I As a Person

These are the words of Giorgio Gaber
In this time of inexorable decline
The spreading fear is being concealed by indifference
In such a chaotic time
Such a corrupt and chaotic time
That anything could happen to us at this very moment

In this shattered, absurd time
In which we have so much information
That after all, we know nothing
In this terrible, terrible time
Anywhere in the world, in this time, in which
The Western dream is falling in its moment of most complete triumph

In this time in which millions of people are killing one another
And we can't seem to find a reason why
I as a man or woman, who can't feel any urge no more
Who doesn't understand, who can't access or believe anything

Who'll witness it all, supposing
I've never made my choice, never made my choice
I've never made my choice
In this time, in this time

In which everything is overwhelming us
In which decisions are made without our consent
In this time, in which our only involvement
Actually, our true fault, lies just in giving our votes
In this time, in this time
In which there's no possible way out for us
In which fate, or maybe somebody holds our lives in their palm
In this terrible, terrible time

In this terrible, terrible time
Anywhere in the world, as a person I stand with my inner feelings
With all those hopes, all those goals
That seldom I've achieved
With my faith that is wasting away
Feeling days spent with dismay with my powerlessness

Feeling confused and empty
Who am I resigning myself
To never make my choice?
To never make my choice?
To never make my choice?
Such a terrible time

We drift away from the world, not with arrogance
But rather with the pain of defeated men
Who can live inside a world, a little world of their own
But this kind of salvation, this personal salvation

You know It's not, it's not enough, for anybody
And our defeat is exactly this, that we do, want to do, something
While we know, full well, we can do nothing
But I am here, I am here as a person
Here I am, as a person
I'm still here, here I am, with my feelings
With my feelings, I'm still here, as a person, with my anger
As a person, with my anger, as a person, I am still here

Here I am with the will to change my life
With the will to change my life, I am still here
Here I am with my faith, oh, with my faith
I'm still here as a woman, as a man, I'm here
I'm here, as a person, as a person, here I stand
Stay still, as a person, here I am, as a person, here I am
As a person, I am here, I am here, I am here, here I am

Giorgio Gaber
Grazie Giorgio