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.