Croce Di Lame

At four the bar closes
at '33'
but Mario doesn't come home
until he's closed those cash accounts
he stays until
the sun rises and the night fades away
while Maria
has already woken up
and the house
smells of her coffee
and she waits for him half undressed
Mario arrives destroyed and greets
he can't handle it
like a rock, then he'll fall asleep
and Maria looks at herself in the mirror
puts on some makeup
but remains repressed in sex
rushes to work
the usual grind
when she comes home
only the bed is there
silent for his shift

Blade cross for infidelity
anger dripping from the eyes and heart
gore that stains the day of love that goes away

Since there was no raid there
at '33'
Mario is already gone around four
on the street he surprises couples
in the shadow
exchanging a last kiss
poor Mario
maybe he already died
when he saw them
when he discovered
that Maria was in someone else's company

Blade cross for infidelity
anger dripping from the eyes and heart
gore that stains the day of honor that goes away

Three crosses fell on Mario
one on his forehead
laid him there
the other in his chest
that finished him
and the third in the news
made to pass as the truth
'Drug addicts kill Mario on the street
while his wife was looking a little further'
and instead

Blade cross for infidelity
anger dripping from the eyes and heart
gore that stains the day of honor that goes away