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I'll give you a rose
A red rose to paint everything
A rose for every tear to console
And a rose to love you
I'll give you a rose
A white rose as if you were my bride
A white rose to help you forget
Every little pain
My name is Antonio and I'm crazy
I was born in '54 and have lived here since I was a child
I thought I was talking to the devil
So they locked me up in a madhouse for forty years
I'm writing you this letter because I can't speak
Forgive the handwriting from elementary school
And I'm surprised if I still feel an emotion
But it's the fault of the hand that won't stop shaking
I'm like a piano with a broken key
The dissonant chord of a drunk orchestra
And day and night look alike
In the faint light that pierces the opaque glass
I still wet myself because I'm scared
For the sane society, we've always been trash
Smells like piss and sawdust
This is mental illness and there's no cure
I'll give you a rose
A red rose to paint everything
A rose for every tear to console
And a rose to love you
I'll give you a rose
A white rose as if you were my bride
A white rose to help you forget
Every little pain
The crazies are question marks without a sentence
Thousands of spaceships that don't return to base
They are puppets left out to dry in the sun
The crazies are apostles of a god who doesn't want them
I make snow with styrofoam
My pathology is that I've been left alone
Now take a telescope
Measure the distances
And look between me and you
Who is more dangerous?
Inside the pavilions, we loved each other in secret
Carving out a corner that was just ours
I remember the few moments when we felt alive
Not like the clinical files crammed in the archives
You'll be the last to fade from my memories
You were like an angel tied to a radiator
Despite everything, I still wait for you
And if I close my eyes, I feel your hand brushing mine
I'll give you a rose
A red rose to paint everything
A rose for every tear to console
And a rose to love you
I'll give you a rose
A white rose as if you were my bride
A white rose to help you forget
Every little pain
My name is Antonio and I'm on the roof
Dear daisy, I've been waiting for you for twenty years
We're the crazies when no one understands us
When even your best friend betrays you
I leave you this letter, now I have to go
Forgive the handwriting from elementary school
And are you surprised that I still feel an emotion?
Be surprised again because Antonio knows how to fly