Via Lattea
Franco Battiato
Milky Way
We rose before dawn
ready to board
inside an artificial satellite
that quickly led us
to the gates of Sirius
where an experimental crew
was getting ready
for the long journey.
We
provincials of the Little Bear
conquering interstellar spaces
dressed in light gray
to not get lost.
We followed certain routes diagonally
inside the Milky Way.
A captain from the center of impressions
suffering from exhaustion
was soon sent into exile.
I was getting ready
for the long journey
...where one gets lost.
We followed certain routes diagonally
inside the Milky Way.
