La Vita Che Ho Deciso feels like flipping through the pages of a personal diary that has been turned into a power-ballad. Paola Turci sings of a life she has chosen rather than one she has simply received: a story written like a book of quotable lines, pulled tight like a bow ready to shoot its arrows. She wants her days to be “as strong as her father’s hands,” able to carry her across every storm, and she races forward with “red eyes” from the effort because waiting is no longer an option.
At the heart of the song lies a beautiful revelation: the person she loves is her “second heart.” That love is summer heat that makes her drop every layer, a melody that plays in front of the sea, and a glowing doorway she stares at when she hopes they will return. Even when memories rustle like leaves on the road, nothing can hurt her if that second heart keeps beating beside her. The chorus’s repeated “C’è sempre bisogno di te” (“I always need you”) drives home the message that conscious, chosen love supplies the courage to live boldly, dress in your best dreams, and never settle for anything less than an extraordinary life written on your own terms.