Avvoltoi translates to "vultures". It's a striking and somewhat macabre word that immediately grabs attention, as it's not commonly found in everyday song lyrics.
In the song, the artist uses "avvoltoi" in a powerful metaphor, referencing Tibetan sky burials where vultures carry away what remains. This imagery is used to describe the end of a relationship, suggesting that everything between them has been taken away, leaving nothing but remnants. It's a unique and evocative way to express loss.
Ever woken up in a king-size bed that somehow feels smaller when the person you love disappears? In “Nightmares,” Genoa-born storyteller Bresh, backed by the playful indie crew Pinguini Tattici Nucleari, turns that lonely mattress into a full-on emotional rollercoaster. The lyrics jump between witty pop-culture snapshots (John & Yoko, limoncello, Tibetan sky burials) and raw confessions of regret. Bresh admits he read his partner “in the dark like Braille,” only to wish he had never opened the book at all. What follows is a blur of fogged-up car windows, therapy bills paid with song royalties, and late-night drives where the cold outside mirrors the chill inside his chest.
Yet amid the gloom, the song is weirdly uplifting. Its catchy hooks transform heartbreak into something you can dance to, proving that even the worst breakups can fuel big choruses and bigger sing-alongs. “Nightmares” is essentially a love letter written in invisible ink: once the light hits, you can see every flaw, every missed “I’m sorry,” and every unspoken truth. It hurts, it heals, it grooves – and it reminds English learners that vocabulary like king-size, freezer, and incubi can come wrapped in an irresistible Italian beat.
Bresh is the stage name of Andrea Brasi, a rapper from Genoa, born in 1996. He came up in the Genovese scene local writers nicknamed Drilliguria, and the city runs through most of what he writes.
His second album Oro Blu went to number one in Italy in 2022 and went platinum. He is probably still best known for "Guasto d’amore", a love song addressed to the Genoa football club that the club’s supporters took up as a terrace chant, and for his verse on Ernia’s "Parafulmini", one of the biggest Italian hits of summer 2023.