wonderfully accompanied my song with his piano from faraway Tarbes. 


Video of me plain and singing my song Smart Ass




Video of Alain’s playing my song Alain: Smart Ass



SMART-ASS


DO YOU THINK THAT I DON’T KNOW?

DO YOU THINK THAT I CAN’T SEE?

YES, I’M BLIND , YES , I’M NAIVE

BUT I’M READY FOR THE SHOW


‘CAUSE IT’S FANTASTIC, IT’S SO BOMBASTIC

WHEN I TAKE ON THE ROLE

YOU FEEL MAJESTIC, WHILE I’M SARCASTIC

BURN YOU DOWN TO THE CORE, TO THE CORE


DO YOU THINK THAT I DON’T KNOW?

DO YOU THINK THAT I CAN’T SEE?

IF I SHOW YOU WHAT I FEEL

IT’S MY WAY TO SET ME FREE


AND IT’S FANTASTIC, IT’S SO CATHARTIC

WHEN I PLAY DOWN MY ROLE

YOU FEEL ICONIC, BUT I’M JUST IRONIC

BURN YOU DOWN TO THE CORE, TO THE CORE 

(YOU WANT MORE, AND MORE)


ARE YOU A DANCING STAR?  - NO

ARE YOU A BLINDING LIGHT? - NO

ARE YOU STILL FULL OF MUD, AMBITIOUS AND SMART-ASS, YOU MAKE ME SICK AND TIRED

ARE YOU A DANCING STAR?  - NO

ARE YOU A BLINDING LIGHT? - NO

ARE YOU STILL FULL OF MUD, AMBITIOUS AND SMART-ASS, YOU MAKE ME SICK AND TIRED


DO YOU THINK THAT I DON’T KNOW?

DO YOU THINK THAT I CAN’T SEE?

IF I SHOW YOU WHAT I FEEL

IT’S BECAUSE I’M GETTING RID…OF YOU.


OPPORTUNISTA


Pensi che io non sappia?

Pensi che io non veda?

Sì, sono cieca, sono ingenua

ma sono pronta per lo show


Perché è fantastico, è enfatico

quando assumo il ruolo

tu ti senti maestoso, mentre sono sarcastica

ti brucio fino al midollo, fino al midollo


Pensi che io non sappia?

Pensi che io non veda?

Se ti mostro i miei sentimenti

è il mio modo di liberarmi


ed è fantastico, catartico

quando gioco al basso profilo

tu ti senti iconico, ma sono solo ironica

ti brucio fino al midollo, fino al midollo

(tu vuoi di più)


Sei una stella che danza? - No

Sei una luce che abbaglia? - No

Sei ancora pieno di fango, ambizioso e opportunista, 

mi nausei e mi logori


Pensi che io non sappia?

Pensi che io non veda?

Se ti mostro i miei sentimenti

E’ perché mi sto liberando…di te



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