Come mai – Bilingual Lyrics Italian/English

• By: 883

Lyrics & Translation

Experience the heartfelt Italian ballad "Come Mai" by 883. This song captures the universal feelings of longing and infatuation, making it a perfect piece to explore the nuances of love and emotion through music. Learn Italian through its poetic lyrics that paint a vivid picture of a soul lost in adoration.

[English]

The nights never end

At dawn in the street

I take her home with me

I turn it into melody

And then I find myself writing

Kilometers of letters

Hoping to see you here again

It's useless to talk about it, you know

You would never understand

To follow you until dawn and then

See where you go

I feel a bit like a child, but

I know, with you it won't end

The dream of feeling like I'm in a movie

And then suddenly

You arrived

I don't know who decided it

You've taken me more and more

A daily war

With rationality

But it's fine as long as it serves

To make me come out

Why is that?

But who will you be

To do this to me?

Whole nights waiting for you

Waiting for you

Tell me why

But who will you be

To make me stay here?

Here sitting in a room

Praying for a yes

If my friends knew

That it's really me

To think they believed

That I was almost a God

Because I never stopped

No useless stories

Killing oneself for love

But for whom?

You know, suddenly

You arrived

I don't know who decided it

You've taken me more and more

A daily war

With rationality

But it's fine as long as it serves

To make me come out

Why is that?

But who will you be

To do this to me?

Whole nights waiting for you

Waiting for you

Tell me why

But who will you be

To make me stay here?

Here sitting in a room

Praying for a yes

Tell me why

But who will you be

To do this to me?

Whole nights waiting for you

Waiting for you

Tell me why

But who will you be

To make me stay here?

Here sitting in a room

Praying for a yes

...

Tell me why

But who will you be

To make me stay here?

Here sitting in a room

Praying for a yes

...

[Italian]

Le notti non finiscono

All'alba nella via

Le porto a casa insieme a me

Ne faccio melodia

E poi mi trovo a scrivere

Chilometri di lettere

Sperando di vederti ancora qui

Inutile parlarne, sai

Non capiresti mai

Seguirti fino all'alba e poi

Vedere dove vai

Mi sento un po' bambino, ma

Lo so, con te non finirà

Il sogno di sentirsi dentro un film

E poi all'improvviso

Sei arrivata tu

Non so chi l'ha deciso

M'hai preso sempre più

Una quotidiana guerra

Con la razionalità

Ma va bene purché serva

Per farmi uscire

Come mai

Ma chi sarai

Per fare questo a me?

Notti intere ad aspettarti

Ad aspettare te

Dimmi come mai

Ma chi sarai

Per farmi stare qui?

Qui seduto in una stanza

Pregando per un sì

Gli amici se sapessero

Che sono proprio io

Pensare che credevano

Che fossi quasi un Dio

Perché non mi fermavo mai

Nessuna storia inutile

Uccidersi d'amore

Ma per chi?

Lo sai, all'improvviso

Sei arrivata tu

Non so chi l'ha deciso

M'hai preso sempre più

Una quotidiana guerra

Con la razionalità

Ma va bene purché serva

Per farmi uscire

Come mai

Ma chi sarai

Per fare questo a me?

Notti intere ad aspettarti

Ad aspettare te

Dimmi come mai

Ma chi sarai

Per farmi stare qui?

Qui seduto in una stanza

Pregando per un sì

Dimmi come mai

Ma chi sarai

Per fare questo a me?

Notti intere ad aspettarti

Ad aspettare te

Dimmi come mai

Ma chi sarai

Per farmi stare qui?

Qui seduto in una stanza

Pregando per un sì

Dimmi come mai

Ma chi sarai

Per farmi stare qui?

Qui seduto in una stanza

Pregando per un sì

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
notti /ˈnɔtti/ A1	noun - nights
casa /ˈkaza/ A1	noun - house
lettere /ˈlɛttere/ A2	noun - letters
sogno /ˈsoɲɲo/ A2	noun - dream
amici /aˈmitʃi/ A2	noun - friends
deciso /deˈtʃizo/ B1	verb - decided
guerra /ˈɡwɛrra/ B1	noun - war
razionalità /rattsjonaˈlita/ B2	noun - rationality
sentire /senˈtire/ B2	verb - to feel
aspettare /aspetˈtare/ B2	verb - to wait
film /fɪlm/ B2	noun - film
stare /ˈstare/ B2	verb - to stay
pregare /preˈɡare/ B2	verb - to pray
decidere /deˈtʃidere/ B2	verb - to decide
bambino /bamˈbino/ B2	noun - child

Key Grammar Structures

• Le notti non finiscono

  ➔ Present tense

  ➔ The phrase uses the present tense to indicate an ongoing action, as in "the nights do not end."

• Mi sento un po' bambino

  ➔ Reflexive verbs

  ➔ The use of the reflexive verb "sentirsi" indicates a state of being, as in "I feel a bit like a child."

• Non capiresti mai

  ➔ Conditional mood

  ➔ The phrase uses the conditional mood to express a hypothetical situation, as in "you would never understand."

• Pregando per un sì

  ➔ Gerund

  ➔ The gerund "pregando" indicates an ongoing action, meaning "praying for a yes."

• Una quotidiana guerra

  ➔ Noun phrase

  ➔ The noun phrase "una quotidiana guerra" describes a daily struggle, emphasizing the routine nature of the conflict.

• Sei arrivata tu

  ➔ Past perfect

  ➔ The past perfect tense "sei arrivata" indicates an action that has been completed before another action, as in "you arrived."

• Nessuna storia inutile

  ➔ Negative form

  ➔ The negative form "nessuna" indicates the absence of something, meaning "no useless story."