Mantieni Il Bacio Lyrics in English Michele Bravi

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Mantieni Il Bacio by Michele Bravi from Italian to English.
In darkness, in daylight
In perfect silence while it’s pouring down
At sea level, above the roof of the world
Light-years apart or just a second away
And so on forever, losing count
Hold the kiss
Beyond time’s mistake
Turn it into something eternal
Don’t let even one fragment fall
Like dust on the floor
Don’t lift your lips, not even for a second
And don’t let the background noise distract you
Because in the end, every time
It’s love that saves us
From the world’s wound
And you feel only the heart and evil’s gone
And there’s no more pain
Only me, only you
This silence speaks a thousand words
And I’d stay here listening to you for hours
For years, a single second
And if you look at me
I realize it
That in the end, every time
Only love saves us
From the world’s wound
Protect it down to the roots
From hesitant steps and sudden storms
From moments of crisis and unfortunate jokes
From those people who pretend to be friends
From others’ envy
From ignorant judgments
From the crazy shards that come
From every direction
Hold the kiss
Beyond time’s mistake
Turn it into something eternal
Don’t let any fall
Not even a single fragment
Like dust on the floor
Don’t lift your lips, not even for a second
And don’t let the background noise distract you
Because in the end, every time
It’s love that saves us
From the world’s wound
And you feel only the heart and evil’s gone
And there’s no more pain, only me, only you
This silence speaks a thousand words
And I’d stay here listening to you for hours
For years, a single second
And now that you look at me, I realize it
That in the end, every time
Only love saves us from the world’s wound
And from the repetition of days not worth a memory
Hold the kiss and don’t drop it even for a second
And the longer I stay here watching you, the more I realize it
It’s love that saves us from the world’s wound
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Cheope, Federica Abbate, Francesco Catitti, Massimo Recalcati
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SONG MEANING

Imagine a kiss so powerful it travels from the darkest night to the brightest morning, from sea level to the roof of the world, and back again in the blink of an eye. That is the heart of “Mantieni Il Bacio”: a poetic plea to hold on to a single, perfect moment of love and let it stretch across time and space. Michele Bravi paints sweeping scenery of storms, silence, and cosmic distance, then zooms in on two lips that refuse to part. The song invites us to feel how that small gesture can become a timeless shelter.

Yet this is more than romance; it is a survival manual. Bravi urges us to protect love from jealousy, gossip, and life’s sudden tempests, because “at the end, every time, it is love that saves us from the wound of the world.” By keeping the kiss alive—never letting even a fragment fall like dust—we silence the background noise and discover a place where pain fades and only tu ed io remain. It is a reminder that when days feel forgettable, guarding genuine connection turns an ordinary second into eternity.

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