Text and meaning of Then me then youthe new single by Chiara Galiazzoout February 6, 2026 for Altafonte Italy.
Clear Galiazzo returns with new music and does so with a song already anticipated on social media and which, as specified by the singer, is not the song presented for Sanremo 2026but a song that moves on more intimate and less exposed terrain.
CHIARA GALIAZZO THEN I THEN YOU – MEANING OF THE SONG
The text of Then me then you revolves around a simple and painful idea: learning to let go when staying becomes too tiring. The song tells of a loss without explicit drama, working by subtraction. There are no twists, but a sequence of thoughts that return, overlap and try to restore order after a fracture.
The title itself suggests a progressive distance: first me, then you. Not as selfishness, but as necessity. The desire to “neglect” emerges in the song, a key word that does not indicate indifference, but emotional survival. Neglecting becomes the only possible way to avoid being trapped in what was.
The writing is direct, almost spoken, and leaves room for the voice of Clear Galiazzowhich here renounces any virtuosity to concentrate on the weight of the sentences. It's a contemporary ballad that talks about the moment when you realize that staying isn't always the right choice, even when it hurts to leave.
In Then me then you there is no definitive closure, nor explicit morality. Rather, there is a photograph of a passage, of that exact point in which one stops resisting and tries, with difficulty, to look forward.
The song is signed by herself Clear, Camilla Capolla, Matthew Passarelli, Gianmarco Great and is produced by Orpheus.
Lyrics to “Poi io poi te”
What does it matter when it passes
Even if time and the body will change
There was me, then you, then you, then me
And a car for the mountains
What do you feel while I'm next to you
Why are you looking at me if there's no more space
It will be me, then you, then you, then me
And we will still want to eat
But inside the fridge everything will have gone bad
Tell me how I am without you
Now that everything has started to move, to move
And how long will my body last if I gave up
And I stop a noise that takes my breath away
Only to drown but I stay afloat
I'm trying to get it wrong but I'm lost
I just want to change
I wish I knew how to overlook
I literally lost my breath
And I can't even get fogged up
The face on the glass always criticizes me
Not a feather flies, even the wind is lost
I even bought the cereal again
I don't eat them but if you want to come back
Have breakfast with me, we'll be alone, you and me
Then you, then me
Does the idea scare you?
And tell me how I am without you
Now that everything has started to move
And how long will my body last if I gave up
And I stop a noise that takes my breath away
Only to drown but I stay afloat
I'm trying to get it wrong but I'm lost
I just want to change
I wish I knew how to overlook
I wish I knew how to overlook
And I stop a noise that takes my breath away
Only to drown but I stay afloat
I'm trying to get it wrong but I'm lost
I just want to change
I wish I knew how to overlook
I wish I knew how to overlook
Then me, then you, then you, then me
Then me
