☝️ Key Points
- The singer expresses strong but contradictory feelings towards a loved person.
- He struggles to name his feelings and emphasizes the importance of inner beauty and soul.
- The intensity and overwhelm of his feelings are expressed through the music.
- There is a repeated question of insecurity and longing for reciprocated love.
- The descriptions of the loved one emphasize their beauty, distance, and unattainability, as well as the singer's blind enchantment and confusion.
- The song ends with the hope of a reunion and reciprocated love.
Interpretation
The lyrics of 'Ti sento' by
Matia Bazar are a poetic expression of intense and often contradictory feelings towards a loved person. The singer feels strongly attracted to this person ('Ti sento'), but at the same time, there is also distance and uncertainty between them.
The first line 'La parola non ha né sapore né idea' (The word has neither taste nor idea) could indicate that the singer has difficulties expressing their feelings in words. The following line 'Ma due occhi immobili petali d'orchidea, se non ha anima' (But two motionless orchid petals, if they have no soul) could symbolize that the beauty of the loved person is meaningless without the depth of their soul.
In the lines 'Ti sento, la musica si muove appena. Mi accorgo che mi scoppia dentro, ti sento. Un brivido lungo la schiena, un colpo che fa pieno centro!' (I feel you, the music barely moves. I realize it's exploding inside me, I feel you. A shiver along the spine, a direct hit!) the singer expresses the intensity and overwhelming nature of their feelings.
The repeated question 'Mi ami o no... mi ami o no... mi ami?' (Do you love me or not... do you love me or not... do you love me?) suggests the singer's insecurity and longing for the other person's love.
In the second verse, the singer describes their beloved as a 'bellissima statua sommersa' (beautiful submerged statue), emphasizing their beauty but also their distance and unreachability. The line 'Ti sento a tratti mia isola persa, amarti soltanto, accecati!' (Sometimes I feel you as my lost island, loving only you, blinded!) illustrates how much the singer is enchanted and lost by their love for this person.
The song ends with the prospect of a reunion and the hope for a reciprocated love: 'Nell'aria un amore selvaggio, vorrei incontrarti...' (In the air a wild love, I would like to meet you...)