X Lyrics (English Translation) – Calogero

They told me, “You’ll never do anything with your hands”
By the standards of those teachers
I searched for my worth and my voice
I think I searched all my childhood

The ink bled so much on my notebooks
Red like the zeros they gave me
It left many scars behind
But never, never a perfect score

I wanted to put on a show
A little spin around the track
To feel more handsome
Or maybe just a little less sad

Yes, I wanted to put on my show
Far from numbers, far from clues
Do we really have it all wrong
If in life, we never score a ten?

Ten was my mathematical goal
A symbol, a somewhat magical shadow
An emblem in the colors of heroes
Like the one on Diego’s back

How many lost hopes do we need
For a perfect ten to shine for us?
For grades to no longer judge us?
I dreamed of scores
That were just notes of music

I wanted to put on my show
A little spin around the track
To feel more handsome
Or maybe just a little less sad

Yes, I wanted to put on my show
Far from numbers, far from clues
Do we really have it all wrong
If in our lives, we never score a ten?

They told you, “You’ll never do anything with your hands”
But kid, don’t worry at all
You’ll make your own show
Like the one on Diego’s back