Quanta Vita Serve

Joy and your absence don’t talk to each other
I’ve learned I become vulnerable
When everything revolves around a hope
That leaves me hanging

I tried to say I don’t care at all
But my eyes know that’s not true
And I tried to disappear in the crowd
But it still hasn’t passed

How much life does it take to forget you
To move just a millimeter
Out of my center, out of my memories
Where your voice doesn’t reach me anymore

How much life does it take to move on
And look for new hands, not yours
How much life does it take to fall in love again
With myself
With myself, with myself, with myself

When we lost the fragile balance
Between wanting too much and not wanting at all
Now there’s just one thing I envy about you
You can still listen

How much life does it take to forget you
To move just a millimeter
Out of my center, out of my memories
Where your smile doesn’t kill me anymore

How much life does it take to move on
And look for new hands, not yours
How much life does it take to fall in love again
With myself

It’s true that no one is to blame
And that something remains when you leave
So if tomorrow someone comes
To ask me when I learned to pretend I can do without you

Or will you remain that little thought
That comes back some nights and you don’t think about it anymore

How much life does it take to forget you
To move just a millimeter
Out of my center, out of my memories

How much life does it take to move on
And look for new hands, not yours
How much life does it take to fall in love again
With myself
With myself, with myself, with myself