La Donna Cannone

What “La Donna Cannone” means

The song reads like a tragic dream of escape and self-transcendence. The speaker imagines hurling an “enormous heart” into the stars and flying beyond the blue curtain, turning the figure of the woman cannon into something radiant and impossible, made of gold and silver. The repeated images of flight, the last train, the stage lights, applause, and the cannon’s mouth all suggest a spectacular launch out of ordinary life, as if love, performance, and destiny are fused into one violent but liberating leap. The mood moves from vow and anticipation to a vision of disappearance, where the crowd watches, then averts its eyes, and the world tries to deny what it has seen.

• RimmelFrancesco De Gregori
• Amore, Amore…Vento Libero & Arianna
• Via Con MePaolo Conte
• Tintarella Di LunaMina
• Per sempre sìSal Da Vinci
• Pazza Intergullit