☝️ Key Points
- The song is about longing for the past and the desire for memories.
- Adamo wonders who will answer him when he calls for his old loves and lost friends.
- He wants to find again the young people, the fools, and the most beautiful spring days of his youth and remember them.
- Adamo yearns to dance with the past and dance endlessly on the violins of yesteryear.
- At the end of the song, childhood returns and Adamo asks his mother not to leave him alone.
Interpretation
In the lyrics of the song "Plus tard" by
Salvatore Adamo, the theme of the past and memories is addressed. Adamo wonders who will answer him when later, much later, he calls out to his old loves and lost friends. He longs for someone from his past to give him a sign.
Adamo also wants to call the young person who once defied the mirrors and ask them what the secret of the giants was. He wants to call the fool he was at 20 and be reminded for a moment of the most beautiful spring days.
Later, much later, Adamo wants to give a ball in his house of cards for the past years. He wants to find the past again and dance with it. He longs to dance infinitely on the violins of the past, on the carousel of the stars. He wants to dance with life, from yesterday to today, from sun to rain, from love to war and forgetting.
At the end of the song, childhood returns and Adamo asks his mother not to leave him alone. It seems as if he longs to return to his past and seeks comfort and security.