I am happy? The question of Marco Mengoni in Le Iene it resounds like a deafening echo. The need, the need, the desire to feel good is often so instinctive that it obscures everything else. Being superheroes, feeling invincible and playing the role of those who never break down: an explosive and harmful recipe that we continue to follow in the name of something that we may – perhaps – never achieve.
That monologue by Ronciglione’s artist on Italia1, finally with an open heart and ready to reveal that fragile part of himself that he likes to hide. “I am sick because of my guilt”: what then is the solution? Is not present. There are tests, trials, and ways to navigate this tightly knit web of life.
Marco Mengoni in Le Iene, the monologue about life
Leaning on a crutch that he holds in his left hand, Marco Mengoni intervened with Le Iene not to teach us anything about life, but to try to meet him – together – from a different perspective. It is a long road, made up of obstacles that bend us to their will, but also of many opportunities to seize.
“It happens… During those days, when I had to stand still a little bit, I did a lot of thinking about my life: Moments of joy, pain, fear, great satisfaction and then emptiness, other joys, sadness, anger and laughter. I asked myself: I am happy? For sure. Am I shit by any chance? Of course, sometimes yes. We all have bad times, but often I’m sick because of my fault: This happens to me all the time when I’m concerned about the expectations that others have of me and I try to meet them so as not to disappoint them. And when I realize that what other people want isn’t what I want and that I’m fighting for something that I don’t think is mine, I feel like a co***.
Fight for what you believe in, put all your desires in front of you, make mistakes, but always try to come to terms with yourself. You really can’t get away from that: “I’ve learned that what other people want can’t count for more than what I want, because in the end everyone he makes his own calculations always and only with himself. And because you always pay for the mistakes you rightly make.
The words about kindness
With this, Marco Mengoni frees himself from any prejudices and any evaluation. there friendliness and caring for others thus become unique values to be rediscovered and pursued: “I try as little as possible to judge who I am facing, and I know that many take kindness to be synonymous with weakness, but in reality be rude it’s much, much easier than being polite and whoever is always nice is a kind of superhero to me…”.
and about life, then he had something very important to say to us: “Let’s face it, life is a mess, it’s for everyone: for some it’s a wonderful mess, for others it’s a great mess, and for others it’s an unbearable mess. And so all we can do is try to take care of our personal mess and try as much as possible not to screw up the lives of others too much.
The Arista experiences a period of great contentment. After the success of the Materia Terra album, he debuted for the first time in his career at the San Siro, for a great concert at the Scala dello Sport. Marco Mengoni has often been the speaker of very important messages, not only concerning life in all its facets, but also (and above all) the environment and the protection of our planet.