Intanto Lyrics in English by Fabrizio Moro
Altrove translates to "elsewhere" or "somewhere else". It's a concise and evocative word that carries a sense of distance and longing.
In Fabrizio Moro's song, the narrator is deeply immersed in his feelings and observations, but then he poignantly states, "Ma intanto tu sei altrove" (But meanwhile, you are elsewhere). This word captures the emotional core of the song, highlighting the disconnect between his present experience and the beloved's distant presence, making it a powerful and memorable choice.
Fabrizio Moro builds this whole song around one word: intanto, meanwhile. Every line drops it in like a small anchor while it rains outside, the laundry dries on the balcony, and two people just exist in the same room together. He sings about the mundane texture of actually living with someone: "Intanto i tuoi vestiti sanno di sapone" (Meanwhile your clothes smell of soap), a detail that has nothing to do with romance and everything to do with sharing a bathroom and a life. The morning scene where he pushes for breakfast, "Facciamo colazione dai se no io non inizio bene la giornata" (Let's have breakfast, come on, otherwise I won't start the day well), reads more like an ordinary domestic nudge than a grand love song, and that's the whole idea.
By the end he stops describing the room and says outright what he's been circling: "Che questo è un grande amore" (That this is a great love). The song never builds to one big chorus explaining why. It just keeps repeating "intanto" as the music fades out, as if the answer was sitting inside all those small, unremarkable moments the entire time, never in anything he needed to say out loud.
