Tetris Lyrics in English Pinguini Tattici Nucleari

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Tetris by Pinguini Tattici Nucleari from Italian to English.

You were to me

The long, straight Tetris piece

The one you wait your whole life for

But when it finally arrives, it fixes everything, hey

You were to me

The third of the chord

The most important note that decided the fate

Of my empty days

You were to me

The fiercest beast

That you can tame only by whispering

The curse of a believer

When he bangs into a nightstand

The prayer of an agnostic

Faced with the gray of a morning

Wintry

Hellish

And sorry if I say certain things

But I've got to tell someone

And the only someone I know is you

And you blew into my heart

Shaped like a harmonica

You sowed wind and harvested wind power

Your "rather"s and your "enough"s

Surely won't stop

The volcano erupting over my bare face

It all began with a "marry me" said indifferently

And ended with a "pleased to make your acquaintance"

but it's recklessness

You were to me

The awareness

That with time even a Magikarp can

Turn into Gyarados

you were to me

Absence for Bresson

The bullfight for Hemingway

And the revolution for Danton

The train whistle for Belluca, you shocked me

Like Carrà on Rai doing the tuca tuca

And sorry if I say certain things

But I've got to tell someone

And the only someone I know is you

Because you blew into my heart

Shaped like a harmonica

You sowed wind and harvested wind power

Your "rather"s and your "enough"s

Surely won't stop

The volcano erupting over my bare face

It all began with a "marry me" said indifferently

And ended with a "pleased to make your acquaintance"

Bridge

You were to me what the Danny Kruger effect is for Kanye West

You were to me what Friends was to the '90s

I hid in your eyes for hours

And felt like a better person

I hid in your eyes for hours

And felt like a better person

Chorus

Sorry if I say certain things

But I've got to tell someone

And the only someone I know is you

It all began with a "marry me" said indifferently

And ended with a "pleased to make your acquaintance"

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SONG MEANING

Think of that long, straight Tetris block you pray for when the screen is a chaotic pile of shapes. In “Tetris,” Pinguini Tattici Nucleari turn that moment of relief into a love story: the singer meets someone who slots perfectly into all the empty spaces of his life. The lyrics fire off witty comparisons – from Pokémon evolutions to Hemingway’s bullfights – to say you were my missing piece, my spark, my revolution. It is an explosion of pop-culture name-drops that makes each metaphor feel like another colorful block tumbling into place.

Yet underneath the playful references sits a bittersweet twist. What starts with a throwaway “marry me” ends with the cold politeness of “pleased to meet you,” showing how even the perfect fit can slip away. The song celebrates that rush of feeling seen, inspired, even upgraded into a “better person,” while admitting that love can vanish as suddenly as it arrived. “Tetris” is a fun, fast-talking reminder that the right person can transform the game – and that losing them leaves the board heartbreakingly empty.

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Pinguini Tattici Nucleari Tetris Lyrics