A pop hymn to resilience

Manuel come back with Words of asbestosthe new single available on all digital and radio rotation platforms for Gnerecordsa song that represents a personal and stylistic turning point for the songwriter. A hymn to inner freedom and resilience, which becomes the spokesman for the courage to remain himself even in the most difficult moments.

Born in 1993, Manuel – at the registry office Manuel Ciancarelli – has behind him a path made of apprenticeship between competitions and live, until the opening of the concert of Antonello Venditti in 2017 and the record releases of recent years. After Love before (2022), participation in Viva Rai2 and Radio2 Happy Family, a tour presented by Garrison Rochelle and the social commitment alongside the Foundation Nadia Toffatoday Manuel is among the protagonists of the national tour Onstage.

Words of asbestos: text and meaning

Written by Manuel Ciancarelli with Giovanni D'Apico, Giancarlo Prandelli And Dighvaand produced by Prandelli himself (already at work with Mining, Laura Pausini, Blanco And Guè Pequeno), Words of asbestos It is an intense and modern ballad that tells the choice not to adapt, to get up every time with a smile without apologizing for what you are.

As the same explains Manuel:

“The song speaks of those who choose not to adapt, of those who fall and get up with a smile, without apologizing for what it is. The title is a strong metaphor: like asbestos, which seems harmless but it is toxic, certain words can hurt and leave invisible but deep scars.”

A powerful message that translates into a pop arrangement with evocative sounds, capable of supporting the emotional charge of a direct and sincere text.

The text of asbestos words

I run barefoot over dreams,
dirt roads, broken glass.
I am looking for answers inside the walls
And I get lost in a thousand laps.
I keep the promises tight,
Even if they then tear me apart.
I hear the world that crushes me,
But I laugh strong and go to the march.

I don't need to make sense,
I walk against the way.
I don't care where I will go,
If every step is the right one.
I don't need to make sense,
I want to get lost in instinct.
And if I fall, I will fall laughing,
without asking for forgiveness.

Forgiveness but alone does not grow up,
The things I said then I will not use them tomorrow.
Your tired face, asbestos words
They will not leave the mark if the scar has cried.
And now what you do,
Try to convince me but it's late now.
Salt you know,
Exchanges with sugar then you leave.

I don't need to make sense,
I walk against the way.
I don't care where I will go,
If every step is the right one.
I don't need to make sense,
I want to get lost in instinct.
And if I fall, I will fall laughing,
without asking for forgiveness.

What is the one who talked to me for,
I only have ghosts and this is the past.
The distractions, the loves that you touch,
Then you will leave out.
without asking for forgiveness.

Cover photo of Melissa Fusari