Pathosfera Lyrics in English Caparezza

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I did it to protect myself 'cause I thought

I'd live with the traumas like a veteran

So since I started muzzling pathos

Life's a ride I don't pay for, Ajeje Brazorf

I see a torn-up body inside this photo

It just turns into a pile of pixels

My face is blank even without botox

I feel nothing, neither crushed nor sad

I dash home to meme it, I feel late

It's not comedy, it's a Pavlov reflex

I won't stick my heart in somebody else's chest

Empathy's a violent act and I'm short on guts

I choke every emotion and everything glides

Empty synth-android like White Vision

The moon's just a rock that turns gray

And I hope it fades by morning

Mom, I buried pathos in my belly

Now reason is my rottweiler guard dog

And look, my face doesn't wrinkle anymore

It blends in with those on Easter Island

I'm traveling outside the pathosphere

I'm heading out of the pathosphere

Too many asteroids in the pathosphere

They go 'tud, tu-tud, tu-tud, tud, tud'

Mom, I buried pathos in my belly

Now reason is my rottweiler guard dog

And look, my face doesn't wrinkle anymore

It blends in with those on Easter Island

I'm traveling outside the pathosphere

I'm heading out of the pathosphere

Too many asteroids in the pathosphere

They go 'tud, tu-tud, tu-tud, tud, tud'

It's the sound of faith crumbling

I'm silent and still like the Swiss Guard with a halberd

My family was a mountain, Nanga Parbat

The wall collapses and I'm already gasping

To scrape by I smother the rage

I'm the cold one in the gang, Doctor Manhattan

To save my skin I rip the soul off my body

And I'll end up in the Arkham asylum

To shield myself from the hate I read in certain comments

Vomited with two fingers like a drunk

For a sickness that chopped friends and kin to pieces

I needed distance to rebuild the puzzle

I keep my heartbeats hidden in my pocket

And I get anxious, like with dogs at Malpensa

When you lose faith in humanity

In a flash you lose your own humanity too

Mom, I buried pathos in my belly

Now reason is my rottweiler guard dog

And look, my face doesn't wrinkle anymore

It blends in with those on Easter Island

I'm traveling outside the pathosphere

I'm heading out of the pathosphere

Too many asteroids in the pathosphere

They go 'tud, tu-tud, tu-tud, tud, tud'

Mom, I buried pathos in my belly

Now reason is my rottweiler guard dog

And look, my face doesn't wrinkle anymore

It blends in with those on Easter Island

I'm traveling outside the pathosphere

I'm heading out of the pathosphere

Too many asteroids in the pathosphere

They go 'tud, tu-tud, tu-tud, tud, tud'

And now that darkness can't pierce my armor

I can't recognize the light, I've lost my flame

'Cause life has to be faced

I used to laugh till I choked

I used to cry like a fountain

Now my smiles are fake

I clap barely brushing my palms from the balcony

Eyes dried up like the Aral Sea

I don't wanna find myself in the graveyard

As if I were marble behind another marble

I'm scared I'm turning automaton, cyborg

But if I'm scared I'm still safe

Sa-sa, check

Check

Mom, pathos is floating back up

It digs in me like a woodworm, a mole

And it dances, a butterfly inside my tummy

Slowly it's giving blood back to a ghost

I wanna go back to the pathosphere

Spend my days in the pathosphere

Even with the hits in the pathosphere

They go 'tud, tu-tud, tu-tud, tud, tud'

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pathosfera — pathosphere

Pathosfera is a unique and evocative neologism, combining "pathos" (suffering, emotion) with "-sphere" (a domain or realm). It's not a common Italian word, making it particularly interesting.

In the song, Caparezza uses "pathosfera" to represent a personal realm of emotions and vulnerability. He initially tries to escape it ("Viaggio fuori dalla pathosfera") to protect himself from pain, but later realizes the importance of embracing it ("Voglio tornare nella pathosfera"). This word beautifully encapsulates the central theme of emotional struggle and acceptance.

Have you ever felt so overwhelmed by the world that you wished you could just turn off your emotions? In "Pathosfera," Italian artist Caparezza explores this very idea. He imagines creating a protective shell, a place "outside the sphere of pathos" (fuori dalla pathosfera), to shield himself from trauma, hate, and pain. He buries his feelings deep inside, letting cold reason become his "guard rottweiler" (rottweiler da guardia). In this state, he feels nothing—a tragic photo is just "a mass of pixels," and his face is as expressionless as the stone statues on Easter Island (Isla de Pascua).

But this emotional numbness comes at a great cost. By building this armor to keep the darkness out, he finds he can no longer recognize the light. He loses his ability to laugh and cry, becoming a "cyborg" or an "automaton." The song beautifully captures the struggle of realizing that to be truly human, we must embrace the entire spectrum of feeling. In the end, he feels his "pathos" returning, like a butterfly (farfalla) in his stomach, and understands that he needs to return to the "pathosfera," even if the emotional hits feel like asteroids.

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