Rose Spezzate Lyrics in English Anna Tatangelo

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Rose Spezzate by Anna Tatangelo from Italian to English.

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I'm alone here, you know

I've got a new house and new friends

Who are only mine

Sometimes my mother is here

Asking how I am

It couldn't be going better than this

I've forgotten him by now

But little time has passed

And it's a bit early, you'll see

To become the one you know again

The one I want

The one I was before I met him

Some nights still

I feel his hands

That I can't stop

That hurt me

I hear his voice

Screaming at me

I cover my face

But it's the same to him

And then even harder

Till I can't anymore

Not even breathe

Not even speak anymore

And I'm down on the ground

Like an animal

I feel no more pain

There's no more noise

Only weak sobs and voices

From the TV that's on

I still tremble now that

He doesn't live with me anymore

I've got a job that goes well

And who knows about tomorrow

Making plans isn't worth it

If a love comes

It'll sure be nothing like him

It's girls like us

Who need a courage that isn't there

When the fire of hell burns

Some nights still

I feel his hands

Then my shame

Inside hospitals

Where I learned

Even to act

That stupid excuse

That I can't explain

How I fell

Alone on the stairs, I was deaf and blind

Too in love

With that big b*stard

Who wore me down

God, how did I

Love it so much

That rose he gave me

But one day he then broke

Rose

That I don't want anymore

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SONG MEANING

“Rose Spezzate” invites us into the diary of a woman who is rebuilding her life after domestic abuse. At first she lists the bright, normal things around her: a new home, new friends, a steady job, occasional visits from Mom. Yet in the quiet of the night unwanted memories crash in. She can still feel his hands, hear his shouting, and relive the hospital trips that forced her to invent excuses for bruises. The contrast between a seemingly fresh start and the lingering trauma makes the listener feel both the weight of the past and the fragile hope of the present.

The broken rose of the title is a potent symbol: once a beautiful gift of love, it became a thorny reminder of pain. Through vivid imagery Anna Tatangelo shows the shame victims often carry, the courage they need to escape, and the promise that real love never hurts. By the final lines the narrator rejects that shattered flower, vowing that any future romance will be different. It is a song of survival, self-worth, and determination that turns a personal story into a universal call for respect and empathy.

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