Off-line Lyrics in English Paola Turci

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Off-line by Paola Turci from Italian to English.

That's how you end up walking

Your wings traded for two soles

Ads of the sea on buildings, how bad

And so you don't remember where you were going

You lent your cheeks to somebody else

And you've surely got more masters than a dog

Tie or collar?

How are you, how are you

Like kids jumping on the bed

You who only mess up and make one bed

And you know, you know it never has fun

The circus elephant

So you stay aside happy and remember who you are

Offline, offline, offline

That's how you thought you understood

You answered better in third grade

Have you forgotten the little wall game, doctor?

Like the drag of the first cigarette

The uncertainty in touching someone else's hair

Tom Thumb left you many pebbles

But you lost them

How's it going, how's it going, do you still find some muscles under your jacket

Or do you feel your ID card?

While you watch the poppies along the A6 and find them gorgeous

Then you realize the one crying isn't your avatar, no

Offline, offline, offline

In this blazing night

My heart is upside down

I feel it while it screams and everything feels right

I wait for the hurricane

Expecting nothing

Feeling myself is my gift, my masterpiece

That's how somehow we find ourselves

As if it were the day after Carnival

And I understood that that sign of the cross

Is the spot where I was asking you to aim

It doesn't even matter anymore where I was going

I was in line to get a smile

But I bless the eyes I didn't expect

And I thank pain for having you close

Offline, offline, offline

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Andrea Amati, Andrea Bonomo, Luca Paolo Chiaravalli, Paola Turci

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SONG MEANING

What happens when you finally pull the plug on constant notifications and rediscover the sound of your own heartbeat? Paola Turci’s “Off-line” paints that moment with vivid snapshots: wings swapped for shoe soles, ad banners that promise the ocean, and avatars that can’t shed real tears. The song compares our grown-up routines to a circus elephant that never gets to play, reminding us of childhood joys like jumping on the bed or sneaking the first forbidden cigarette. By chanting “off-line”, Turci urges us to slip out of collars and neckties, feel the grass, notice the poppies along the highway, and admit how far we have wandered from ourselves.

Yet this is not a lament but a liberation hymn. In the glow of a sleepless night the singer’s “heart flips over” and she blesses the unexpected eyes that meet hers away from the screen. Pain becomes a teacher, presence a masterpiece. “Off-line” invites listeners to step out of digital queues in search of likes and into real queues where a simple smile can save the day. It is a playful, soulful reminder that logging off is sometimes the fastest way to log back in—to life, to wonder, and to who we really are.

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Paola Turci Off-line Lyrics