Duemila literally means "two thousand." While it's a number, its use in this song is particularly striking and poetic.
Marco Mengoni sings, "Altre duemila volte" (Another two thousand times), emphasizing an immense, almost infinite, repetition of searching and forgiving. It's not just a quantity, but a hyperbolic expression of enduring love and persistence, making it memorable and emotionally resonant.
"Duemila Volte" is Marco Mengoni’s heartfelt confession of a love so intense it feels both impossible and irresistible. Throughout the lyrics he stacks vivid images – trying to sketch a lover’s face “like pulling a sword from stone,” yearning to “live in your eyes,” chasing dawn after nights that end at 6 a.m. The repetition of ordinary cravings (another cigarette, the borrowed T-shirt) contrasts with larger-than-life desires (a “perfect life,” finding “water on Mars”), painting a relationship that swings between everyday intimacy and epic longing.
At its core the song circles around a powerful paradox: I have to lose you so I can come looking for you another two-thousand times. Distance, forgiveness, and the thrill of reunion feed an addictive cycle where separation only intensifies attraction. Mengoni’s voice turns that contradiction into a mantra of modern romance, reminding us that some connections burn brightest precisely because they are never quite within reach.
Marco Mengoni is an Italian singer-songwriter born on December 25, 1988, in Ronciglione, Italy. He rose to fame in 2009 after winning the third season of "X Factor Italy," and became one of Italy's most celebrated pop and soul artists in the years that followed.
Mengoni has won the Sanremo Music Festival twice, in 2013 with "L'Essenziale" and again in 2023 with "Due Vite," which also represented Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest. Known for his powerful, soulful voice and emotionally direct lyrics, he has released multiple platinum-certified albums and remains one of the most streamed Italian artists both at home and internationally.