Marco Polo

Travel depart travel travel depart
travel depart travel depart
depart travel travel depart
depart travel never stop
miles passing under your ass, pushing troubles away
travel, see every corner of the earth
chase summers
be chased by the war in your heart run faster than pain
like a supersonic jet, outpace your own noise
and make sure it never catches up
travel at the wheel of a beat-up car
where every extra mile is a glory to the father
make a call to your mother, say everything's fine
back for Christmas at all costs
depart travel August after August
further away responsibilities a bit more
like in a crack in a boat that will eventually sink you
and it might be too late to make amends
depart travel don't forget
take pictures of the world in motion
search for the meaning of life in a moment
that will repeat but who knows where who knows when
depart and live searching and dancing
on different rhythms with different accents
dance over time zones and climate changes
climb to the top and then descend to the valley
one ten hundred thousand miles
with feet as luggage and the world as family
eat the cuisines of the farthest countries
with forks with chopsticks with hands
the farthest countries, but far from what far from where
with roots in your heart and branches elsewhere
depart with the sun always in your face at all costs
August after August
Travel feel like Marco Polo feel very lonely
sometimes on a train
inside a compartment full of faces you don't know you won't know
boundaries of solitudes that will never fall, that you will never see again
exchange a few words in languages you don't know
communicate with a simple smile or with a gesture alone
discover yourself as Marco Polo and not feel alone among humans
shake millions of hands in every place
August after August
Travel through sound, good, the bass that is thunder
travel through music, through culture
the discovery of nature and oneself, travel in the whys
travel on the internet or on a jet or by bike or on foot
change beliefs exchange faiths
and move while staying still in place
August after August