The Full Lyrics of 'Zitti E Buoni' (Shut Up and Be Quiet) - Italian Text and English Translation

Jenny Lee May 23, 2021 | 07:06

The Eurovision Song Contest ended in a triumph for Italy’s Maneskin, who won with a hard-rocking song called “Zitti E Buoni” (“Shut Up and Be Quiet”). Check the complete lyrics of “Zitti E Buoni”: Italian text and English Translation!

Italy, represented by Maneskin, won the Eurovision finale with the song “Zitti E Buoni.”Credit...Robin Van Lonkhuijsen/EPA

Eurovision Final - Maneskin's “Zitti E Buoni” (“Shut Up and Be Quiet”) received 524 points in voting from national juries and the public, beating France’s entrant, Barbara Pravi, by 25 points, and was cheered to victory by over 3,500 Dutch fans at the Ahoy Arena in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

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The Lyrics - English Translation of 'Zitti E Buoni' (Shut Up and Be Quiet)

They don’t know what I’m talking about

You’re dirty, bros, full of mud

Cig stains between your fingers

Me with a cig walkingI’m sorry but I really believe

That I can make this jump

Even if the road is uphill

That’s why I’m training now

And good evening ladies and gentlemen

Get the actors out

You’d better touch your nuts

You better shut up and be quiet

People here are strange like drug dealers

I’ve been locked out too many nights

Now I’m gonna kick the doorways

Lookin’ up like a climber

So excuse me, mom, for staying out all the time

I’m crazy but different from them

And you’re out of your mind but different from them

We’re out of our minds but different from them

I’ve written pages and pages

I’ve seen salt then tears

These men in the car

Don’t climb the rapids

Written on a tombstone

In my house there is no God

But if you find the sense of time

You will rise from your oblivion

And no wind can stop

The natural power

From the right point of view

Of the wind you feel the thrill

With wax wings on your back

I’ll seek out that height

If you want to stop me try again

Try cutting off my head

Because

I’m out of my mind but different from them

And you’re out of your mind but different from them

We’re out of our minds but different from them

People talk unfortunately

They talk, they don’t know what they’re talking about

Take me where I’m floating

I’m short of air here

People are talking unfortunately

They talk, they don’t know what they are talking about

Take me where I am floating

I’m short of air here

People are talking unfortunately

They talk, they don’t know what the f**k they’re talking about

Take me where I’m floating

I’m short of air here

But I’m out of my mind but different from them

And you’re out of your mind but different from them

We’re out of our minds but different from them

We’re different from them

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Italy won the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 on Saturday, a competition two years in the making, since it was canceled in 2020 due to COVID-19. Italy won the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 on Saturday, a competition two years in the making, since it was canceled in 2020 due to COVID-19.

The Full Lyrics of 'Zitti E Buoni' (Shut Up and Be Quiet) - Italian Text and English Translation

Italy’s Maneskin won the Eurovision final on Saturday

During the victory press conference, Maneskin lead singer Damiano David, was asked by a Swedish reporter whether he had used cocaine during the Eurovision show. Damiano said that he didn’t use drugs.

Maneskin members say they are happy to bring Eurovision back to Italy after 31 years, “especially after this hard year.”

The Full Lyrics of “Zitti e buoni” (Italian Text) — Maneskin (Italy ESC 2021)

Loro non sanno di che parlo

Voi siete sporchi fra’ di fango

Giallo di siga’ fra le dita

Io con la siga’ camminandoScusami ma ci credo tanto

Che posso fare questo salto

Anche se la strada è in salita

Per questo ora mi sto allenando

E buonasera signore e signori

Fuori gli attori

Vi conviene toccarvi i coglioni

(Eurovision version:

Vi conviene non fare più errori)

Vi conviene stare zitti e buoni

Qui la gente è strana tipo spacciatori

Troppe notti stavo chiuso fuori

Mo’ li prendo a calci ‘sti portoni

Sguardo in alto tipo scalatori

Quindi scusa mamma se sto sempre fuori, ma

Sono fuori di testa ma diverso da loro

E tu sei fuori di testa ma diversa da loro

Siamo fuori di testa ma diversi da loro

Ho scritto pagine e pagine

Ho visto sale poi lacrime

Questi uomini in macchina

Non scalare le rapide

Scritto sopra una lapide

In casa mia non c’è Dio

Ma se trovi il senso del tempo

Risalirai dal tuo oblio

E non c’è vento che fermi

La naturale potenza

Dal punto giusto di vista

Del vento senti l’ebrezza

Con ali in cera alla schiena

Ricercherò quell’altezza

Se vuoi fermarmi ritenta

Prova a tagliarmi la testa

Perché

Sono fuori di testa ma diverso da loro

E tu sei fuori di testa ma diversa da loro

Siamo fuori di testa ma diversi da loro

Parla la gente purtroppo

Parla non sa di che cosa parla

Tu portami dove sto a galla

Che qui mi manca l’aria

Parla la gente purtroppo

Parla non sa di che cosa parla

Tu portami dove sto a galla

Che qui mi manca l’aria

Parla la gente purtroppo

Parla non sa di che cazzo parla

(Eurovision version: Non sa di che cosa parla)

Tu portami dove sto a galla

Che qui mi manca l’aria

Ma sono fuori di testa ma diverso da loro

E tu sei fuori di testa ma diversa da loro

Siamo fuori di testa ma diversi da loro

Noi siamo diversi da loro

What is the meanning of “Zitti e buoni” lyrics?

Måneskin were the only ones to bring rock to Sanremo 2021. And they took the mission seriously. “Zitti e buoni” (Shut Up And Be Quiet) is a fast track full of guitars, with some psychedelia crossover. Damiano goes wild, both when he sings and when he declaims: “We are out of our minds but different from them”.

“Zitti e buoni” is a manifesto for those who want to move forward by treasuring their uniqueness. Never mind who’s talking (without knowing what they’re saying).

However, the lyrics had to be changed slightly following the group’s Sanremo triumph. Reading the original lyrics of their entry, which you can see below, it’s clear that some changes needed to be made for Eurovision. In “Zitti e buoni”, in fact, there are a couple of very explicit references and as the Eurovision rules state: “No lyrics, speeches, gestures of a political or similar nature shall be permitted during the ESC. No swearing or other unacceptable language shall be allowed in the lyrics or in the performances of the songs.”