Vorrei ma non posto [English translation]

I beg your pardon

but I don't follow the etiquette

it's just that at the dinner table I must always have an iPhone in my hand

Chiara Ferragni1's dog and a Vuitton papillon

and a collar with more glitters than an Elton John's jacket

Salvini2 on his blog wrote a post

he says that if morning has gold in its mouth3, it means that it's a Romani4

I'm sick with saving and for this reason I have

Group(on)5 therapy.

And then, you know, there's no

meaning to this time that doesn't give

the right importance to what we live

it's better to "share" a memory

than living it

I'd like to but I won't/post

And another summer will come

and we'll buy another exam at the university6

and then a dive into a

national-popular sea

our will to sing will never pass for sure

And how will our children be able to take us seriously

with the evidences that through the years we've left on Facebook

Dad who every weekend was completely drunk

and mom who threw her bra at every concert

we who have spent a lot of money

obsessed over fashion, Armani-asylum7

iPhone took the place of a part of our body

and in fact we compete on who has it bigger

She's born in 2000 and she said "1998"

and that she's gonna be 18 in August

While you look at those selfies that she sends you secretly

and you think, sadly, I'd like to but I won't/post

And if she infects you with a virus

all it takes is Norton

all this surfing8 without ever finding an harbour

all this pain in the ass to take pictures of a sunset

and eventually on the screen you can't see how deep it is

and then, you know, there's no

meaning to this time that doesn't give

the right importance to what we live

it's better to "share" a memory

than living it

I'd like to but I won't/post

And another summer will come

and we'll buy another exam at the university

and then a dive into a

national-popular sea

our will to sing will never pass for sure

And when the thermometre goes red

(how hot it is)

you take your clothes off

(you're a webstar)

you eat your icecream

and you make erotic faces

you don't know how much I'm suffering

I'd like to, but I won't/post

And another summer will come

and we'll buy another exam at the university

and then a dive into a

national-popular sea

our will to sing will never pass for sure

1. a fashion blogger2. Italian right-wing politician who is known for being xenophobic3. it's an italian saying, meaning that morning brings good things and energy to face the day4. Roma people often cover their teeth in gold5. Italian smartphone app to get coupons6. bribing the teachers in order to pass exams is, unfortunately, quite common among shallow rich people and ignorant important people, especially sons of politicians7. "Ar manicomio" is Romanesco for "at the asylum"8. in italian "surfing the web" is "sailing the web"