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Watch the lights of this city
That goes backwards in terms of age
The more time passes, the less old it seems than a hundred years ago
I've walked through its heart and its streets
Between the seasons and the melancholies
Between those shops that change names and the outskirts
Watch the lights of this city
That almost seems to speak to us but
It won't answer you
Who knows if all these years
It has ever noticed me
If when I cried it heard me and understood why
if it defended me from the hatred
Of those who believed me guilty
If it ever rejoiced in seeing me happier than ever
When my dreams slowly erased the troubles
And if it cares about how the world is going or doesn't know what to do with it
Watch the lights of this city
That almost seems you can talk to it but
It won't answer you
Watch the lights of this city
That has seen the worst of humanity
But hasn't missed a single kiss in the dark
And a Sunday
And how many stories, how many melodies
How many films and photographs
Have stopped it in the memories of grandmothers and aunts
Watch the lights of this city
That almost seems you can talk to it but
It won't answer you
Who knows if all these years
It has ever noticed me
If when I cried it heard me and understood why
if it defended me from the hatred
Of those who believed me guilty
If it ever rejoiced in seeing me happier than ever
When my dreams slowly erased the troubles
And if it cares about how the world is going or doesn't know what to do with it
Watch the lights of this city
That almost seems you can talk to it but
It won't answer you
Watch the lights of this city
That almost seems you can talk to it but
It won't answer you