 Each is used in a single anaphoric line as a modifier of "story", while the chorus refers to the story itself as either different for ordinary people or as an ordinary one for special people.In the second chorus, "story" is replaced by "night", and the choruses mention two lives tainted, hit and sculpted by heaven.According to an interview with Bubola in the final DVD ("Poesia in forma di canzone" – "Poetry as songs") of the 8-DVD 2011 documentary series "Dentro Faber" (De André's nickname) about his life and works, he and De André accurately chose the word "Heaven", instead of "God", in order not to wrap a religious vision into the song, per De André's wishes.