In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
Già l'acqua inghiotte il sole
Ti danza il seno mentre corri a valle
Con il tuo branco ai pozzi
Le labbra secche vieni a dissetare
Corpo steso dai larghi fianchi
Nell'ombra sto, sto qui a vederti
Possederti, si possederti, possederti
Ed io tengo il respiro
Se mi vedessi fuggiresti via
E pianto l'unghie in terra
L'argilla rossa mi nasconde il viso
Ma vorrei per un momento stringerti a me
Qui sul mio petto
Ma non posso fuggiresti, fuggiresti via da me
Io non posso possederti possederti
Io non posso fuggiresti
Possederti, possederti
Anche per una volta sola
Se fossi mia davvero
Di gocce d'acqua vestirei il tuo seno
Poi sotto i piedi tuoi
Veli di vento e foglie stenderei
Corpo chiaro dai larghi fianchi
Ti porterei nei verdi campi e danzerei
Sotto la luna danzerei con te
Lo so la mente vuole
Ma il labbro inerte non sa dire niente
Si è fatto scuro il cielo
Già ti allontani resta ancora a bere
Mia davvero ah fosse vero
Ma chi son io uno scimmione
Senza ragione senza ragione senza ragione
Uno scimmione fuggiresti fuggiresti
Uno scimmione uno scimmione senza ragione
Tu fuggiresti, tu fuggiresti
Ti danza il seno mentre corri a valle
Con il tuo branco ai pozzi
Le labbra secche vieni a dissetare
Corpo steso dai larghi fianchi
Nell'ombra sto, sto qui a vederti
Possederti, si possederti, possederti
Ed io tengo il respiro
Se mi vedessi fuggiresti via
E pianto l'unghie in terra
L'argilla rossa mi nasconde il viso
Ma vorrei per un momento stringerti a me
Qui sul mio petto
Ma non posso fuggiresti, fuggiresti via da me
Io non posso possederti possederti
Io non posso fuggiresti
Possederti, possederti
Anche per una volta sola
Se fossi mia davvero
Di gocce d'acqua vestirei il tuo seno
Poi sotto i piedi tuoi
Veli di vento e foglie stenderei
Corpo chiaro dai larghi fianchi
Ti porterei nei verdi campi e danzerei
Sotto la luna danzerei con te
Lo so la mente vuole
Ma il labbro inerte non sa dire niente
Si è fatto scuro il cielo
Già ti allontani resta ancora a bere
Mia davvero ah fosse vero
Ma chi son io uno scimmione
Senza ragione senza ragione senza ragione
Uno scimmione fuggiresti fuggiresti
Uno scimmione uno scimmione senza ragione
Tu fuggiresti, tu fuggiresti
Lyrics submitted by inpraiseoffolly
750.000 Anni Fa... L'Amore? Lyrics as written by Vittorio Nocenzi
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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Thanks to the people at progarchives.com for the following interpretation:
This song is imagining love 750000 years ago (obvious from the title, don't need italian to know that). A less evolved human wants to express his love for a full human, but he can not because he does not have speech yet.