Il Posto Dei Santi Lyrics in English Negramaro

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Il Posto Dei Santi by Negramaro from Italian to English.

I've licked the salt from your eyes

To know you're stronger than the others

I've hidden the folds of our pillow so you won't get bored

I've stolen the smell of senses

I smelled with my nose you lie

I clamped my breath between my teeth so nobody'd know the torment

I heard the noise of the sky

Growing bigger every day

I've copied the racket

That trees make too when life is cumbersome

I've swallowed the sea's sweat

Wearing gray clouds

I've realized everything belongs to the missing rest, not only if it exists

Living isn't enough if

There's no distance that

Doesn't let you crave

Losing yourself then reclaiming yourself

Isn't splitting up

We're substance that can't disappear

I've torn the wings off dreams

To fall on rooftops every time

I'd rather stay with the cats on the world, since you come back anyway

And you notice that what you feel

Has its root in the saints' place

But translated into human gestures that fail, each time we end up losers

I've invited the new seasons

To change the day's skin

I've covered every single patch of body skin with petals and flowers

I've called the saints by name

Too comfy, too distant

I've convinced them to fear those who play at being powerful

Living isn't enough if

There's no distance that

Doesn't let you crave

Losing yourself then reclaiming yourself

Isn't splitting up

We're substance that can't disappear

Living isn't enough if

There's no dance that

Doesn't convince you you can fly

Free without locking yourself up and finally giving in to this room that can't sleep

I just realized right now

That this winter has no walls

Only wind passes through the eyes

And carries away regret

Of a sky that hasn't gone out again

Fool me that now I can

Live

Living isn't enough if

There's no dance that

Doesn't convince you you can fly

Free without locking yourself up and finally giving in to this room that can't sleep

For this room that can't sleep

In this room that can't sleep

We're substance that can't disappear

You can't disappear

You don't disappear

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SONG MEANING

Il Posto Dei Santi is a poetic roller-coaster where Negramaro turns everyday sensations into vivid metaphors for resilience. The singer “licks the salt from his eyes,” “steals the sea’s sweat,” and even “rips the wings off his dreams,” all to tell us that merely existing is not enough. True living comes from distance, desire, and the courage to get lost so we can find ourselves again. The mysterious “place of the saints” is the pure root of our feelings, while the human world below is messy and full of mistakes—yet both realms are inseparable parts of the same adventure.

The song’s refrain reminds us: “Vivere non è abbastanza”—living alone is never enough unless we also dare to dance, to fly, to imagine. Negramaro invites us to embrace change like shifting seasons, to paint our scars with petals and flowers, and to remain free spirits that “cannot disappear.” It’s an anthem for anyone who has felt cramped by their own room, their own doubts, and is ready to open the windows and let the wind of possibility sweep regret away. Dive in, and feel the rush of life that refuses to stand still!

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Negramaro Il Posto Dei Santi Lyrics