Vivere Lyrics in English Andrea Bocelli , Gerardina Trovato
fotocopiandoci is a unique word combining fotocopiare (to photocopy) with the pronoun ci (ourselves). It literally means "photocopying ourselves".
In the song, Andrea Bocelli uses this modern, almost technical word in a deeply poetic way. He sings, "Vivere, fotocopiandoci il passato" (Living, by photocopying the past), to express the feeling of living a life that is just a copy of what has come before, rather than an original experience. This striking metaphor makes you stop and think about what it truly means to live.
Vivere ("To Live") is a vibrant dialogue where Andrea Bocelli and Gerardina Trovato look into the mirror and confess their doubts, fears, and stubborn hopes. They admit to “ricopiando yesterday”—copying yesterday—while stumbling through life’s mess, loving love but not always loving people, and wondering why no one ever taught us how to live. The song travels from personal insecurity to social awareness, pausing at the image of a man sleeping in a cardboard box, then soaring back to the power of a single voice that can still create beauty.
Despite the melancholy, the chorus explodes with determination: life is worth singing even when it feels unrequested, half-lived, or borrowed from the past. "Vivere" invites us to chase the grande amore, live as if we might never die, and finally shout “Ho voglia di vivere!”—“I want to live!” It is both a gentle reminder and a joyful challenge to craft our own melody before the song is over.
