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Elisa
04:26
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Elisa, will you tell me all the secrets in your life?
Elisa, will you show me all the feelings that you hide
Behind that smile?
Elisa, do you ever think you’ll spend your time with me?
Elisa, is there anywhere you’d really like to see
Or want to be
That you imagine in your dreams?
Elisa, quando vuoi
Elisa, quando puoi
Elisa, quando mi dirai ‘noi’?
Elisa, tell me when
You need me as a friend
And I’ll be there
Anywhere that you feel there’s
Anything I could do
Elisa, whatever matters to you
Elisa, quando vuoi
Elisa, quando puoi
Elisa, quando mi dirai ‘noi’?
Elisa, come stai?
Elisa, dove vai?
Elisa, cosa diventerai?
Elisa, se verrai
Elisa, mai dire mai
Elisa, quando deciderai?
Elisa, in my mind
Elisa, by my side
Elisa, look at me, fill my eyes
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2. |
Come Back
06:20
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I put the case inside the safe
Some dark and long forgotten place
I left the box up in the loft
And threw the key away
Beneath the floor, behind the door
The things I don’t need any more
A crazy adolescent phase
I’m reaching for you through the haze
The letters and the messages
A diary of those days
You see the opportunity
You make a move, you’re breaking free
Come back, come back
You know you will one day
Come back, come back
You’re throwing it all away
You’re still in my recurring dreams
A strange and so disturbing scene
The weirdest place I’ve ever been
And every night the same
I wrote the words I thought I’d heard
Although they sounded so absurd
Come back, come back
You know you will one day
Come back, come back
You’re throwing it all away
Never changing, never fading
The story stays the same
However long I’m still here waiting
Yesterday, today
Come back, come back, come back
You’re saved inside my memory
And can’t escape again
So many thousand images
Are backed up in my brain
Come back, come back, come back
Along the walls and down the hall
For my fading powers of recall
I’m followed by the face I framed so many times before
And all your friends will still pretend
It’s better for you in the end
Come back, come back
You know you will one day
Come back, come back
You’re throwing it all away
Never changing, never fading
The story stays the same
However long I’m still here waiting
Never went away
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3. |
The Party's Over
05:15
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The party’s over now
It’s time to clear the mess away
I can’t remember how
Tomorrow turned into today
Empty bottles, scattered litter
Cigarette ends, broken mirrors
Did we have a good time anyway?
The party over-ran
I hope the neighbours didn’t mind
We’ll clean up while we can
I’m dreading what the kids will find
Already it’s the morning after
Time to face the whole disaster
Time to turn the lights out for a while
The party’s over, can’t you see it?
The mood has changed and I can feel it
Just look around and who’s still standing there?
The talk and laughter, tears and dancing
Such a good time while it lasted
But something bad is hanging in the air
I never saw the time
Just don’t remind me what I said
The music and too much wine
This rhythm’s pounding in my head
I’ll find a space amongst this bombsite
It’s four o’clock, I’ll sleep till daylight
Come and wake me when the smoke has cleared
The party’s over, can’t you see it?
The mood has changed and I can feel it
Just look around and who’s still standing there?
The talk and laughter, tears and dancing
Such a good time while it lasted
But something bad is hanging in the air
Close the windows, draw the curtains
Dim the lights, my head is hurting
The rubbish bags are overflowing
The plastic cups will all just blow away, blow away, blow away, blow away
The party faded out
There’s really nothing left to say
Alright, I know it’s late
We’ll talk about things anyway
On second thoughts let’s do it later
With coffee and the Sunday papers
Be civilised or at least just pretend
The party’s over, can’t you see it?
The mood has changed and I can feel it
Just look around and who’s still standing there?
The talk and laughter, tears and dancing
Such a good time while it lasted
But something bad is hanging in the air
The party’s over now
It’s time to clear the mess away
I can’t imagine how
Tomorrow just became today
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4. |
Going Under
06:59
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I had a living working for my family
You know that wooden house up on the hill
One day the storm came down and blew our shack away
Tore everything apart that we had built
This young man thought he had the gift of second sight
But couldn’t see what’s coming down the road
He just believed the world was wrong and he was right
But if you asked him why he didn’t know
He’d only tell you well, I told you so
Look at all the seaweed and the driftwood
Getting washed up on the store
And every day it’s swept away again
Tomorrow there’ll be more
It’s what the tide comes for
The sea looks so inviting from the promenade
I’ll dive from here one night and slip away
I’ve often thought of swimming to America
Just disappear, tomorrow start again
And leave behind the things I couldn’t change
And send a postcard, nothing much to say
So many strangers in the neighbourhood
Been how many times around the block?
Too many traders in the marketplace
Let it stop, just make it stop
I want to let you know that I’ll be back one day
Even if it’s with another name
Whatever happens to me I can promise you
The music and the words will be the same
And when I’m home I’ll know I’m glad I came
We’ll maybe see that summertime again
Look at all the seaweed and the driftwood
Getting washed up on the shore
And every day it’s swept away again
And dragged aside
Tomorrow there’ll be more
It’s what the tide comes for
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La Porta Nuova Turin, Italy
La Porta Nuova is an Italian/English band, formed in June 2021 by William Jones, the former singer and songwriter of Friends, and based in Turin. The band are: William Jones (voice, guitar), Ivano Gruarin (guitar), Francesco Vecchia (bass) and Alex Bonacci (drums). The band’s first single, Elisa, was released in May 2022, and is the first of a series of four-track, digital-only recordings. ... more
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