Old Boy Lyrics in English by Salmo
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Old Boy by Salmo from Italian to English.
Yeah, ah la guerra è fuori, svegliati
Yeah, ah, the war is outside, wake up
Stanotte verrò a prenderti
Tonight I'll come get you
Giovane e vecchio Benjamin
Young and old Benjamin
Batto il tempo, fermami
I beat time, stop me
Si sa che non moriremo finché
We won't die until
Non avrò preso i miei fottuti soldi dalla SI-A-E
I haven't gotten my f*cking money from SIAE
Ah, Messi da parte dai giovani
Ah, put aside by the young
Ricordati come i vecchi pedofili
Remember like old pedophiles
Il mio paese è necropoli, morti in piedi aspettando posti più comodi
My country is a necropolis, dead people standing, waiting for more comfortable places
Sto invecchiando al bancone del bar
I'm getting old at the bar
Nel mio paese se ammazzi qualcuno diventi una star
In my country if you kill someone you become a star
In Italia è un dramma, sai, ma
In Italy it's a drama, you know, but
Mi hanno trattato come un cane in Ucraina
They treated me like a dog in Ukraine
Lo stato è critico, ti trovo così invecchiato che potresti fare il politico
The state is critical, I find you so old you could be a politician
La mia pensione è Misery, non devo morire e finire negli inferi
My pension is Misery, I mustn't die and end up in hell
Batto cassa e il beat sfonda-timpani, passo a spallate come in Bitter Sweet Symphony
I beat the drum and the beat shatters eardrums, I push my way through like in Bitter Sweet Symphony
Morto di vecchiaia d'inverno, un vecchio scemo infermo
Dead of old age in winter, a crazy, sick old man
Vecchio come il governo
Old like the government
Davanti allo specchio bambini in eterno (let's rock)
In front of the mirror, children forever (let's rock)
La guerra è fuori, svegliati
The war is outside, wake up
Stanotte verrò a prenderti (ah, ah, ah)
Tonight I'll come get you (ah, ah, ah)
Da qui la vita fa il percorso inverso
From here life takes the reverse path
Il mio suicidio sarà breve ma intenso
My suicide will be short but intense
Tutti questi giovani che muoiono per niente (ah)
All these young people who die for nothing (ah)
Ai miei tempi era tutto diverso
In my time everything was different
Troppo vecchio per andare a casa presto
Too old to go home early
Troppo giovane per stare in arresto
Too young to be arrested
Un Montgomery su Sean Connery vecchio, come gli oneri da pagare presto
A Montgomery on old Sean Connery, like the burdens to pay soon
Ci rivediamo tra cent'anni con Ron
We'll see each other in a hundred years with Ron
Senza capelli con il phon nell'iPhone
Bald with a hairdryer in the iPhone
Avrò una figlia cicciona di nome Ivonne
I'll have a chubby daughter named Ivonne
Sarò lo stesso buon vecchio Salmolebon
I'll be the same good old Salmolebon
Come se il tempo girasse al contrario
As if time turned backwards
Se scocca lo zero si blocca l'orario
If zero strikes, the clock stops
Mi ammazzo stanotte stringendo un rosario
I'll kill myself tonight holding a rosary
Perché ho settant'anni e un lavoro precario
Because I'm seventy and have a precarious job
È poco ma è il governo (uh, uh)
It's little but it's the government (uh, uh)
Davanti allo specchio bambini in eterno (let's rock)
In front of the mirror, children forever (let's rock)
La guerra è fuori, svegliati
The war is outside, wake up
Stanotte verrò a prenderti
Tonight I'll come get you
Giovane e vecchio: Benjamin
Young and old: Benjamin
Batto il tempo, fermami
I beat time, stop me
Si sa che non moriremo finché
We won't die until
Non avrò preso i miei fottuti soldi dalla SI-A-E
I haven't gotten my f*cking money from SIAE
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necropoli — necropolis
Necropoli translates to "necropolis," which literally means "city of the dead." It's a striking and somewhat archaic word that evokes images of ancient burial grounds.
In Salmo's song, he uses necropoli to describe his country, painting a grim picture of a place where people are metaphorically "dead on their feet" or living without purpose, waiting for something better. This powerful imagery makes it a memorable and thought-provoking word.
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