Urban Songs: Mitte

from Universum by Dog Trio, Aigerim Seilova, Orestis Papaioannou, Pia Davila, Hanne Franzen, Dong Zhou

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Being a vagrant and beggar is not being a vagrant and beggar: It's being off to one side of the social ladder, 
It's being unable to follow the norms of life, 
The real or sentimental norms of life- 
It's not being a Supreme Court Justice, a reliable employee, a prostitute,
It's not being poverty-stricken, an exploited worker, It's not being sick with some incurable illness,
It's not being thirsty for justice or a cavalry captain It's not being, in a word,
those socially conscious characters of the novelists,
bursting with literary words because they've got every reason to shed tears, and rebel against society because they assume it's their right to.
Yes, being the vagrant and beggar I am,
Is not being a vagrant and a beggar-that’s common enough:
It’s being isolated in our soul - that’s what being a vagrant is,
It’s needing to beg the days to go by and disregard us-
that’s what being a beggar is.
 
Don't try changing my convictions: I'm lucid.
I already said it: I'm lucid. 
Don't give me your heartfelt esthetics: I'm lucid. Shit! I'm lucid.
Yes, I'm a vagrant and a beggar too, And it's all my own doing too.

Pessoa, F. (2015). The book of disquiet. trans. Richard Zenith, Penguin Books.

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from Universum, released March 24, 2023
Composition: Orestis Papaioannou
Soprano: Pia Davila
Piano: Hanne Franzen
Electronics: Dong Zhou
Recording: Taizhi Shao
Mixing: Dong Zhou

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