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lapauradiaffogare_c (1).mp4

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    The fear of drowning
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    Everyone is afraid of drowning
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    To sink into the abyss of the unknown
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    or be overwhelmed by the force of the current that leads to one's responsibilities.
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    Adolescents often abandon themselves to the waters of their tears,
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    letting out their confusion
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    and their numerous insecurities.
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    Since everyone is afraid to face what they have inside,
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    the world started worrying more about the outside.
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    How important do you think physical appearance is?
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    Well, let's say that especially for girls, I think, it's very important.
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    Someone forces you to be like that, when actually I think
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    there should be other models of women
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    because it is not being thin that makes a woman strong,
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    as it is not being huge that makes her strong but what you have inside.
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    Let me drink alcohol as if it were water or else I start to get paranoid about my body.
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    But does a flat stomach not make you feel good?
    Good, like you look in the mirror and you don't want to rip your flesh off.
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    I see myself as fat, short and out of proportion.
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    and I can't do anything anymore because I think I have to throw up and that I can’t eat.
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    and it often reminds me that I'm flat-chested.
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    Right now I don't like myself at all, ok?
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    There are those who are afraid to push with their fingers on their skin
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    to see when their fingertips will start distinguishing the shape of their bones
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    and those who do not have the courage to forget the imperfections of their face.
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    Refusing to recognize themselves in what they see reflected in the mirror.
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    and so these people start to pull their belly in,
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    to hold their breasts,
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    to arch their back.
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    and once back to their natural posture,
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    they angrily grab the skin which is not always actually in excess.
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    We hope to win again this year
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    with our synchronized swimming team led by our Alice.
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    And maybe these bodies are thought to actually exist.
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    When... actually, you do not know
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    that to get to the body that we have been indoctrinated with for years,
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    you become afraid of diving,
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    for fear of losing control
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    and you do not realize that
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    this is how you hold your breath until you get hurt.
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    Alice...
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    what's going on?
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    I went out this morning and I haven't gone home yet.
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    That's what’s going on.
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    My life is a mess too.
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    Is it?
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    Mine is all inside this pool,
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    I don't have time for anything.
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    Your mum is not being a bitch.
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    She just wants us to be perfect because this sport is like that.
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    But I'm not perfect.
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    When I'm afraid I won’t make it
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    or that I'm not enough,
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    I come here.
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    Alone.
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    And I let myself sink to the bottom
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    like this.
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    In the end, however,
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    we know that everything is a little less scary if you’re holding someone's hand.
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    After all, everyone sinks, in their own way,
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    so we might as well do it together,
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    because
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    once you get to the bottom
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    you can only come back up.
Title:
lapauradiaffogare_c (1).mp4
Video Language:
Italian
Duration:
05:15

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