Siccome Sei Lyrics in English by Giordana Angi
Carezza translates to "caress" or "stroke". It's a tender and intimate word that evokes a sense of gentle touch and affection.
In the song, the line "tutta la pazienza di imparare come è fatta una carezza" (all the patience to learn how a caress is made) suggests a deep desire to understand and give love in its purest form. It's a beautiful and evocative word that captures the song's emotional depth.
Giordana Angi builds the whole song out of one grammatical game. The verses run on the conditional: "Se tu fossi mare io sarei acqua, fiume, sale" [If you were the sea, I would be water, river, salt], "Se tu fossi Dio io sarei peccato" [If you were God, I would be sin]. Each pairing makes her the thing that completes, answers or spoils him, and she slips in a quick "Perdonami" [Forgive me] right after admitting she'd be the sin.
The chorus switches to the present tense with siccome (since, because), and the hypotheticals become facts: "siccome sei voce io sono silenzio" [since you're a voice, I am silence], "siccome sei tutto io sono soltanto una parte di te" [since you're everything, I am only a part of you]. By the last lines the list stops and she says what she wants outright: "Ma siccome sei adesso io voglio soltanto restare con te" [But since you're now, I only want to stay with you]. For a learner it is a clean drill in se + imperfect subjunctive + conditional, set against the plain present.
