Visions of Atlantis

Diamanti

Power of Will

Pirates

Freedom

Wild Elysium

Darkness Inside

Master the Hurricane

Legion of the Seas

Clocks

Melancholy Angel

Natural Born Killer

The White

The Catalyst

Find Life

Monsters

Back on the Spintunes train... The round one prompt ('A day in the life') landed in my inbox whilst I was travelling around Italy. Not sure if that comes through in the lyrics at all? We stayed in an apartment in Genoa where the AirBnB host told us about her grandmother, Rosettina, who had lived there years before. Some of the details come direct from that, some are inspired by our travels in general. Ultimately it's a fictional portrait, but kind of dedicated to the real Rosettina, who sounded like a champion.

LYRICS

Daybreak on Via Luccoli
In this ancient town by the sea
Rosettina traces the lines in her face
She’s as old as a woman can be

On days the sun runs like honey
A memory is all she needs
Papa pressing the case for the convent
Rosettina saying, “No nuns for me”

[chorus]
Rosettina, Rosettina
Rosettina, would you say
It’s a day in your life
Or your life in a day
When everything changes
And only your memories remain

After breakfast, she takes down the photos
Dog-eared and monochrome
Left in a will by a photographer friend
Who died many decades ago

They show a young girl in Portofino
Who used to hitch down country roads
To hang out in bars with the Hollywood stars
She met Bogart, Bacall and Bardot

[chorus]

At noon, Rosettina takes coffee
Under the stripy facade
Of the old cathedral of San Lorenzo
In the bustle of tourists and cars

She sees how her city keeps changing
While the names on the streets stay the same
Buildings built on the bones of buildings
Then they do it all over again

[chorus]

Her family comes in the evening
Four generations are there
Aged twenty-one she met a pharmacist’s son
It was a Genovese love affair

And when they go, Rosettina relaxes
Soap operas and the nine o’clock news
Imagines a time when she will leave them behind
‘Cause we’re all just passing through

[chorus]

Rosettina

Valkyrja

Hel Hath No Fury

The Deep & The Dark

Freedom

Visions of Atlantis

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