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Drifting Away
Faithless Lyrics
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L'altra notte in fondo al mare
Il mio bimbo hanno gittato,
Or per farmi delirare dicon ch'io
L'abbia affogato.
L'aura è fredda,
Il carcer fosco,
E la mesta anima mia
Vola, vola, vola via.
Ah! Pietà di me!
In letargico sopore
E' mia madre addormentata,
E per colmo dell'orrore dicon ch'io
L'abbia attoscata.
L'aura è fredda,
Il carcer fosco, ecc.
The lyrics of Faithless's song Drifting Away contain a sample of a portion of the Italian ballad "La Ballata di Pietro" by Fabrizio De André featuring a spoken-word account of a mother named Margherita from a son's perspective. In the narration, the son reveals that his son has been thrown into the sea, and now the people are telling him that he drowned his child. The sorrowful mood of the lyrics reveals a sense of detachment from reality as the son is in a state of soporific delirium with the death of his son leading to consequential and speculative accusations from society.
The translated lyrics indicate the son's suspicion of a conspiracy that targets him, as society tries to pin the death on him as he languishes in prison. The lines, "the aura is cold, the dark prison," suggest the enclosing nature of his current physical and emotional state. He continues to describe the sheer detestation of the blame placed on him for the death of his mother, "and the horror that I suffocated her." The final words, "Mercy on me," accentuate the overwhelming sense of despair as he realizes the impossibility of escaping the reality of his situation.
Line by Line Meaning
L'altra notte in fondo al mare
The other night at the bottom of the sea
Il mio bimbo hanno gittato
They threw my baby
Or per farmi delirare dicon ch'io L'abbia affogato
Now to make me sound insane, they say I drowned him
L'aura è fredda
The air is cold
Il carcer fosco
The prison is dark
E la mesta anima mia Come il passero del bosco Vola, vola, vola via
And my sad soul is like a sparrow in the woods, flying away, flying away, flying away
Ah! Pietà di me!
Oh! Pity me!
In letargico sopore
In a lethargic stupor
E' mia madre addormentata
My mother is asleep
E per colmo dell'orrore dicon ch'io L'abbia attoscata.
And to make it even more horrible, they say I smothered her
L'aura è fredda, Il carcer fosco, ecc.
The air is cold, the prison is dark, etc.
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: AYALAH DEBORAH BENTOVIM, ROLLO ARMSTRONG
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@HushtheMag
Years...........for years I have had an obsession with finding this song.....I cannot tell you how many people I have asked, how many times I have tried to emulate this on different instruments and especially how many artists i have listened to, Aphex Twin, Leftfield, Brian Eno, moby, practically every single trance/chillout song there is and it was FUCKIN' FAITHLESS ALL ALONG!
....AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!
THE ONE ARTIST I WENT THROUGH BUT GAVE UP ON BECAUSE I ASSUMED THEY DIDN'T DO THIS!
I CAN NOW LIFE THE REST OF MY LIFE WITH CONTENTMENT AND INNER PEACE.
FUCK!
@deanmiller2979
Rest in peace Maxi. Thank you for leaving behind such legendary music.
@jackd6129
RIP Maxi Jazz. Your music will live forever.
@firstname9527
RIP to everyone who has never been able to find this tune
@johnjohn-jf3qt
ty man
@convarHUN
And this atmosphere. Because the Faithless is already a separate musical universe in itself, but the first album, the Reverence is a separate feeling of life even within that, and the Drifting Away is a separate musical world even within that.
In a word, this is really something quite extraordinary, cumulatively wonderful and priceless musical masterpiece.
@aleksandravelickovic8610
Perfection! Entire their music is magic.
Love Faithless forever ❤
@PHS.44
The music spies and aliens
@zoltanoberle7856
18 éves voltam, mikor először hallottam ezt a számot. Olyan nagy hatással volt rám a zenéjük, hogy azonnal a rajongójuk lettem. Sok-sok alkalommal lendített át a holtponton a zenéjük. Ezt soha nem felejtem el! Köszönöm!
Nyugodj békében!
@AnaSotnas64
R.I.P. Maxi Jazz. 😢
@camo_man
the weather in Volgograd is good this time of the year I'm told