Sinceramente – Bilingual Lyrics Italian/English

• By: Annalisa

Lyrics & Translation

Learning Italian with Annalisa's "Sinceramente" offers a window into contemporary Italian pop and powerful, emotional expression. The song's repetitive and emphatic chorus makes it easy to pick up key phrases related to feelings and sincerity. It's special because it wraps a profound message of self-acceptance and freedom in an irresistibly catchy dance track, showing how modern Italian music can be both fun and deeply meaningful.

[English]

♪ I wake up and it's only been an hour ♪

♪ I won't fall asleep ♪

♪ Still eight black moons and you're the ninth ♪

♪ And maybe I deserve it ♪

♪ Do you want the truth? ♪

♪ But what truth? ♪

♪ Should I tell you the honest one or the more poetic one? ♪

♪ I feel shaken ah ♪

♪ But how much does it hurt? ♪

♪ Like dying ♪

♪ But it doesn't happen ♪

♪ Honestly ♪

♪ When when when when I cry ♪

♪ Even if sometimes I hide ♪

♪ I wouldn't dream of slitting my wrists ♪

♪ I'm trembling, I'm trembling ♪

♪ I'm taking one step forward and one step back ♪

♪ Under a train again ♪

♪ And I like it ♪

♪ When when when when I cry ♪

♪ And even if the world falls apart afterwards ♪

♪ I wouldn't dream of dying of thirst ♪

♪ I'm trembling, I'm trembling ♪

♪ I'm leaving moonlights behind ♪

♪ And you are not light ♪

♪ Honestly ♪

♪ Honestly ♪

♪ Honestly ♪

♪ Honestly ♪

♪ Yours ♪

♪ Only you ♪

♪ You put out cigarettes on blue velvet ♪

♪ You let me sink first ♪

♪ And then up ♪

♪ As soon as I recover ♪

♪ I leave you a message ♪

♪ Now ♪

♪ Honestly ♪

♪ When when when when I cry ♪

♪ Even if sometimes I hide ♪

♪ I wouldn't dream of slitting my wrists ♪

♪ I'm trembling, I'm trembling ♪

♪ I'm taking one step forward and one step back ♪

♪ Under a train again ♪

♪ And I like it ♪

♪ When when when when I cry ♪

♪ And even if the world falls apart afterwards ♪

♪ I wouldn't dream of dying of thirst ♪

♪ I'm trembling, I'm trembling ♪

♪ I'm leaving moonlights behind ♪

♪ And you are not light ♪

♪ Honestly ♪

♪ Honestly ♪

♪ Honestly ♪

♪ Honestly ♪

♪ Yours ♪

♪ But they're just words ♪

♪ And then the void ♪

♪ They are flashes ♪

♪ It's not gold ♪

♪ Honestly ♪

♪ When when when when I cry ♪

♪ Even if sometimes I hide ♪

♪ I wouldn't dream of slitting my wrists ♪

♪ I'm trembling, I'm trembling ♪

♪ I'm taking one step forward and one step back ♪

♪ Under a train again ♪

♪ Honestly ♪

♪ Honestly ♪

♪ Yours ♪

♪ Honestly ♪

♪ Yours ♪

♪ Honestly ♪

♪ Yours ♪

♪ And you never understood ♪

♪ When when when when ♪

♪ When I feel bad ♪

♪ When when when when ♪

♪ You already know it's a lot if I ♪

♪ Send send send send ♪

♪ Just a message ♪

♪ Two words ♪

♪ It's written on the ending ♪

♪ Honestly ♪

♪ Yours ♪

[Italian]

♪ Mi sveglio ed è passata solo un’ora ♪

♪ Non mi addormenterò ♪

♪ Ancora otto lune nere e tu la nona ♪

♪ E forse me lo merito ♪

♪ La vuoi la verità? ♪

♪ Ma quale verità? ♪

♪ Ti dico la sincera o quella più poetica? ♪

♪ Mi sento scossa ah ♪

♪ Ma quanto male fa? ♪

♪ Come morire ♪

♪ Ma non capita ♪

♪ Sinceramente ♪

♪ Quando quando quando quando piango ♪

♪ Anche se a volte mi nascondo ♪

♪ Non mi sogno di tagliarmi le vene ♪

♪ Sto tremando sto tremando ♪

♪ Sto facendo un passo avanti e uno indietro ♪

♪ Di nuovo sotto un treno ♪

♪ E mi piace ♪

♪ Quando quando quando quando piango ♪

♪ E anche se poi cadesse il mondo ♪

♪ Non mi sogno di morire di sete ♪

♪ Sto tremando sto tremando ♪

♪ Sto lasciando dei chiari di luna indietro ♪

♪ E tu non sei leggero ♪

♪ Sinceramente ♪

♪ Sinceramente ♪

♪ Sinceramente ♪

♪ Sinceramente ♪

♪ Tua ♪

♪ Solo tu ♪

♪ Tu spegni sigarette su velluto blu ♪

♪ Mi lasci sprofondare prima ♪

♪ E dopo su ♪

♪ Appena mi riprendo ♪

♪ Ti lascio un messaggio ♪

♪ Adesso ♪

♪ Sinceramente ♪

♪ Quando quando quando quando piango ♪

♪ Anche se a volte mi nascondo ♪

♪ Non mi sogno di tagliarmi le vene ♪

♪ Sto tremando sto tremando ♪

♪ Sto facendo un passo avanti e uno indietro ♪

♪ Di nuovo sotto un treno ♪

♪ E mi piace ♪

♪ Quando quando quando quando piango ♪

♪ E anche se poi cadesse il mondo ♪

♪ Non mi sogno di morire di sete ♪

♪ Sto tremando sto tremando ♪

♪ Sto lasciando dei chiari di luna indietro ♪

♪ E tu non sei leggero ♪

♪ Sinceramente ♪

♪ Sinceramente ♪

♪ Sinceramente ♪

♪ Sinceramente ♪

♪ Tua ♪

♪ Ma sono solo parole ♪

♪ E dopo il vuoto ♪

♪ Sono bagliori ♪

♪ Non è oro ♪

♪ Sinceramente ♪

♪ Quando quando quando quando piango ♪

♪ Anche se a volte mi nascondo ♪

♪ Non mi sogno di tagliarmi le vene ♪

♪ Sto tremando sto tremando ♪

♪ Sto facendo un passo avanti e uno indietro ♪

♪ Di nuovo sotto un treno ♪

♪ Sinceramente ♪

♪ Sinceramente ♪

♪ Tua ♪

♪ Sinceramente ♪

♪ Tua ♪

♪ Sinceramente ♪

♪ Tua ♪

♪ E non hai mai capito ♪

♪ Quando quando quando quando ♪

♪ Quando mi sento male ♪

♪ Quando quando quando quando ♪

♪ Sai già che è tanto se ti ♪

♪ Mando mando mando mando ♪

♪ Solo un messaggio ♪

♪ Due parole ♪

♪ C’è scritto sul finale ♪

♪ Sinceramente ♪

♪ Tua ♪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
passata /paˈsata/ B1	noun - passage, passing (e.g., time passing) verb (passata) - to pass (past tense of 'passare')
sinceramente /sin.tʃe.ɾaˈmen.te/ B2	adverb - sincerely, honestly
morire /moˈriː.re/ B2	verb - to die
scossa /ˈskɔs.sa/ B1	noun - shock, tremor, jolt
maledire /ma.leˈdi.re/ B2	verb - to curse, to swear
tremando /treˈman.do/ B2	verb - shaking, trembling
piangere /pjanˈdʒe.re/ B2	verb - to cry, to weep
nascondo /naˈskɔn.do/ B1	verb - to hide oneself
dare /ˈdaː.re/ B2	verb - to dare, to risk
sentire /senˈtiː.re/ B2	verb - to feel
leggero /leˈɡeː.ro/ B2	adjective - light, not heavy
vuoto /ˈvwɔ.to/ B2	noun - void, emptiness adjective - empty
bagliori /balˈljɔ.ri/ C1	noun - glimmers, flashes of light
oro /ˈɔː.ro/ B2	noun - gold

Key Grammar Structures

• Mi sveglio ed è passata solo un’ora

  ➔ Present tense and past participle.

  ➔ The phrase uses the present tense 'sveglio' (I wake up) and the past participle 'passata' (passed) to indicate a recent action.

• Ti dico la sincera o quella più poetica?

  ➔ Direct and indirect questions.

  ➔ The line poses a direct question about which truth to share, using 'ti dico' (I tell you) to introduce the inquiry.

• Sto tremando, sto tremando.

  ➔ Present continuous tense.

  ➔ The repetition of 'sto tremando' (I am trembling) emphasizes the ongoing state of feeling anxious or scared.

• E tu non sei leggero.

  ➔ Negation in present tense.

  ➔ The phrase uses negation 'non sei' (you are not) to express a lack of lightness or ease in the subject.

• E dopo il vuoto.

  ➔ Use of conjunctions.

  ➔ The conjunction 'e' (and) connects two ideas, indicating a sequence of thoughts or events.

• C’è scritto sul finale.

  ➔ Impersonal constructions.

  ➔ The phrase 'c’è' (there is) is an impersonal construction used to indicate the existence of something.

• Quando mi sento male.

  ➔ Subordinate clauses.

  ➔ The clause 'quando mi sento male' (when I feel bad) is a subordinate clause that provides context to the main clause.