Piazza San Marco Lyrics in English Annalisa , Marco Mengoni

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Piazza San Marco by Annalisa from Italian to English.

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Eastern wind, and it's really cold

But where does what doesn't end ever end

While we're stuck in line?

Asking you didn't help at all

Whoever wants to get it gets it, yeah

I saw you wave to a blonde girl

How many tears in the tonic water?

And it felt like drinking the sea

You talk so much, leave me alone

It's only Friday

F-F-Friend wanted

You need to know that

I lied to you so you'd like me more

Candies mixed with arsenic

And warming up on a stolen lighter's flame

Oh God, such anxiety though

St. Mark's Square was sickeningly beautiful

When I think of all the girls you held by the hand on a pier

In exactly the same way

But the night ends when they call the cops

And your hand's still in mine

Ten to three, yet there are still people around

It passes, but it doesn't end here

Who knows where that blonde girl is

How many tears in the tonic water

Lucky for us we like salt

You talk so much, leave me alone

And it's still Friday

And we're still here as always

You need to know that

You lied to him so he'd like you more

Candies mixed with arsenic

And warming up on a stolen lighter's flame

Oh God, such anxiety though

St. Mark's Square was sickeningly beautiful

If you think of all the girls he held by the hand on a pier

In exactly the same way

But the night ends and only we remain

Just us, just us

Just us, just us, just us

Oh God, such anxiety though

St. Mark's Square was sickeningly beautiful

If you think of all the girls he held by the hand on a pier

In exactly the same way

But the night ends when they call the cops

And your hand's still in mine

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SONG MEANING

Imagine getting swept into a chilly Friday night in Venice’s iconic Piazza San Marco, where the beauty of the square almost hurts your eyes. Annalisa and Marco Mengoni turn this postcard setting into the stage for a messy, modern love story: two people queuing for a club, sipping bittersweet drinks that taste like the sea, and trading half–truths just to keep each other interested. Jealousy flickers every time one of them greets a “ragazza bionda,” yet they cannot resist staying close, warming their hands over a stolen lighter and pretending the night will never end.

The song captures that jittery mix of excitement and anxiety when you know a romance is toxic but the pull is irresistible. Sweet “caramelle” hide a hint of “arsenico,” and every dazzling moment is shadowed by the fear of police lights breaking up the party. By dawn, the crowds have vanished, yet their hands are still intertwined, proving that sometimes the most unforgettable nights are the ones that leave you asking, “Oddio, che ansia, però… was it worth it?”

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