Rói comes from the verb roer, meaning to gnaw or to eat away at something. It's a vivid and somewhat intense verb that you don't encounter in every song, making it quite memorable.
In the context of the song, the lyric "A dor que rói e devora" (The pain that gnaws and devours) uses rói metaphorically to describe a deep, persistent emotional pain. It paints a powerful image of sorrow slowly consuming the singer, highlighting the depth of their past struggles.
E Agora is SYRO’s heartfelt time-machine into his own childhood. Singing in Portuguese, the Scottish artist leafs through family snapshots: a baby cradled by his mother, a teenager noticing his father’s traits in the mirror, an older brother promising protection to his little sister. Each memory is bittersweet. Growing up was messy, words were left unsaid, and sometimes the people he loved simply weren’t there. Yet the chorus bursts with relief: the rain no longer soaks him, the pain that once “gnawed and devoured” has finally walked away.
Beneath the tender nostalgia lies a hopeful mission. SYRO is ready to mend the past, to forgive and be forgiven, to start from “zero” if it means standing side by side with his family again. The song moves from regret to resilience, showing that love can outlast absence and that healing begins the moment we dare to speak our truth.