Being here when it rains

 

LISTEN TO - ASCOLTA

Being here when it rains 

it’s totally different 

than being everywhere 

else into the distance 

maybe ‘cause I’m here 

since when I was born 

maybe there is here 

something more 

While the pouring rain 

covers all the noises 

I hear as a gift 

the absence of voices 

maybe it’s because 

my head is full 

of the heavy thoughts 

that I don’t want 

It’s raining everywhere 

but only in this place 

I listen to the rain 

without being frightened 

It’s raining everywhere 

but only staying here 

I feel so right and safe 

I feel I’m in my place 

The fingers of rain 

play the roof as it is 

a piano a place where 

the sky can sing 

maybe I can catch 

something from that 

a word or a note 

of the autumn 

It’s raining everywhere 

but only staying here 

I feel so right and safe 

I feel I’m in my place 

The fingers of rain 

play the roof as it is 

a piano a place where 

the sky can sing 

Al nulla

 

Novembre apre 

la finestra al nulla 

lo vedo entrare 

sul davanzale 

con passi umidi 

e stenti 

e osservarmi fisso 

senza scampo 

avido di vita 

mai vissuta.

Placebo, 6 novembre 2026, Milano, Forum di Assago

 

Penso sia la quarta o la quinta volta che vedo i Placebo. Non poteo certo perdermi il trentesimo dal primo album! Band supporter; le Matia Iskariot, belghe, potenti ma non certo il mio genere. I Placebo hanno iniziato alle 21 in punto, con un video di un mix di immagini per ricordare a ritroso i primi trent’anni di carriera. Poi con le potentissime chitarre di "Pure mornging" è iniziato tutto. Brian in forma anche vocalmente: è sempre lui. Nonostante il solito rimprovero per l’uso dei cellulari l'ho visto molto più gentile del solito: all'inizio si è addiriuttura profuso di "grazie" e "grazie mille" in italiano, cosa mai fatta. Dopo un'ora e mezza di potente rock, sono usciti. In mezzo all'acclamazione del pubblico sono rientati con un encore: “Every me and every you” (che resta il mio pezzo preferito) e infine la cover di Kate Bush “Running up the hill”. Hanno fatto politica con i colori delle chitarre. Brian ha messo quella con la bandiera della Palestina in varie occasioni, tra cui “You don’t care about us”. Spesso anche la bandiera ucraina è apparsa su un'altra chitarra. Il bassista - che sembra ringiovanire con gli anni - ha usato il basso con la bandiera arcobaleno, mostrandola a tutti prima di suonare. Alla fine pioggia di bigliettini sulla folla, con scritto Placebo. Bellissimo! Rock is still alive,

The magic of today

 

LISTEN TO - ASCOLTA

South wind is cold today 

and I need a little a little flame 

While Samhain is on my way 

I need to pray 

Nothing to confess anyway 

I’ve already paid 

and I’m failing today 

as all the other days 

But none seems to remember 

the magic of today 

we suddenly surrender 

to be reborn again 

today Samhain says that we can be as in the past 

After the cold, the summer 

seems to be here again 

the autumn stops suddenly 

under the goddess’ hand 

Samhain is the true key after the fear, starts the new year 

This year was so full of pain 

that I can barely raise 

Samhain is always a phase 

that I cannot dely 

But none seems to remember 

the magic of today 

we suddenly surrender 

to be reborn again 

today Samhain says that we can be as in the past 

After the cold, the summer 

seems to be here again 

the autumn stops suddenly 

under the goddess’ hand 

Samhain is the true key after the fear, starts the new year 

Gli occhi del cosmo

 

Sopra l'antica pietra 

nel bosco sacro 

spalanco le braccia 

volgo gli occhi 

al cielo 

e vedo 

un falco volare altissimo 

verso est 

e i grandi occhi del cosmo 

osservarmi tra le nuvole.

The noises at the end of this year

 

LISTEN TO - ASCOLTA

I would like to grow in time 

to become stronger and kind 

by accepting all the crimes 

against myself 

But it is not easy while 

my change is so unkind 

and the darkness I’ve to fight 

is endless 

I hear all the noises at the end of this year 

I am trying to find an antidote against the fear 

what am I waiting for 

what am I looking for 

if not a peaceful shore 

I collect the forces inside my little tear 

‘cause the pain is always the constant hiss in my ears 

what can I change oh 

since I am so wrong 

but I can start no more 

Few friends I hear from sometimes 

and they all are trying to find 

some sense into their life 

While I can’t? 

I hear all the noises at the end of this year 

I am trying to find an antidote against the fear 

what am I waiting for 

what am I looking for 

if not a peaceful shore 

I collect the forces inside my little tear 

‘cause the pain is always the constant hiss in my ears 

what can I change oh 

since I am so wrong 

but I can start no more

When the autumn is becoming slowly winter

 

LISTEN TO - ASCOLTA

I feel always at the limit of weakness 

when the autumn is becoming slowly winter 

and there is nothing I can do 

to stop this constant lose 

I feel on my shoulder some frozen fingers 

and over my neck some wind of silver 

what can I do to keep me warm 

when I am so tired and so old? 

To begin a new season 

there is something you have to lose 

I must leave all the mirrors 

 and to break them for sure 

and to find a new truth to try 

yes you have to find a new truth in your mind 

We are so little when evening arrives 

if we are alone it begins a new fight 

between our two souls inside 

one needs to live and one to die 

To begin a news season 

there is something you have to lose 

I must leave all the mirrors 

and to break them for sure 

and to find a new truth to try 

yes you have to find a new truth in your mind