Cos'è Lyrics in English Laura Pausini

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Cos'è by Laura Pausini from Italian to English.
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I never seize the moments
I always arrive a split second late
And I never enjoy sunsets or milestones
Even now I think back on it
It was pointless to pretend
To try a bit more
And there's not a passing shadow
Through the downtown streets
I return to the same spot
As if it were a dream
It's another night I don't shut an eye
Waiting for the day to come
And how stupid we are
The ones like us who know how to get lost
When we shout rivers of words
That hurt
To make peace and start again
And meanwhile I always ask myself
What is it, what is it, what is it
That won't break inside me
I know what it is, what it is
Maybe it's an indestructible thread that
Keeps me from losing the traces
So I can always find myself again
And while the world has split into seven continents
I'm standing still
In the streets of memories
And it feels like I walk in the dark with the streetlights off
And I search for light to open my eyes wide
And notice they're no longer mine
And there's a glow or maybe a flash in this open sky
And it's not right to give ourselves the worst and blame the world
It's another night I don't shut an eye
Waiting for the day to come
And how stupid we are
The ones like us who know how to get lost
When we shout rivers of words
That hurt
To make peace and start again
And meanwhile I always ask myself
What is it, what is it, what is it
That won't break inside me
I know what it is, what it is
Maybe it's an indestructible thread that
Keeps me from losing the traces
So I can always find myself again
Without words or oxygen
I see clouds like vultures
My legs shake and give way
And every time I don't understand
What is it, what is it, what is it
What is it, what is it, what is it
What is it, what is it, what is it
What it is
And how stupid we are
The ones like us who know how to get lost
When we shout rivers of words
That hurt
To make peace and start again
And meanwhile I always ask myself
What is it, what is it, what is it
That won't break inside me
I know what it is, what it is
Maybe it's an indestructible thread that
Keeps me from losing the traces
To finally find myself again
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SONG MEANING

In Cos'è Laura Pausini sings like someone wandering through the city of her own memories, always arriving "a few milliseconds late." She lists the sunsets she missed and the trophies she never celebrated, then keeps herself awake all night replaying the same scenes. The streets are empty, the lampposts are off, yet she cannot stop asking “Cos'è?”—what is this thing inside that refuses to break. The repeated self-question is playful and painful at once, showing how we can be experts at getting lost, shouting rivers of words that hurt, only to make peace and start again.

The answer she finds is hopeful: perhaps there is an “indestructible thread” that ties her to her true path, guiding her back every time she drifts. By the end of the song the storms, vultures, and trembling legs become symbols of life’s chaos, while that invisible thread becomes a beacon of resilience. Cos'è turns a sleepless, self-critical night into an anthem of inner strength, reminding us that even when we feel stuck in the dark, something unbreakable keeps us connected to who we are and lights the way forward.

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