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Cemento a Rate

ZENO FAROUK
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ZENO FAROUK
Pop2:54April 19, 2026
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Influenced by Mahmood, Franco Battiato, Amr Diab, Rosalía. Zeno Farouk grew up in the shadow of his architect father in Turin, expected to design buildings, not melodies. After a brutal falling out over his decision to pursue music, he channeled the feeling of being a blueprint for a life he never wanted into a unique sound, blending Italian pop melodrama with the Egyptian quarter-tones of his mother's heritage. The silence from his father became his driving rhythm. These songs, written on a piano in a small San Salvario apartment, are the structures he was always meant to build.

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Le otto e zero cinque in via Fátima
Ha una cartella ocra sotto il braccio
Il freddo del linoleum sui polsi, l'odore
Di caffè bruciato e panico nell'atrio

[Chorus]
E costruisce cattedrali in silenzio
Con cemento a rate e polvere d'intenti
Lui costruisce cattedrali nel vento
E le fondamenta sono i suoi documenti

[Verse 2]
Lo sportello tre, una voce dietro un vetro
“Il modulo non è corretto, torni giovedì”
Lui non risponde, china solo la testa
Come se il 'no' fosse una carezza mesta

[Chorus]
E costruisce cattedrali in silenzio
Con cemento a rate e polvere d'intenti
Lui costruisce cattedrali nel vento
E le fondamenta sono i suoi documenti

[Instrumental Break]

[Bridge]
E in quella schiena vedo un altro progetto
La planimetria di un padre che non ho detto
Una resistenza muta, che non si spezza
La dignità è una fortezza

[Outro]
Esce negli archi di Porta Palazzo
Una crepa di sole sopra l'intonaco.

About ZENO FAROUK

Zeno Farouk grew up in the shadow of his architect father in Turin, expected to design buildings, not melodies. After a brutal falling out over his decision to pursue music, he channeled the feeling of being a blueprint for a life he never wanted into a unique sound, blending Italian pop melodrama with the Egyptian quarter-tones of his mother's heritage. The silence from his father became his…

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