“ Ti proteggerò dalle paure delle ipocondrie, ” she translated softly one night. “ I will protect you from the fears, from the hypochondria… ”
“The Platinum Collection is for beginners,” she said, smiling. “This is for the real journey.” franco battiato the platinum collection
“I’m learning,” he said.
He never returned the CD to its shelf. He left it in the player, the unplayed fourth track of disc three always waiting. But one day, he came home to find Elena already there, a small package in her hands. Inside was a worn, original vinyl of Battiato’s La Voce del Padrone . “ Ti proteggerò dalle paure delle ipocondrie, ”
He listened to the whole first disc. Then the second. He fell asleep on the sofa, the disc still spinning on track 14, “La Cura.” He never returned the CD to its shelf
She looked up, surprised. “You know Battiato?”