Un'Altra Storia Lyrics in English Marco Mengoni , Franco126

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Un'Altra Storia by Marco Mengoni from Italian to English.

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In the world there's nobody like you

Who looks at me with the same sad eyes

When outside there's sun

You have a strange kind of melancholy

That

That reminds me that everything's mine

Only halfway

You say goodbye with a nod and I don't know if

I'll see you tomorrow or never again

Looking back's a habit

You're never the spectator of your own film

You don't even say a word to me

I watch your shadow shrink till it disappears

And I'd like to chase you

I know well you want to run away

But you can't hide

Like a hug on the stairs, but you know that yourself

Even now that you're there alone

What have you got to smile about?

I swear, I'm not kidding

Do you remember when I told you, 'I've only had you'?

When you kill time, it flies

We both know it, it's another story

The imperfections of your quirks still sweep me away

And two bubbles were enough to f*ck nostalgia

We're lost kids

Who recognized each other at first sight

The hours, the seconds and the minutes

Go by mute, like when you're waiting

And now I know where you are

If only I knew where I am

I'd ask you how you are

If only I knew how to say goodbye to you

And you toss a wish into a fountain

And you watch it rust

And I'd like to chase you

I know well you want to run away

But you can't hide

Like a hug on the stairs, but you know that yourself

Even now that you're there alone

What have you got to smile about?

I swear, I'm not kidding

Do you remember when I told you, 'I've only had you'?

When you kill time, it flies

We both know it, it's another story

And realizing in a moment that it's night and we're outside

We wander aimlessly, under the eyes of the streetlights

Anyway the wind carries us away, you stay still

The street looks like a desert

And I'd like to chase you

I know well you want to run away

But you can't hide

Like a hug on the stairs, but you know that yourself

Even now that we're here alone

What have you got to smile about?

I swear, I'm not kidding

Do you remember when I told you, 'I've only had you'?

When you kill time, it flies

We both know it, it's another story

When you kill time, it flies

We both know it, it's another story

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SONG MEANING

Un'Altra Storia paints the bittersweet picture of two kindred spirits who recognize each other’s sadness at a single glance. Marco Mengoni and Franco126 give voice to that strange form of melancholy we sometimes share with a person who feels like our mirror: together you drink bubbles to chase nostalgia away, yet every embrace on the stairs hints at an escape already in motion. The narrator keeps watching, half-tempted to run after the other, half-aware that every memory, every feeling, belongs to them only “a metà”—incompletely.

As night falls and the city turns into a desert under street-lamps, the song asks one aching question: Why are you smiling if we are both still lost? Time flies when you try to kill it, and what once felt like the whole world is now simply “another story.” The track becomes an anthem for anyone who has loved, let go, and realized that some connections remain unforgettable even when the people walk away. Its tone is tender, reflective, and irresistibly relatable, inviting listeners to relive their own “half-owned” memories while humming along.

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