Ragazza Di Periferia Lyrics in English Anna Tatangelo

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Ragazza Di Periferia by Anna Tatangelo from Italian to English.
You
You left a while ago
You decided that
It wasn't right to stop loving
Hands
On my face
Look for a strength I don't have
I wish I could die right now
Like this
It won't be right but that's how it is
The dawn that will come
Won't have a new love
The heart
Hurts
Beats a bit slower inside me
I'm hardly used to it
To feeling free and
With you
I've spent all my years
What will I do with it
With those phrases written on the phone
We are the life that keeps the heart alive
This indelible love
What will I do with it
I'll read them again
Then think that
Of you
Only one message will remain
But the truth
Is just a wound inside the soul
That will reopen every time
When thoughts project unrepeatable scenes
Your lie
To a girl from the suburbs
And you
City boy
You'll talk about me
While talking with your friends
Maybe
For fun
You'll laugh about my story
About my stupid evenings
Where you faked a thrill
With you
I've spent all my years
What will I do with it
With those phrases written on the phone
We are the life that keeps the heart alive
This indelible love
What will I do with it
I'll read them again
Then think that
Of you
Only one message will remain
But the truth
Is just a wound inside the soul
That will reopen every time
When thoughts project unrepeatable scenes
Your lie
To a girl from the suburbs
To a girl from the suburbs
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SONG MEANING

In “Ragazza Di Periferia” Anna Tatangelo slips into the shoes of a young woman from the outskirts of town whose whole world has just cracked in two. Her city-boy lover has walked away, leaving behind nothing but aching memories and a phone full of old text messages. The lyrics paint a raw picture of first-love devastation: hands trembling on her face, the heart beating slower, and the frightening new feeling of being “libera” – free, yet utterly lost.

The song balances intimate confession with sharp social contrast. She is the ragazza di periferia, modest and sincere; he is the ragazzo di città, already joking about their story with his friends. That divide turns a simple breakup into a stinging lesson about trust, class, and youthful dreams. Yet, even in sorrow, her words glow with determination. She rereads his messages not to cling, but to face the truth head-on: love can be erased from a phone, but the scar on the soul takes longer to fade. Tatangelo’s ballad is both a tear-stained diary entry and a quiet vow that this suburban girl will rise again, wiser and stronger.

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