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CERCANDO I COLORI (Adattamento della poesia "Agonia", da “Le poesie aggiunte”, in “Lavorare stanca”, Einaudi, Torino, 1998, Cesare Pavese). I versi di Cesare Pavese che stai per leggere hanno un titolo, Agonia, che è in antitesi con ciò che vogliono esprimere. Parlano di rinascita, parlano di speranza e di colori. Quei colori che non piangono, quelli che sono come un risveglio, quelli che la ragazza-protagonista cercherà uscendo per la strada.


Girerò per le strade 
finché non sarò stanca morta

saprò vivere sola 
e fissare negli occhi
ogni volto che passa
e restare la stessa.

Questo fresco che sale
a cercarmi le vene
è un risveglio 
che mai nel mattino ho provato

Girerò per le strade 
finché non sarò stanca morta

Da domani la gente
riprende a vedermi
e sarò ritta in piedi 
e potrò soffermarmi
e specchiarmi in vetrine.

La magra bambina che fui
si è svegliata da un pianto
durato per anni
ora è come quel pianto 
non fosse mai stato

Girerò per le strade 
finché non sarò stanca morta

E desidero solo colori.
I colori non piangono,
sono come un risveglio:
domani i colori
torneranno, 
assieme ai miei blues. 

Ciascuna uscirà per la strada,
ogni corpo un colore.
Questo corpo vestito
di rosso leggero
dopo tanto pallore 
riavrà la sua vita.

Girerò per le strade 
finché non sarò stanca morta

Sentirò intorno a me
scivolare gli sguardi
e saprò d’esser io: 
gettando un’occhiata,
mi vedrò tra la gente.

Ogni nuovo mattino,
uscirò per le strade
cercando i colori.

Uscirò per le strade
cercando i colori.

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SEARCHING FOR COLORS
(Adapted from Cesare Pavese’s poem “Agony”, from “Lavorare stanca”)

I’ll walk the streets
until I’m dead tired.

I’ll learn to live alone,
to look straight
into every passing face
and still remain myself.

This cool breath
rising through my veins
is an awakening
I’ve never felt before.

I’ll walk the streets
until I’m dead tired.

Tomorrow, people
will see me again.
I’ll stand upright,
stop for a moment,
and see my face reflected
in the shop windows.

The thin girl I once was
has awakened from a weeping
that lasted for years.
Now it’s as if that weeping
had never been.

I’ll walk the streets
until I’m dead tired.

Now I only wish for colors.
Colors do not cry —
they are like an awakening.
Tomorrow the colors
will return,
along with my blues.

Each woman will walk the streets,
each body a color.
This body dressed
in soft red
after so much pallor
will live again.

I’ll walk the streets
until I’m dead tired.

I’ll feel around me
the sliding of glances,
and I’ll know it’s me —
just by a glance,
I’ll see myself
among the people.

Every new morning,
I’ll go out to the streets
searching for colors.

I’ll go out to the streets
searching for colors.

© 2025 Stefano Padoan
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CERCANDO I COLORI

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[Verse]
Snow falls slow like a whispered rhyme
The world feels frozen in perfect time
Streetlights glow in a frosty haze
Your hand in mine
A spark ablaze

[Chorus]
Christmas
You and I
That's all I need
No golden bows
No diamond greed
Just the firelight dancing in your eyes
Christmas
You and I
Under winter skies

[Verse 2]
The kettle hums
The cocoa steams
Laughter echoes
Soft as dreams
A tree stands tall with crooked charm
Wrapped in lights
But your smile is warm

[Prechorus]
The world outside can wait its turn
Tonight's for us
Let the candles burn

[Chorus]
Christmas
You and I
That's all I need
No golden bows
No diamond greed
Just the firelight dancing in your eyes
Christmas
You and I
Under winter skies

[Bridge]
Every snowflake melts away
But this love will always stay
No gift could ever match your glow
Underneath the mistletoe

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The first limited pressing of 'All News Is Good News’ was released on the band's own 'College Of Knowledge' imprint in November 2019. It slipped rapidly into the collective consciousness of underground music lovers around the world, with all copies selling out within a week and becoming a firm favourite at Mr Bongo HQ in the process. We felt Surprise Chef had made something very special, a future-classic, and that needed to be heard well beyond those lucky enough to have bagged those limited first copies.

Formed at the end of 2017, Surprise Chef have grown within the fertile, creative, and supportive Melbourne music scene. Whilst the band is comprised of four core members, the album features friends and family as guest instrumentalists on flute, saxophone, vibraphone, congas, and assorted percussion; all adeptly recorded by engineer Henry Jenkins from the band Karate Boogaloo. The warm-raw-authenticity of the album was captured in the recordings live to tape over a handful of sessions in the band’s home studio in Melbourne’s inner-northern suburb of Coburg. As band member Lachlan Stuckey explains “All of the music we record is tracked live to tape, simply because so many of the records we love most were made that way".

The results are a captivating journey of instrumental cinematic-soul that will connect with the hardened Axelrod, Truth & Soul, El Michels Affair, and Daptone's fans, as well as the open-minded first-time listener. We are very excited to share this first slice of Surprise Chef’s world, with plenty more magic from these guys coming around the corner very soon.

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