Mare Mare Lyrics in English Luca Carboni

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Mare Mare by Luca Carboni from Italian to English.
I even bought a motorbike
Used but well-kept
I filled it up and hit the highway
I catch the air on my face
Olè I keep the beat I grab a coffee
I know I'll find you tonight
I left from Bologna
With the evening lights
But maybe you're waiting for me
While I cross the world
Olè this night takes me away
Alè this life takes me away
It takes me to the sea
Sea, sea, sea
How I can't wait to get there to you, to you
I'm speeding up and now I'm gonna catch you
Sea, sea, sea
You know everybody's got their own sea inside the heart, yeah
And every so often it lets them feel the wave
Sea, sea, sea
But you know everybody's got dreams to chase, yeah
To stay afloat and not sink, no
But I ended up here on the pier
Talking without end
The girls snicker
And they make me feel lonely, yeah but
What did I come here for
I'm already dead tired
All right waiter, another coffee
Please, alà?
I keep the beat and dance with myself
Sea, sea, sea
What did I come here for if you're not here
No I don't wanna stay here anymore no no no
Sea, sea, sea
But what did I come here for if you're not here
No I don't wanna stay here anymore no no no no
Sea, sea, sea
I felt like hugging all of you
Beautiful girls of the sea, sea, sea
Sea, sea, sea
Then I know I always end up shipwrecked here again
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SONG MEANING

Hop on the back of a second-hand motorbike and feel the warm breeze of the Adriatic. Luca Carboni’s narrator rockets out of Bologna with a tank full of gas, espresso-fueled adrenaline, and a single goal: reach the sea where someone special might be waiting. Every shout of Olè or Alè is a burst of youthful freedom, the soundtrack to neon highway lights and salty air that grows stronger with each kilometer. It is a road-trip fantasy packed with laughter, late-night coffee stops, and the promise of a sunset embrace on the shoreline.

Yet beneath the holiday vibe the song hides a tender confession. The sea becomes a double metaphor: a literal destination and the restless tide inside every heart. Carboni reminds us that ognuno c’ha il suo mare dentro al cuore — everyone carries a personal ocean of dreams, hopes, and fears that occasionally rises in waves. Our rider reaches the pier only to find himself talking to emptiness, realizing that without true connection even the most dazzling coast loses its magic. Mare Mare is therefore both a catchy summer anthem and a gentle nod to the eternal search for belonging, showing how easy it is to speed forward, drift, and finally wash back onto the same lonely shore if love is not there to anchor us.

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