Ciao, Amore

(Tramonto in cima alla torre di Pisa)
Ascolta, amore siamo ad alta frequenza
Quello che è successo a Venezia
Sarà per sempre sotto le acque

I've kissed names I barely remember
Loved faces that blurred with time
Every forever felt like September
Pretty, but never mine
I swore I was done believing
In signs, in fate, in meant to be
Then you laughed in a Roman café
Like the universe dared me to see

All the ghosts before you
They don't hurt anymore
They were just wrong addresses
I was knocking the wrong doors

Ciao, amore (ciao, ciao)
I finally know what they meant
All those almosts, all that heartbreak
Just rehearsals for this moment
Ciao, amore (amore, amore)
I loved before, yeah, it's true
But every road was leading
Quietly, stupidly
Straight to you

We talked too much by the Arno
Missed trains in Firenze at night
I wasn't scared of the silence
For the first time in my life
I've said: I love you careless
Like throwing coins in the sea
But you feel like Sunday in Milan
Calm, expensive, and meant for me

I don't need fireworks
Don't need tears in the rain
If loving you is simple
Then simple is my brave

Ciao, amore (ciao, ciao)
I finally stayed, didn't run
All those hearts I was chasing
Were just shadows of this one
Ciao, amore (amore, amore)
If this is fate, I'll allow it
I've been lost in so many cities
But you're the only one I call home in

Maybe love isn't lightning
Maybe it's walking slow
Like cobblestones in Bologna
You trip once, then you know
I don't love you like a movie
I love you like it's real
Like espresso at midnight
Bitter, warm, and it heals

Per sempre
Or just tonight
Either way, I'm not afraid this time

Ciao, amore (ciao, ciao)
I don't need saving or signs
I loved so many before you
But they were just killing time
Ciao, amore (amore, amore)
If this is the end of my search
Then let the past stay talking
Under Venice
Under the church