Geolier and Ultimo unite for the powerful duet ‘L’ULTIMA POESIA’. The vocalists trade verses about a relationship filled with contradictions. Alessandro Merli and Davide Petrella write the honest lyrics, while JVLI and Takagi & Ketra compose the emotional melody.
Released: March 22, 2024
L’ULTIMA POESIA
Geolier | Ultimo
L’ULTIMA POESIA Lyrics Translation – Geolier | Ultimo
Geolier describes the painful push and pull of love with striking clarity. He asks, ‘How can I love you when every hug feels like a chain on my soul?’ The songwriter captures the exact moment when closeness becomes confinement, using chains as a physical metaphor for emotional weight.
Quando tu sola te ne vajeWhen you go away all by yourself,
Tu sola te ne tuorneyou come back all alone.
Nun t’annasconnere che ‘o ssajeDon’t try to hide it, you already know,
T’arragge e nun t’adduormeyou get angry and you can’t fall asleep.
‘Na vita n’è abbastanza pe’ te conoscere in fondoA lifetime isn’t enough to truly know you,
Visto ca tu nun permiette maje a nisciuno ‘e ro fa’since you never let anyone get that close.
Essere nuje è difficile pecché sapimmo siBeing ‘us’ is difficult because we always know,
Ce vene ditta ‘na bugia oppure ‘na veritàif we’re being told a lie or the truth.
‘Na notte ca nun schiara e ‘sti penziere se ne fujonoA night that never clears while these thoughts run away,
‘N abbraccio brucia ‘e mmanean embrace burns our hands.
Staje lontano o te ne fuje da meYou’re keeping your distance or you’re running from me,
E certe vote no, nun è accussì difficileand sometimes no, it’s not actually that hard.
A sta’ ‘nzieme a te equivale a viver e m’accirrBeing with you is like living and dying at the same time.
T’annammure pecché n’vuò sta’ tu solaYou fall in love just because you don’t want to be alone,
Ma stai sola pure si staje cu mebut you’re lonely even when you’re standing with me.
Comme vuo’ ca te vojo bene se ogni abbraccio è ‘na catena all’anema?How can I love you when every hug feels like a chain on my soul?
Cancella tutt’ cose, ‘o munn’ nun esisteErase everything, the world doesn’t even exist,
Però esist’ ancora tubut you still exist.
E t’agg scritt’ l’ultima poesiaAnd I’ve written you this last poem,
T’annammure pecché n’vuò sta’ cu teyou fall in love because you can’t stand being with yourself.
N’criscimm mai pecché criscimm’ tropp’ ambressWe never grow up because we had to grow up too fast.
‘O male è sempr ‘o stess però tu ‘o guard’ divers’The pain is always the same, but you see it differently.
Simm jut’o manicomio chiù ‘e ‘na votaWe’ve been to the edge of madness more than once,
Lu vid che è fernut ‘na canzon senz not’can’t you see it’s ended like a song without notes?
E nun pazziam chiù io e teAnd we don’t play games anymore, you and I,
E non m’hai ritt chiù pecchéand you haven’t told me why anymore.
Te ne si jut luntan ‘a meYou’ve gone so far away from me,
Io luntan ‘a te nun vojo sta pe’ nu juorn’ ‘e chiùI don’t want to be away from you for even one more day.
Dalla fine nun è ‘o vero ca nuje murimmIt’s not true that we die when things end,
Nui ce sceglimm chi porta cu nuj ‘nta n’ata vitawe choose who we’re taking with us into the next life.
Facimm ammure e men ‘a guerr, o c’assomiglWe’re making love and less war, or something like it.
Te conoscevo prima ‘e te conoscr’ pe’ fintI knew the real you before I knew this fake version.
Però n’fa niente, no nun è accussì difficileBut it’s okay, no, it’s not actually that hard.
A sta’ ‘nzieme a te equivale a viver e m’accirrBeing with you is like living and dying at the same time.
T’annammure pecché n’vuò sta’ tu solaYou fall in love just because you don’t want to be alone,
Ma stai sola pure si staje cu mebut you’re lonely even when you’re standing with me.
Comme vuo’ ca te vojo bene se ogni abbraccio è ‘na catena all’anema?How can I love you when every hug feels like a chain on my soul?
Cancella tutt cose, ‘o munn’ nun esisteErase everything, the world doesn’t even exist,
Però esist’ ancora tubut you still exist.
E io ti ho scritto l’ultima poesia perchéAnd I wrote you this last poem because,
Pensavo che così non ti scordavi me, ma io scordavo teI thought this way you wouldn’t forget me, but I was the one forgetting you.
È una finta verità che mi brucia ma guarisce il cuoreIt’s a fake truth that burns me but heals my heart.
T’annammure pecché n’vuò sta’ tu solaYou fall in love just because you don’t want to be alone,
Ma stai sola pure si staje cu mebut you’re lonely even when you’re standing with me.
Comme vuo’ ca te vojo bene se ogni abbraccio è ‘na catena all’anema?How can I love you when every hug feels like a chain on my soul?
Cancella tutt cose, ‘o munn’ nun esisteErase everything, the world doesn’t even exist,
Però esist’ ancora tubut you still exist.
E t’agg scritt’ l’ultima poesiaAnd I’ve written you this last poem.
T’annammure pecché n’vuò sta’ cu teYou fall in love because you can’t stand being with yourself.
L’ULTIMA POESIA Music Video
‘L’ULTIMA POESIA’ is about loving someone who cannot be alone with themselves. The Italian lyrics offer a bittersweet look at how past pain shapes our ability to connect.