Balorda Nostalgia Lyrics in English Olly

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And maybe it won't be

Not even tonight

The right night to get back together

To be together again

Maybe it won't be

Not even tonight

And the lady told me, up there leaning from the fourth floor

With a cigarette in her mouth while she hung out her laundry

I answered her that

I'd like

To go back to when all we needed was

Laughing, crying, making love

And then staying silent for hours

Until we fell asleep on the couch

With the remote in hand

I don't know how to cope without you anymore

You who make me live and forget

You who start singing while you cook

And call it the end if you want

But how do I have to tell you

This life ain't life without you

But you know that tonight

Stupid nostalgia

I turn on the TV

Just to keep me company

What a lovely rigmarole

Anyway

Is this the way

You go and leave me here?

I still look for you in the house when my back itches

And I still set one extra plate when I lay the table for dinner

I only know that I wish

I'd like

Yeah, I wish

I'd like

To go back to when all we needed was

Laughing, crying, making love

And then staying silent for hours

Until we fell asleep on the couch

With the remote in hand

I don't know how to cope without you anymore

You who make me live and forget

You who start singing while you cook

And call it the end if you want

But how do I have to tell you

This life ain't life without you

But who knows why

This life ain't life without you

Maybe it won't be

Maybe it's already over

But I love you

And it was all life

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SONG MEANING

Balorda Nostalgia captures that bittersweet moment when your heart is stuck in yesterday while your feet are forced to stay in today. Olly sings from the sofa of an empty apartment, remote control in hand, remembering the simple magic he shared with a lost love: laughing until tears came, whisper-quiet evenings that ended in sleep, and her spontaneous kitchen concerts. The neighbor on the fourth floor may predict that tonight will not be the night they reunite, yet his mind reels with vorrei—I wish—repeating like a broken record.

The song is a playful yet aching conversation with memory itself, where switching on the TV is just a trick to fill the silence and setting an extra plate at dinner feels like muscle memory. Olly balances humor and heartbreak, calling his longing a balorda—a crazy, mischievous—nostalgia that refuses to let life feel complete without her. In the end he admits he might never win her back, but every second they spent together was “tutta vita,” real life in capital letters. This track is a sing-along for anyone who has ever tried to outwit loneliness with a little music, a little television, and a whole lot of stubborn hope.

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