Se stiamo insieme [English translation]

But how many affairs

have I lived in my life

and how many planned who knows

dreaming during the day

stories of rivers,

of vast prairies without limits

stories of deserts.

and how many times have I've seen

from the bow of a boat

between splashes and wind

the immensity of the sea

spreading out within

and like a warm caress

illuminating my heart.

And then the white snow,

the trees, the fir trees,

the hug of silence

overwhelming all my senses,

feeling alone and alive

amid big mountains

and vast immense spaces.

And then returning here

to live again my life

with days equal to the others.

discussing with you

cutting off the ice

in everyday winters

no, I can't accept it.

It's not the life that I would have ever wanted

and liked to live

it's not that dream

that we dreamt together

it makes me cry

and yet I don't believe this is

the only way for us.

If we're together

there has to be a because

and I'd like to rediscover it tonight

If we're together

there is something

that makes us be together tonight

I miss you, you know

I miss you, you know.

And then returning here

to live again my life

that seems without life

discussing with you and spending this way

the few eternal moments.

no, I can't accept it.

What life is it, staying here?

to waste away in fruitless arguments,

playing with you,

to kill the day.

then at night shut yourself in

and yet, I don't believe this is

the only way for us.

If we're together

there has to be a because

and I'd like to rediscover it tonight

If we're together

there is something

that makes us be together tonight

I miss you, you know

I miss you, you know

I miss you, you know...

• Artist:Riccardo Cocciante
• Album:Cocciante (1991)