☝️ Key Points
- The song is about a missing Latin lover whom the singer hasn't seen in a long time.
- The singer wonders how he can talk to the Latin lover and if he should write him a letter.
- The Latin lover is described as someone who may have been politically active or is a fraudster.
- The singer wonders if he should kill himself if he can't forget the Latin lover.
- The song also addresses the longing for freedom and dreams.
Interpretation
In the lyrics of the song "Latin Lover" by
Lucio Dalla, it is about a man who is called Latin Lover. He has the appearance of a famous composer named Beethoven. The singer describes how he hasn't seen this Latin Lover for a long time and how he misses him. The Latin Lover doesn't speak to him and the only thing he talks about is the life he leads.
The Latin Lover is described as someone who always wears a blue coat and speaks among his white hair and tired colors of the sky. He only says that he will kill himself if he can't forget the Latin Lover. The singer wonders what he should do to talk to him and if he should write him a letter.
The Latin Lover walks up and down and looks at the sea between the taxis of Riccione and the blue motorboats. As he walks, planes, rockets, and comets fly by in the sky, even Alain Delon and some pieces from the past that shouldn't really be there.
The Latin Lover is described as someone who was once politically active or maybe a fraudster, or simply a Latin Lover and nothing more. The singer wonders again if he should kill himself if he can't forget him. He also says that he should kill himself if he doesn't know where to go tonight.
There are many stars in the sky that are normally not visible, but on this special evening, they are visible. The moon shines from above and is amazed by the Latin Lover and his white hair. He spreads his arms like wings and looks at the singer and himself and says that they are the same and should fly together into the clear sky. They should learn to dream to be free and that you don't necessarily have to fly to be free.