Siamo Chi Siamo

I know a girl from Turin
With one eye half-empty and one eye full
And she’s always talking about leaving
With no place to go
Just taking the first flight out

We are who we are
We got here just as we were
We parked off the beaten path
You can hear a song from far away

In the middle of our life's journey
I found myself not understanding
But then there was a distraction
Or maybe it was a heatstroke
Telling me there’s nothing to understand

Of all those roads
If only I’d taken one
For all those intersections
No signs to guide us
Of all those roads
Finding myself on one
Someone must have put us there

We are who we are
One day there was a double rainbow
One day they stuck us to the breast
One day they spilled the wine on us

We are who we are
We got here just as we were
We parked off the beaten path
Don’t call me anymore, I’ll call you back

I know a girl from Salerno
Who’s never looked down
She doesn’t know what peace is
Can’t sleep without a little light
Another sign of the cross

Of all those roads
Just knowing one
No one’s ever taken it
No one will take it

For all those intersections
It’s heads or tails
Someone must have put us there

We are who we are
The price of an apple for Adam
The time for yet another breath
And the antibodies made from poison

We are who we are
The fog on the steep hills might rise
You can’t step in the same river twice
You never stop being hungry

I know the certainties of the mirror
And the fact that you can’t escape them
And every day it’s clearer to me
That those wrinkles are just
The attempts I never made

We are who we are
We got here just as we were
You can hear a song from far away
Could you play just a little quieter?