Assenzio Lyrics in English J-AX , Fedez, Stash, Levante

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Assenzio by J-AX from Italian to English.

A story, an uphill climb

A road, a pencil

A microphone, a handshake with blood between our fingers

May God damn us

I feel the imprint of a carved cross

With boiling oil on my forehead

A bastard soul, a blind conviction

A refuge, a glance, a search for attention

Teetering between deep hate and redemption

I chose the bliss of eternal damnation

Hey you know I wasted too much time

Who knows if you’ve found it again

Some say branded, some say stained

The only indelible thing is a fixed fate

You looked for comfort in a twisted man

But fate is mocking and breath is already short

For us there’s no cure, no medicine

If I still feel lonely when you’re close to me

Conscience dry-cleans with an ice-cold shower of blood

I’m so lost I can’t find myself anymore

Nothing comes from nothing, I’m sure of it

My ambition has far outgrown my talent

If I could erase all evil I’d drink it like absinthe

Tonight

And so many times I wanted to scream

But I stayed silent

Thinking about the things I lost

Imagining it was different

I haven’t looked at myself in the mirror for months

It’s been a while I suspect that inside the reflection

There’s that mask they put on me

Like an alien trying to get home

I aim at the stars and I’m halfway there

As a kid I was happy when it snowed

Now it blocks traffic, ruins the day

In the middle of a crowd of cheering voices

Having a radar and hearing only that lonely one that slanders

Fame then has neither use nor weight

When you watch the one you love leave in an ambulance

So I said sorry to the sky

For my whole life

While the nurse stuck the tubes into her arms

And I prayed God take the money, my bike and my career

But don’t take my girl away

And in a single instant truly get what matters

Realize in time that nobody lives forever

When it’s Sunday at home hungover

Instead of going to visit grandma

Now I miss that sweet life

I bitterly regret it, because

When you run to win you don’t see what you lose

Your mom calls the office, you answer

In a rush and on edge

Between those way ahead and those who show up late

Anyway nobody’s on time

I wanna cut the rope more than I wanna cut the finish line

If I could erase all evil I’d drink it like absinthe

Tonight

And so many times I wanted to scream

But I stayed silent

Thinking about the things I lost

Imagining it was different

I haven’t looked at myself in the mirror for months

It’s been a while I suspect that inside the reflection

There’s that mask they put on me

Lighter than ash

We fly away if the wind blows strong

More precious than a diamond that

Turns into light when it’s night outside

I turn into light if it’s night outside

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SONG MEANING

Assenzio is a cinematic rap journey where J-AX, Fedez, Stash and Levante pour their hearts into a single, neon-green glass. Over a moody beat they recount late-night confessions: chasing fame, losing themselves, praying for second chances and wishing they could gulp down all their mistakes the way you would knock back a shot of absinthe. Every verse is a snapshot of raw vulnerability—ambition outpacing talent, love hanging by a hospital tube, and success feeling hollow when the people you care about start slipping away.

The song flips between darkness and hope. On one side there is regret—missed calls from mom, a visit to grandma that never happened, silent screams locked behind clenched teeth. On the other side there is redemption—the realization that what really shines is not the spotlight but the people who stand beside you when the stage lights dim. The repeated wish to “cancellare tutto il male” turns absinthe into a symbol: bitter, intoxicating, and maybe the only way to dull the pain long enough to see the truth. "Assenzio" invites listeners to dance with their own demons, then walk away lighter than ash, glowing like diamonds against the night.

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