la mia Tiger Lily

When The Water Gets Cold And Freezes On The Lake

i think i'd rather wait for the winter to come
i never make a move when i'm out in the sun

i'll be ready to forgive your foolish mistake
when the water gets cold and freezes on the lake

i need a good night of sleeping, i need a little more time
i need to sleep for a few months before i make up my mind

i'll be up early in the morning and wide awake
when the water gets cold and freezes on the lake

i saw your face in a dream, i heard your name in a vision
i give myself a season before i make a decision

my knees will be steady and my hands won't shake
when the water gets cold and freezes on the lake

there's a lot of things i'm doing i never thought i would do
there's a lot of places in the world that i would never go to without you

right now i need to stay home and i don't need your company
right now i need to alone and i need you to stay away from me

i love the smell of your hair and the deep of your eyes
but you're far too complicated and you tell a lot of lies

i'll see what's right and what's wrong, i'll see what's true and what's fake
when the water gets cold and freezes on the lake

and then i'll send out invitations to my family in france
they will come all the way from sweden, they will come all the way from france

my brother will bless the wine and my sister will bake a cake
when the water gets cold and freezes on the lake

then when the time is right and when i think i understand
when i forget that you're a runaway, that you've had another man
you'll come to me crawling as fast as a snake
when the water gets cold and freezes on the lake

there's a lot of things i'm doing i never thought i would do
there's a lot of places in the world that i would never go to without you

but right now i need to stay home and i don't need your company
right now i need to alone and i need you to stay away from me

and then in the white of the snow and the quite of nature
i will ask you to stay with me no matter the temperature
i hope you'll say: "yes" and won't try to escape
when the water gets cold and freezes on the lake

Ho sceso, dandoti il braccio, almeno un milione di scale, Eugenio Montale

Ho sceso, dandoti il braccio, almeno un milione di scale
e ora che non ci sei è il vuoto ad ogni gradino.
Anche così è stato breve il nostro lungo viaggio.
Il mio dura tuttora, né più mi occorrono
5 le coincidenze, le prenotazioni,
le trappole, gli scorni di chi crede
che la realtà sia quella che si vede.

Ho sceso milioni di scale dandoti il braccio
non già perché con quattr'occhi forse si vede di più.
10 Con te le ho scese perché sapevo che di noi due
le sole vere pupille, sebbene tanto offuscate,
erano le tue.

[da Satura]

Poco di me ricordo

« Poco di me ricordo
io che a me sempre ho pensato.
Mi scompaio come l’oggetto
troppo a lungo guardato.
Ritornerò a dire
la mia luminosa scomparsa. »

Patrizia Cavalli

"Io, quando leggo Silvio D’Arzo, mi viene in mente le foto di Ghirri. E quando mi viene in mente le foto di Ghirri, è sempre un buon segno. Questa qui ha per titolo Casa Benati, Reggio Emilia, 1985"