LNCA: La Notte Ci Ascolterà

La strada è ancora calda

del nostro passo

We walked until the pavement cooled You counted seconds I couldn't name

Un gioco di sguardi,

un silenzio perfetto My coat still smells like your cigarette smoke

Not yours

Not mine

Something we shared

The café door swung shut behind us Left the warmth we didn't

speak about... Now every lamppost frames your profile Come se il tempo

si fosse fermato

And when you look at me like that

Quello sguardo che dice tutto senza dire nulla

I forget how to finish my sentences Something pulls loose inside my

chest But we don't call it anything

Non lo nominiamo

That's how it stays pure

Your hand brushed mine on the tram seat...

Two centimeters of contact

that lasted years

I watched the reflection in the window

Due facce riflesse,

quasi una sola

We're experts at the pause

At leaving room for the other person to catch up

Sempre un passo avanti,

mai insieme

The truth sits between us like a third passenger

Riding quiet in the backseat of this night

È strano

how gravity works differently.

When someone knows the shape of your hesitation

Quando qualcuno indovina le tue esitazioni

I almost said it once

On the bridge near the station

But the wind carried the words away

Il vento se li è portati via Maybe that's better.

Some things survive longer unnamed.

And when you look at me like that I tuoi occhi dicono

cose che la bocca tace

I forget how to be anyone else The city dissolves into static

Il mondo diventa sfocato

We keep walking without naming it

Camminiamo, così, senza chiamare le cose col loro nome

The streetlights hummed our secret

Il segreto era troppo

grande per dirlo

Even now, standing here

Anche ora, qui

You know what I'm thinking

I know what you won't say

Buonanotte

Or maybe just a dopo