Franco Battiato — Col tempo sai song lyrics and translation

The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Col tempo sai" by Franco Battiato.

Lyrics

Col tempo sai
Col tempo tutto se ne va
Non ricordi più il viso
Non ricordi la voce
Quando il cuore ormai tace
A che serve cercare ti lasci andare
E forse è meglio così
Col tempo sai
Col tempo tutto se ne va
L’altro che adoravi che cercavi nel buio
L’altro che indovinavi in un batter di ciglia
Tra le frasi e le righe e il fondotinta
Di promesse agghindate per uscire a ballare
Col tempo sai tutto scompare
Col tempo sai
Col tempo tutto se ne va
Ogni cosa appassisce io mi scopro a frugare
In vetrine di morte quando il sabato sera
La tenerezza rimane senza compagnia
Col tempo sai
Col tempo tutto se ne va
L’altro a cui tu credevi anche a un colpo di tosse
L’altro che ricoprivi di gioielli e di vento
Ed avresti impegnato anche l’anima al monte
Per cui ti trascinavi alla pari di un cane
Col tempo sai tutto va bene
Col tempo sai
Col tempo tutto se ne va
Non ricordi più il fuoco
Non ricordi le voci della gente da poco
E il loro sussurrare
Non ritardare copriti col freddo che fa
Col tempo sai
Col tempo tutto se ne va
E ti senti il biancore di un cavallo sfiancato
In un letto straniero ti senti gelato
Solitario ma in fondo in pace col mondo
E ti senti tradito dagli anni perduti
Allora tu col tempo sai non ami più

Lyrics translation

With time you know
In time everything goes away
You don't remember your face anymore
You don't remember the voice
When the heart is silent
What's the point of looking for you to let go
And maybe it's better that way
With time you know
In time everything goes away
The other you adored you were looking for in the dark
The other you guessed in a blink of an eye
Between sentences and lines and the foundation
Of fancy promises to go out dancing
Over time you know everything disappears
With time you know
In time everything goes away
Everything Withers I find myself poking
In death windows when on Saturday night
Tenderness remains without company
With time you know
In time everything goes away
The other one you thought was a cough.
The other you covered with jewels and wind
And you would have committed your soul to the mountain
So you dragged yourself on a par with a dog
In time you know everything is fine
With time you know
In time everything goes away
You don't remember the fire anymore
You don't remember people's voices lately.
And their whisper
Don't delay cover yourself in the cold
With time you know
In time everything goes away
And you feel the whiteness of a weary horse
In a foreign bed you feel ice cream
Lonely but deep in peace with the world
And you feel betrayed by The Lost Years
Then you know you don't love anymore