Nessuno Lyrics in English Fabri Fibra
Damerino translates to "dandy" or "suitor," referring to a man who is overly concerned with his appearance and charming women.
In this song, the narrator's dark obsession with his love interest leads him to extreme actions. He sings, "Ho chiuso dentro al cofano il tuo damerino" (I locked your suitor in the trunk), implying he has eliminated his rival. This word is interesting because it's not commonly heard in everyday Italian, and its use here highlights the narrator's possessive and violent tendencies, making it a memorable and impactful choice.
"Nessuno" is a dark story song. The narrator is not a heartbroken romantic, even though he keeps using the language of romance. He talks about love letters, a kite he once bought, a tattoo of his name on her hand, and then he does something terrible and tells himself he did it for her.
The opening sets the tone. He flips a coin when he cannot decide, and hopes nobody sees the result. From there the details get colder: a man locked in the boot of his car, tape over his mouth, the car burning behind him as he drives off. Between each scene the same line comes back like a refrain, "quello che devo fare lo faccio per te", what I have to do, I do for you. Repeating it is how he keeps the story he tells himself intact.
The second half moves from the crime to the obsession behind it. He is out drinking, hearing sirens in the distance, replaying memories of following her through crowds. He goes to her house, rings twice, gets nothing, and breaks in through the window. The final image is her frozen on the sofa, police lights outside, and a gunshot.
The title is the answer to all of it. "Nessuno" means nobody, and the chorus admits the thing the rest of the song works so hard to hide: to her he was never anybody at all. Everything he calls devotion was one-sided from the start.
For learners, this song is a good showcase of everyday Italian verb use in a narrative. It runs through the present tense for immediate action ("salgo", "canto", "fumo"), the passato prossimo for what has already happened ("ho chiuso", "ho suonato", "sono entrato"), and the recurring "quello che devo fare" gives you a natural, high-frequency pattern with "dovere" plus an infinitive.
