☝️ Key Points
- The song lyrics are about memories of a night at San Siro, a stadium in Milan.
- It talks about a relationship with a woman that ultimately wasn't happy.
- The singer remembers the game in the fog and how he loved the woman there, but realized she was cheating on him.
- It also talks about the changes in the singer's life and how he wants to feel valued as a songwriter.
- The song ends with the singer's desire to leave Milan and trade his money and fame for a simpler and happier past.
Interpretation
The lyrics of the song "Luci a San Siro" by
Roberto Vecchioni are about memories of a particular night that the singer spent in San Siro, a stadium in Milan. That night, there were lights and games in the fog. The singer also remembers a woman with whom he had a relationship but was ultimately unhappy.
The text begins with other people telling the singer that everything the woman does is old-fashioned. She talks about decent women and seems not to understand the singer. The singer tells that he loved the woman but also cried often for her happiness.
Then he remembers the night in San Siro. He describes the game in the fog and how he searches for the woman and when he finds her, he loves her there. But he realizes that she cheats and screams and that it's not fair. He plays with time while lying on the cold, dead grass.
The singer also talks about the changes in his life and that he can no longer say no. Sometimes he sees the woman and wants to say something to her, but there are people around her who prevent him. He says that she makes her life and his, but that it had to end sooner or later. He doesn't understand her, and she never understood him.
At the end of the song, the singer talks about himself as a songwriter and how he gets paid for his songs. He says that it doesn't matter who listens to his songs or if the woman appears in them. He should get paid and feel appreciated. If he has dirty hands, it doesn't matter as long as nobody finds out.
In the last verse, the singer asks Milan to take him away because he's had enough of the cold and disgust. He suggests that he would trade his money and fame for his Seicento (a car), his twenties, and a girl they both know. He ends the song with the line that no more lights are lit in San Siro.