Strappartelo is a fascinating and somewhat aggressive verb that combines "strappare" (to tear, to rip) with the pronouns "te" (you) and "lo" (it).
In the context of the song, Ligabue sings about women who "provano almeno a strappartelo fuori" (at least try to tear it out of you), referring to "l'amore" (love). This suggests a powerful, almost forceful attempt to extract or reveal love from someone, highlighting the intensity and depth of women's understanding and pursuit of emotion.
“Le Donne Lo Sanno” is Ligabue’s lively tribute to women’s almost magical intuition. Throughout the song, he repeats that “le donne lo sanno” — women know. They feel life before it happens, sense love before it is spoken, and recognize pain when it is still invisible. Ligabue paints women as experts of the heart: they can dance a little more, feel a little more, and move comfortably between the limits of pleasure, pain, love, and even horror.
The lyrics celebrate this heightened sensitivity without putting women on an unreachable pedestal. Instead, the song winks at their very human contradictions: they can hurt by simply “being absent,” yet they also remind us that “nothing is lost” and the sky, though light, is never empty. In short, Ligabue invites listeners to trust feminine insight, respect its power, and maybe — just maybe — let it pull the secrets of our own hearts into the open.
Ligabue, whose full name is Luciano Ligabue, is one of Italy's most beloved rock singers. Born in 1960 in Correggio, a small town in the Emilia-Romagna region, he started his music career with his self-titled debut album in 1990 and has been a major force in Italian rock ever since.
His 1995 album "Buon Compleanno Elvis" made him a household name, and his song "Certe Notti" is still considered one of the defining Italian songs of the 1990s. In 2005, he played a legendary concert in his hometown area that drew around 180,000 fans, setting a European record at the time.
Beyond music, Ligabue is also a writer and filmmaker. He wrote and directed the film "Radiofreccia," which won several major Italian film awards, and he has published acclaimed short stories as well.
More than three decades into his career, he remains one of Italy's most popular rock artists, known for lyrics that mix everyday emotion with a rebellious, working-class spirit.