'Before the Devil Knows' is the debut single of Me and the Owls, released independently on October 22nd, 2021.

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CREDITS
Music and lyrics by Marcello Mannarella aka Me and the Owls
Produced mixed and mastered by Gaetano Bosso
Recorded at 14 Strings Recording Studio (Barletta, Italy)

With the participation of Amalia Cicala and Domenico Murgolo (co-production, backing vocals, percussions)

Management, music promotion and digital distribution: Amalia Cicala
 
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"Before the devil knows where I lived yesterday, I'll find my home very soon today". These are the words of a brigand who must hide and elude capture in the mountains and the Apennines of Basilicata (southern Italy), and who must change his abode every night before "the devil" (the law) executes him.

Before the Devil Knows is a story of banditry from a distant time, but which perhaps still belongs to the people of Lucania, Basilicata.

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LYRICS 

Before the Devil knows where I lived yesterday
I’ll find my home very soon today
Before the law hangs me on this tree today
I’ll find my shelter, on the mountain very soon

Mother and father get me bread and trust
Keep me protected from the Devil and the law
Mother and father meet their fate so rough
Keep me safe from my sins and foes

Lord just won’t take my soul
Law is hunting on the road
Alone I wander in the world
A life so rough, gimme shelter from the law

Before the rains from the West
Come to find me again
I’ll find a cave to get cover today
Before the chains take me out of the mountains
I’ll fight to live into the wild my way

Sisters and brothers do not know my name
Greed and guilt took them away
Sisters and brothers meet their fate
They give their souls and life to the State

Lord just won’t take my soul
Law is hunting on the road
Alone I wander in the world
A life so rough, gimme shelter from the law

Before the Devil Knows

Before The Devil Knows

Me and the Owls is the solo project of Marcello Mannarella, a singer-songwriter and guitarist based in Irsina, Italy. First single 'Before the Devil Knows' out in October 2021.

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