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What Was the Use of All This? (Words by Paolo Lippe, Music by Paolo Lippe and Marco Lippe

What was the use of all this?
What was the use of all this?
Here I am, look at me
I saw you all together once again,
some, sure and unconstrained
others, sure and unconstrained
still others, sure and unconstrained

Old habits are hard to lose
never supplanted by the new
not even the will to illude oneself
each one with new objectives, that have cancelled
even the most ancient convictions
and the strongest desires

What was the use of all this?
What was the use of all this?

I resaw a familiar smile;
it lasted an instant, but it was real
the trouble is that, true or false,
few or no one accepts, and always with defiance

What was the use of all this?
What was the use of all this?

By now it’s too late
It has moved, whistling, steel on steel
thousands of hands raised, the stench of rotten piss
and a fake yawn
………………………………………………………………………………………….

A cosa è servito tutto questo?
A cosa è servito tutto questo?
Eccomi, guardami
vi ho visti tutti insieme ancora una volta,
alcuni, sicuri e disinvolti
altri, sicuri e svincolati
altri ancora, sicuri e liberi

Le vecchie abitudini sono difficili da perdere
mai soppiantate dalle nuove
nemmeno la volontà di illudersi
ognuno con nuovi obiettivi, che hanno cancellatoo
anche le più antiche convinzioni
e i desideri più forti

A cosa è servito tutto questo?
A cosa è servito tutto questo?

Ho rivisto un sorriso familiare;
è durato un istante, ma era reale
il guaio è che, vero o falso,
pochi o nessuno lo accetta, e sempre con sfida

A cosa è servito tutto questo?
A cosa è servito tutto questo?

Ormai è troppo tardi
Si è mosso, fischiando, acciaio su acciaio
migliaia di mani alzate, puzza di piscio marcio
e un finto sbadiglio

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from OFFICIAL 2nd ALBUM - Intolerance (Remastered 2015 - HD 48KHz - 24 bit FLAC), released October 15, 1993

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TWENTY FOUR HOURS Fano, Italy

Twenty Four Hours is an Italian progressive rock band with various influences, including the psychedelic one that is the predominant element.
After their first album, "The Smell of The Rainy Air", vinyl produced in January 1991, the group has acquired a certain notoriety thanks to the welcome of critics signaled the debut of the band among the best releases of 1991. See Wikipedia for details. ... more

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