This Is Michael Franks

SOSPESO / SUSPENDED
(Testo e musica: Stefano Padoan — © 2025 All rights reserved)

No, no,
non ci credo,
non ci posso credere,
mi sto librando in aria
dentro questa nuvola.
— No, no,
I can’t believe it,
I just can’t believe it,
I’m floating in the air,
inside this cloud.

Mi sento sospeso
mentre salgo nel cielo,
morbido come la panna.
Non ho paura,
non ho paura —
perché aver paura?
— I feel suspended,
rising into the sky,
soft as cream.
I’m not afraid,
not afraid —
why should I be?

Mentre sorrido
penso al mio jazz,
mentre parlo alle stelle
della luce eterna
dei tuoi occhi.
— While I smile,
I think of my jazz,
while I talk to the stars
about the eternal light
in your eyes.

La forza di gravità
si è addormentata,
e io... sogno o son desto?
— Gravity
has fallen asleep,
and I… am I dreaming or awake?

Non son sicuro,
sto volando
nella mia nuvola.
— I’m not sure,
I’m flying
in my cloud.

Mentre sorrido
penso al mio jazz,
mentre parlo alle stelle
della luce eterna
dei tuoi occhi.
— While I smile,
I think of my jazz,
while I talk to the stars
about the eternal light
in your eyes.

E se sto sognando
non voglio svegliarmi,
e se sto ridendo
non voglio svegliarmi.
— And if I’m dreaming,
I don’t want to wake up,
and if I’m laughing,
I don’t want to wake up.

Per favore,
lasciatemi qui,
lasciatemi qui.
— Please,
leave me here,
leave me here.

Lasciatemi qui,
lasciatemi qui.
— Leave me here,
leave me here.

SOSPESO

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Everyone talks about the glow and the warmth of the holidays, but for some of us, it just makes the silence feel louder. I wrote this about sitting in a room with a dying tree, watching the lights blink, and feeling completely disconnected from the celebration outside. It’s about that suffocating feeling of being alone in a crowd and realizing you're just an empty box with no cover. No gifts, no pretence-just the cold reality of getting through the nigh

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