Lascia Che Io Sia Lyrics in English Nek

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Lascia Che Io Sia by Nek from Italian to English.

I don't ask you for anything

Your indifferent greeting's enough

But you can't hurt me

Badly enough to keep me hurting

You're not worth more than this dim moon

Remember that

You said to me

Let me be

Your biggest thrill

Don't go away

Let's shorten the distance

In the long waits between us

I've never mistaken

Unknown arms for yours

And you talk and joke and laugh

You sit and then shut me out

I feel it on me

Smiles I know, smiles on my skin

When we were earth and stars

Now

If you want me

Bridge

And if you want it

Let me be

Your biggest thrill

And don't go away

Let's shorten the distance

In the long waits between us

I've never mistaken

Your thoughts brush against me

I come toward you and nothing's important anymore

And if you want it

Let me be

Your biggest thrill

And don't go away

You're not so distant anymore

What there was between us

I've never confused it

Your thoughts brush against me

And the past surrenders to the present

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SONG MEANING

Lascia Che Io Sia is Nek’s passionate plea to revive a love that is drifting into indifference. The singer admits he no longer grants his ex the power to hurt him, yet he still yearns to be “il tuo brivido più grande” – the biggest thrill in her life. Every line is a tug-of-war between pride and vulnerability: on one side he declares that her cold greeting is enough, on the other he begs her to shorten the distance that has grown between them.

Listening to the track feels like watching sparks fly in slow motion. Nek contrasts past intimacy (“terra e stelle” – earth and stars) with awkward present-day silence in cafés where she laughs with friends and leaves him on the edge. Despite the pain, he never confuses anyone else’s arms for hers, and he senses her thoughts brushing against him like a near-miss touch. The chorus keeps circling back to a single request: let me be that shiver down your spine again. It is a modern pop ballad about holding onto love’s electricity even when the lights seem to have gone out.

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