☝️ Key Points
- The song is about separation, love, and the hope of reunion.
- The singer assures that he will return, despite the current separation.
- It is emphasized that the time of separation is only temporary, as indicated in the verse 'A year is not a century'.
- The singer reveals his deep love and longing for his beloved and confirms his promise to return.
- Memories of happier times and the current loneliness are represented through symbols like a withered rose.
Interpretation
"Tornerò" by
I Santo California is a song about separation, love, and hope. The title of the song translates to "I will return" in German. The lyrics tell the story of a person who misses their lover and hopes to be reunited with them soon.
The lines "Rivedendo ancora il treno allontanarsi e tu / Che segui quella lacrima ? / Tornerò." describe the sad moment of farewell, when the lover sees the train depart and cannot hold back their tears. However, the singer assures that they will return.
"Adesso scrivi aspettami il tempo passerà / Un anno non è un secolo ? / Tornerò." expresses the hope that the separation will only be temporary. One year may seem long, but it is not a century, and time will pass.
The words "Sei / Sei la vita mia / qual a nostalgia / Senza te / Tornerò" reveal the deep love and longing of the singer for their beloved. They refer to them as their life and promise once again to return.
In the lines "Da quando sei partito / De cominciato per me la solitudine / Intorno a me / C'è il ricordo del giorni belle del nostro amore." the singer describes the loneliness and memories of the beautiful days of their love that surround them since the separation.
The line "La rosa che mi hai lasciato / Se ormai seccata / Ed io la tengo in un libro che non finisco mai di leggere." is a symbolic image of how the singer clings to the past. The dried rose that their beloved left them is kept in a book that they never finish reading.
The song ends with the verses "Sei / Sei la vita mia / Amore / Amore mio / Quanta nostalgia / Un anno non è un secolo / Senza te / Tornerò / Tornerò / Pensami sempre sai / Tornerò / Tornerò." These words are a reaffirmation of the singer's love, longing, and promise to return.