Io Ti Aspetto Lyrics in English Marco Mengoni

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Io Ti Aspetto by Marco Mengoni from Italian to English.
I will entrust
my words to the sea of time
so it can wear them away a bit
Maybe I'll fall
but always, no matter what
I'll stand up again
You who don't know
anything about us anymore
You who never understood me
that I'm here
I've always felt you close
even now that you're gone
You who have nothing of us anymore
You who give me absence and don't know it
that eyes get used to everything
and feet lift off in flight
I wait for you and meanwhile I live
until the heart lives alone
this sky isn't that light after all
I will entrust
these words to a book already written
that I'll read again later
I live like this
with dreams folded in a suitcase
mixed with stage clothes
You who have nothing of us anymore
You who give me absence and don't know it
that eyes get used to everything
and feet lift off in flight
I wait for you and meanwhile I live
until the heart lives alone
this sky isn't that light after all
roads that really join together
can then become a thread
Without you I'm what I was
Bridge
I'm alone under a downpour of stars
I'll give each one a new name
I try to find my best smile
You know I've been here for a while
I wait for you and meanwhile I live
until the heart lives alone
this sky isn't that light after all
roads that really join together
can then become a thread
Without you I'm what I was
Outro
I wait for you and meanwhile I live
until the heart's no longer alone
this sky is so light
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SONG MEANING

“Io Ti Aspetto” is Marco Mengoni’s heartfelt confession of waiting for a love that feels both distant and ever-present. Using vivid images like “words entrusted to the sea of time” and “dreams folded in a suitcase,” he paints the picture of someone who refuses to give up hope. Even when absence weighs heavy, the singer keeps rising to his feet, convinced that eyes can adapt to anything and feet can still lift off in flight. The chorus becomes a mantra: “I wait for you and, in the meantime, I live,” celebrating resilience while acknowledging the loneliness of a heart that “still lives alone.”

In the second half of the song, Mengoni wrestles with the idea of paths that once intertwined but now risk thinning to a fragile thread. Beneath a “downpour of stars,” he vows to rename each one, searching for the brightest version of himself. The message is both romantic and empowering: true love might be absent for now, yet life keeps moving, and so does he. Waiting here is not passive; it is an active, hopeful journey where the sky gradually feels lighter and the heart learns that, sooner or later, it will no longer be alone.

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