Per Vivere

This street is my home that I don't have
The ceiling is a big, splendid sky
If I could, I would fly like an angel
To play together with him above the moon
This street of rundown shacks
Where our poverty lives
It's the school of children like me
Who have hunger and tears as teachers

Living seems impossible here
Like lighting a bonfire in the sea
It's a world without rules
It's an ugly movie that one day I'll forget

This street of sadness and dust
Without mothers' caresses and fairy tales
But it's here that I see the God of the city
And it's him who will give me freedom

Living is a losing game here
It's escaping the prison of no's
It's breathing glue to be
Thieves of moments and believing
That you can live

Inside me, I will search for that faith that I don't have
From love, I too will be reborn like this

Living is so difficult here
When you cry out to the sky kyrie eleison
But if winning a miracle is not possible
I know that I won't give up
To want to be free
Living maybe is possible here
Have mercy on us kyrie eleison
Lord, I will find my path
With you, I will walk
To live, to live