CUORICINI – Bilingual Lyrics Italian/English

• By: Coma Cose

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the layered meaning behind Coma_Cose's Sanremo 2025 hit, "Cuoricini." This song uses catchy, 80s-inspired pop to critically examine how social media 'likes' affect our relationships and self-worth, offering a blend of critique and a yearning for authentic connection. Learn Italian through its relatable lyrics and discover how to navigate the complexities of modern love and communication.

[English]

Today I feel like a puddle

If anxiety grabs me

Looking up at the sky

But morale's underground

If you neglect me, I go crazy

Like mayonnaise

I'm feeling terrible, really bad, bad, bad

I want to relax, but today a song

Lasts like a thunderstorm

Even if it’s very pop

And you threw me away

On any random Saturday

While you were searching

For a spark of modernity

But all you wanted was

Little hearts, little hearts

You only thought of

Those little hearts, those little hearts

So damned little hearts, little hearts

That take away my joy of messing everything up

Then you kill me, then you kill me

Those eyes are two guns, two guns

Shooting at the little hearts, little hearts

Even when the news drops

The world collapses

A sofa and two phones

That’s the grave of love

Even a doctor told me

Bring a kilo of ice cream

And if in doubt, bring a flower

And at least a kiss, please

And if today my pupils

Are bigger than my heart, don't judge me

Bad, bad, bad

What should I say, I was talking to you

And you didn’t even listen

You only focused on

Little hearts, little hearts

Those damned little hearts, little hearts

That take away my joy of messing everything up

Then you kill me, then you kill me

Those eyes are two guns, two guns

Shooting at the little hearts, little hearts

Even when the news drops

The world collapses

But luckily

On any random Saturday

You took me away from everything

Modernity

But where are you escaping to without

Little hearts, little hearts

For self-esteem

Little hearts, little hearts

What medicine

Little hearts, little hearts

But that take away the pleasure

Of messing everything up

Then you kill me, then you kill me

Those eyes are two guns, two guns

Shooting at the little hearts, little hearts

Even when the news drops

The world collapses

Little hearts, little hearts

Little hearts, little hearts

Even when the news drops

The world collapses

...

[Italian]

Oggi mi sento una pozzanghera

Se l’ansia mi afferra

Con lo sguardo verso il cielo

Ma il morale per terra

Se mi trascuri impazzisco

Come maionese

Ci sto male, male male male

Vorrei svagarmi ma oggi una canzone

Dura come un temporale

Anche se è molto popolare

E mi hai buttato via

In un sabato qualunque

Mentre andavi in cerca

Di uno slancio di modernità

Ma tu volevi solo

cuoricini, cuoricini

Pensavi solo ai cuoricini, cuoricini

Stramaledetti cuoricini, cuoricini

Che mi tolgono il gusto di sbagliare tutto

Poi mi uccidi, poi mi uccidi

Quegli occhi sono due fucili, due fucili

Che sparano sui cuoricini, cuoricini

Persino sotto alla notizia

Crolla il mondo

Un divano e due telefoni

È la tomba dell’amore

Ce l’ha detto anche un dottore

Porta un chilo di gelato

E poi nel dubbio porta un fiore

E almeno un kiss, please

E se oggi ho le pupille

Più grandi del cuore non mi giudicare

Male male male

Che dovrei dire io che ti parlavo

E tu nemmeno ti mettevi ad ascoltare

Tu mettevi solo

Cuoricini, cuoricini

Pensavi solo ai cuoricini, cuoricini

Stramaledetti cuoricini, cuoricini

Che mi tolgono il gusto di sbagliare tutto

Poi mi uccidi, poi mi uccidi

Quegli occhi sono due fucili, due fucili

Che sparano sui cuoricini, cuoricini

Persino sotto alla notizia

Crolla il mondo

Ma fortunatamente

Un sabato qualunque

Mi hai portato via da tutta quanta

La modernità

Ma dove scappi senza

Cuoricini, cuoricini

Per l’autostima

Cuoricini, cuoricini

Che medicina

Cuoricini, cuoricini

Ma che tolgono il gusto

Di sbagliare tutto

Poi mi uccidi, poi mi uccidi

Quegli occhi sono due fucili, due fucili

Che sparano sui cuoricini, cuoricini

Persino sotto alla notizia

Crolla il mondo

Cuoricini, cuoricini

Cuoricini, cuoricini

Persino sotto alla notizia

Crolla il mondo

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
sentire /sɛnˈtire/ A2	verb - to feel
afferrare /afˈfertare/ B2	verb - to grasp, seize
trascurare /traskuˈrare/ B2	verb - to neglect, overlook
trascuri /trasˈkuːri/ B2	verb - you neglect
impazzisco /impatsˈtʃisko/ B2	verb - to go crazy, lose it
male /ˈmale/ A1	adjective/adverb - bad, badly
popolare /popoˈlaːre/ B1	adjective - popular, well-liked
buttato /butˈtaːto/ B2	verb - to throw away
crolla /ˈkrɔl.la/ B2	verb - to collapse, fall down
amore /aˈmɔːre/ A1	noun - love
gelato /dʒeˈlaːto/ A1	noun - ice cream
fiore /ˈfjoːre/ A2	noun - flower
cuore /ˈkwɔːre/ A1	noun - heart
sparare /sparˈare/ B1	verb - to shoot

Key Grammar Structures

• Se l’ansia mi afferra

  ➔ Conditional tense using "se" + present tense to express "if" clause

  ➔ "Se" means "if" in Italian, and it introduces a conditional clause.

• Che mi tolgono il gusto di sbagliare tutto

  ➔ Use of "di" + infinitive to express "the act of" doing something

  ➔ "Di" connects with the verb to show the purpose or act involved.

• Pensavi solo ai cuoricini

  ➔ Imperfect tense "pensavi" (you used to think)

  ➔ "Pensavi" is the imperfect tense, indicating a habitual or ongoing action in the past.

• Mentre andavi in cerca di uno slancio di modernità

  ➔ Imperfect tense "andavi" (you were going)

  ➔ "Andavi" is imperfect tense, used to describe ongoing or habitual actions in the past.

• Que mi tolgono il gusto di sbagliare tutto

  ➔ Use of "di" + infinitive to express "the act of" doing something

  ➔ "Di" + infinitive is a common construction to indicate the act or process of performing an action.

• Che mi uccidi

  ➔ Use of "che" (that) to introduce a subordinate clause expressing result or effect

  ➔ "Che" introduces a subordinate clause, often expressing cause, result, or effect.

• Che sparano sui cuoricini

  ➔ Use of "sui" (on/upon) + plural noun to indicate location or target

  ➔ "Sui" combines with the noun to specify where or upon whom the action is performed.

• Persino sotto alla notizia

  ➔ Use of "sotto" (under) + article contraction with "alla" to indicate location beneath

  ➔ "Sotto alla" is a fixed expression meaning "under the" or "beneath the".