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Description
The sun spreads across my skin like someone turned summer up to full volume and forgot to turn it off. The air is buzzing with silly phrases, made-up words, and such honest confessions that you want to smile. It's simple, everything works: coffee with wine, September pretending to be August, and the feeling that life can be measured not by days, but by the number of times you say "I like it." It sounds like a walk along the embankment where the sea laps in time with your heart, and the world suddenly becomes ridiculously light. Even basic romance here isn't syrupy, but vitamin D. A song where happiness isn't explained, but lived. With an accent, sunshine, and that same incomprehensible but infectious "me gustas tú."
Lyrics and translation
Original
¿Qué horas son, mi corazón?
-Te lo dice muy lentito. -Manu.
-Sí, presente. -Come va, amico mio?
-Que pasa por la calle Roma.
-Mi piace il sole che mi scalda e la pelle me la cambia, la tua schiena che si inarca e mi sembra il sud Italia.
Amo in Asia la francese, di baci all'eschimese, inventarmi le parole quando canto un pezzo inglese.
A me mi piace dire "a me mi piace" anche se non si dice, però rende l'idea in maniera molto più efficace.
Amo Gie con il mare mosso, il caffè col vino rosso, quando il primo settembre sembra il 32 d'agosto. Eh, sei luce la mattina.
-Me gustas tú. -La mia serotonina.
-Me gustas tú. -Mi fai alzare l'autostima.
Me gustas tú, me gustas tú, yo me gustas tú.
-Più del mar Mediterraneo. -Me gustas tú.
Una domenica allo stadio.
-Me gustas tú. -Con te ho tutto il necessario.
-Me gustas tú. -Sì, me gustas tú, todo me gustas tú.
Perché tu sei come Roma, qualunque strada porta da te.
-Sì, mi porta da te. -Once de la noche en Managua, Nicaragua.
Stavo pensando, se dormi otto ore al giorno son cento giorni in un anno, ma fossi qui con me non dormiremmo così tanto, sì, così tanto, sì, così tanto.
A testa bassa mentre stavo camminando mi sono accorto ieri che il cielo parte dai piedi, che le cose cambian forma in base a come le vedi.
E a me mi piace che matchiamo l'energia e anche se vado via mi prendi ovunque un po' come Radio Maria.
-Sei luce la mattina. -Me gustas tú.
-La mia serotonina. -Me gustas tú.
-Mi fai alzare l'autostima.
-Me gustas tú, me gustas tú, yo me gustas -tú. -Più del mar Mediterraneo.
-Me gustas tú. -Una domenica allo stadio.
-Me gustas tú. -Tutto il resto è secondario.
-Me gustas tú. -Sì, me gustas tú, todo me gustas tú. Manu.
È vita intensa.
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la. È il nostro grande cuore. La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la.
Che passa per la calle. La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la.
Yo digo un, dos, tres, cuatro.
-Sei luce la mattina. -Me gustas tú.
-La mia serotonina. -Me gustas tú.
-Mi fai alzare l'autostima.
-Me gustas tú, me gustas tú, yo me gustas -tú. -Più di Genova e Bilbao.
-Me gustas tú. -Di un concerto che è sold out.
-Me gustas tú. -Più di Alfe e Manu Chao.
-Me gustas tú. -Sì, me gustas tú, todo me gustas tú.
English translation
What time am I, I'm heartbroken?
-He tells you very slowly. -Manu.
-Yes, present. -How are you doing, my friend?
-He passes through Calle Roma.
-I like the sun that warms me and changes my skin, your back that arches and it seems like southern Italy to me.
In Asia I love the French, Eskimo-style kisses, inventing words when I sing an English piece.
I like to say "I like it" even if you don't say it, but it conveys the idea much more effectively.
I love Gie with the rough sea, coffee with red wine, when the first of September seems like the 32nd of August. Eh, you are light in the morning.
-You like me. -My serotonin.
-You like me. -You make me raise my self-esteem.
You like me, you like me, you like me.
-More than the Mediterranean Sea. -You like me.
A Sunday at the stadium.
-You like me. -With you I have everything I need.
-You like me. -Yes, I like you, everything likes you.
Because you are like Rome, any road leads to you.
-Yes, it takes me to you. - Once a night in Managua, Nicaragua.
I was thinking, if you sleep eight hours a day it's a hundred days in a year, but if you were here with me we wouldn't sleep so much, yes, so much, yes, so much.
With my head down while I was walking yesterday I realized that the sky starts from your feet, that things change shape based on how you see them.
And I like that we match the energy and even if I leave you take me everywhere a bit like Radio Maria.
-You are light in the morning. -You like me.
-My serotonin. -You like me.
-You make me raise my self-esteem.
-You like me, you like me, you like me. -More than the Mediterranean Sea.
-You like me. -A Sunday at the stadium.
-You like me. -Everything else is secondary.
-You like me. -Yes, I like you, everything likes you. Manu.
It's an intense life.
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la. It is our big heart. La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la.
Which passes through the street. La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la.
I say one, two, three, four.
-You are light in the morning. -You like me.
-My serotonin. -You like me.
-You make me raise my self-esteem.
-You like me, you like me, you like me. -More than Genoa and Bilbao.
-You like me. -Of a concert that is sold out.
-You like me. -More than Alfe and Manu Chao.
-You like me. -Yes, I like you, everything likes you.