Le-o-pol-do

Le-o-pol-do

They know my name

but not my face

They ask me why

I breathe this way

Leopoldo

Leopoldo

I woke up famous yesterday

(Le-o-pol-do… Le-o-pol-do…)

Bed too small

room too loud

Faces growing

out the crowd

Hands like wires

pull me near

Too many voices

in one ear

Leopoldo

Leopoldo

say it slow

say it clear

(Le-o! Pol-do! Le-o! Pol-do!)

Mouths in rhythm

left and right

Questions dancing

bite by bite

Open close

mechanical

Every answer

optional

I blink once

they lean in more

Like I’m something

to explore

Leopoldo

Leopoldo

what am I

famous for

Le-o-pol-do!

Le-o-pol-do!

Outside rising

body on body

Climbing higher

everybody

Flash like fireworks

burning sky

No one asking

who or why

Leopoldo

Leopoldo

watch them build

watch them fly

(Le-o-pol-do… Le-o-pol-do…)

Orbit voices

round my head

Words like static

softly said

Time slips sideways

frames delay

Am I late

or are they

Leopoldo

Leopoldo

don’t look now

look away

Le-o! Pol-do! Le-o! Pol-do!

Lenses wider

pull me in

Every detail

counts as sin

Eyebrow shaking

headline grows

Tie your laces

camera knows

Leopoldo

Leopoldo

everything

overflows

LE-O-POL-DO!!!

LE-O-POL-DO!!!

Step by step

the street dissolves

Crowd like water

twists and falls

Slow then faster

break then flow

Where I’m going

no one knows

Leopoldo

Leopoldo

let me stop

let me go

(Le-o-pol-do… Le-o-pol-do…)

Red carpet

burning bright

Walk like king

under light

Flashes laughing

in the air

They all see me

I’m not there

Leopoldo

Leopoldo

say my name

like a prayer

LE-O-POL-DO!!!

Then it stops

No more movement

no more sound

Dust instead

of all that crowd

Same old body

same old room

Fame was just

a louder gloom

Leopoldo

Leopoldo

gone too fast

gone too soon

(le… o… pol… do…)

I did nothing

I stayed still

They just needed

someone filled

Now it’s over

nothing left

Just my name

without a breath