Song Meaning

The narrator articulates a desire for a specific kind of power, one that paradoxically aims to cure neurosis but ultimately expands it, feeding into the "desires of the mediocre." This power is tied to a life of apparent success: obedient children, a spacious, "luminous, showy" electronic home managed by a "silent woman." It's a life built on "less sentiment, more reason," a calculated connection to the "order of the world" in a "fierce future" demanding "metallic rigor." The core tension lies in the pursuit of control over internal states and external achievements. The narrator "wants, wants" a brand-new car, then a prototype, and crucially, "a device in the middle of the heart" to program desires, palpitations, and disorders, seeking to control them "forever." This yearning for absolute self-management is juxtaposed with the act of "running together" with others, "running and desiring," embracing the identity of "Contemporaneo." The lyrics masterfully employ repetition and contrasting imagery to depict this modern condition. The repeated "Vorrei vorrei" (I want, I want) highlights a persistent, almost desperate longing, while the phrase "Corro insieme a voi / Corro e desidero / Corro insieme a voi / Contemporaneo" suggests a collective, yet perhaps hollow, pursuit of contemporary ideals. The narrator observes the "approval, the sharing, the growing success of the company," the "solid economy in the solid West," and the "tranquilizing economists, doctors, judges" offering "tested, rapid, wise solutions." This is framed as "wanting more," a relentless drive that necessitates "immobile feelings" and an "ethical individual" far removed from the past, where "everything went away with the wind." This writing is effective because it captures a specific, unsettling feeling of modern existence: the pressure to achieve, control, and conform to a seemingly rational, profit-driven order, all while suppressing genuine emotion. The narrator's desire for a programmable heart and the embrace of a "Contemporaneo" identity, where "nothing and no one can stop you if you want to ascend to the main altar of these times," reveals a profound unease beneath the veneer of success. The lyrics suggest that in this era of "democracy of perfect profits," the ultimate aspiration is a self-managed, emotionless ascent, a chillingly efficient path to fulfillment.