Quel "Ti amo" maledetto [English translation]

Forgive me

if I need to call you now and then to feel better.

If every night I feel you so strongly that I stay awake.

If I've left your picture next to my bed and I've never ripped it.

If I read again that message you wrote to me before leaving.

Forgive me

if I'm not the way you wanted me and if I'm not perfect.

If I haven't called you on the day of your birthday.

If I don't act indifferently now that there's someone in my place.

If I can't do anything but think about how much it was my fault.

Because every time I think

that I never told you

that bloody 'I love you'

which I would shout now,

but now there's no more time

and even though I know you love me, you won't come back.

Forgive me

if I think again about when we were already inventing our house.

If I see that you still wait for me awake with your light on.

If I still hear you laughing on your own with that old film.

If my thoughts drift back to that party where I saw you.

Because every time I think

that I never told you

that bloody 'I love you'

which I would shout now,

but now there's no more time

and even though I know you love me, you won't come back.

You won't come back.

Because every time I think

that I never told you

that bloody 'I love you'!

And even though I know you love me, you won't come back.

But if you're now thinking that you made a mistake,

lock up the pride you have inside and come to me.

For me, one time is enough to tell you all that I feel

because love is stronger than that bloody 'I love you'.

That bloody 'I love you'!

And even though I know you love me, you won't come back.

And even though I know you love me, you won't come back.

• Artist:Paolo Meneguzzi
• Album:Un sogno nelle mani (2001)