XVI - Blurred — Summary

Shades are getting longer they disappear at night, just to be enclosed underneath a street lamp.

I see myself scattering away fading at the light of the sunset. a clew of emotions in my soul, my essence is screaming.

I see blurred, taking pictures while running so I can relate, so i can feel warm again.

I crave a balanced room where I can watch all clear, let myself stop and start to live, bent over to collect my scales.

Nice things should come, soon or later, and I will wait sitting there, on that stump I used picture, when everything was blurred.

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Luca Flauto's "Blurred" is about feeling lost and out of focus, and hoping to find clarity again. The speaker watches shadows stretch and vanish at night, and sees themselves in the same way, scattering and fading with the sunset. Inside, there is a tangle of emotions, and the line "my essence is screaming" suggests a pain that is loud on the inside but invisible from the outside.

The speaker tries to cope by taking pictures while running, a restless attempt to hold on to something and feel warm again. But the photos only repeat the blur. Then the mood shifts. The speaker wants a calm, balanced place where things are clear, where they can stop, begin to live, and gather their "scales" like pieces of themselves. The ending is quietly hopeful. Good things will come eventually, and the speaker is willing to wait on a stump, looking back at the blurred time as something now past. The overall tone is wistful, tired, and gently optimistic.

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