Le parole della musica (17) – “Seven Nation Army”

Impossibile non ricordare, in occasione della vittoria della Nazionale Italiana ai Campionati mondiali, uno degli inni che ha accompagnato i festeggiamenti notturni: il popolare “Po-po-po-po-po-po-po”, l’ “inno di Totti”, che in realtà è cantato sulle note di “Seven Nation Army”, canzone del duo di Detroit White Stripes (composto da Jack White – vero nome John Anthony Gillis -, nato il 9 giugno 1975, e Meg White – vero nome Megan Martha White-, nata il 10 dicembre 1975).

I’m gonna fight ‘em all
A nation army couldn’t hold me back
They’re gonna rip it off
Taking their time right behind my back

And I’m talking to myself at night
Because I can’t forget
Back and forth through my mind
Behind a cigarette
And the message coming from my eyes
Says leave it alone

Don’t want to hear about it
Every single one’s got a story to tell
Everyone knows about it
From the Queen of England to the hounds of hell

And if I catch it coming back my way
I’m gonna serve it to you
And that aint what you want to hear
But thats what I’ll do
And the feeling coming from my bones
Says find a home

I’m going to Wichita
Far from this opera for evermore
I’m gonna work the straw
Make the sweat drip out of every pore
And I’m bleeding, and I’m bleeding, and I’m bleeding
Right before the lord
All the words are gonna bleed from me
And I will sing no more
And the stains coming from my blood
Tell me go back home.