Text and meaning of Half happysong by Tiziano Ferro in duet with Shivacontained in I'm a big deluxenew edition of the Latina singer-songwriter's latest album.
The song is one of the two unreleased songs present in the re-release, together with Superstar with Georgie. The song was presented as a surprise during the concert ShivaWhere Tiziano Ferro came on stage as a guest. The two artists had already duetted in Kiss of Judassong contained in Gospelthe latest album by Shiva.
Tiziano Ferro And Shiva – Half happy: the meaning of the song
In Half happy, Tiziano Ferro And Shiva they tell of a relationship marked by wounds that never really heal.
The image of the heart “dirty with asphalt” opens the song with physical, almost harsh writing. No idea of an idealized feeling, but of something that has been trampled on, ruined and then collected anyway.
The refrain brings this tension into a simple formula: being “only half happy” means not being able to fully experience either love or distance, remaining suspended between the need for the other and the inability to heal.
The text of Half happy
Below is the text of the song, inserted in the context of the analysis.
I decided to stay here, leaning on my heart
Asphalted for days
Massacred by love
Because this is a mission, the mission is mine
The soul always listening and the heart never absolved
A passerby walked over us distractedly
Another noticed it, spat on it and stepped on it
And you, and you, and you
That you pick it up and then eat it for hours
That asphalt dirty heart
Which tastes of bitterness, tears and resentment
And stay there, yeah
Ah, swear it doesn't scare you even a little
Since we're both hurt
At the end of the day, perhaps there isn't a cure
For us who were born alone
It's easier to lie to yourself than to trust
You don't learn from your mistakes
And you're half happy
And even though I've gotten used to it by now
That in love there is no judge
In your good behavior
You're only half happy
This life weighs on you like a debt
Lead and poison, arsenic
You have cuts under your skin that not even a doctor can treat
You are good at understanding others but less so with yourself
Don't you know, you bring limits to the pills you assimilate
In a world for good guys where the bad guys won
Now the good ones are extinct
The good guys disguised themselves
You argue with your mother over the wrong examples
But they are the ones you imitate
I love your body and its rhythms
Your beauty is disarming, you leave guys impressed
But you can't choose the types
You go from chills to bruises
Let's have sex in the car so the bugs can listen to us
And they know how much we love each other
And how explicit we are, then
Ah, swear it doesn't scare you even a little
Since we're both hurt
At the end of the day, perhaps there isn't a cure
For us who were born alone
It's easier to lie to yourself than to trust
You don't learn from your mistakes
And you're half happy
And even though I've gotten used to it by now
That in love there is no judge
In your good behavior
You're only half happy
You feel alone, that pain never gives you a break
And where you had a heart now there is only a grave
Now that the sky is in prison and you ask him for an answer
Now that your best version has gone into hiding too
For us who were born alone
It's easier to lie to yourself than to trust
You don't learn from your mistakes
And you're half happy
And even though I've gotten used to it by now
That in love there is no judge
In your good behavior
You're only half happy
In the text, Tiziano Ferro And Shiva they work above all on the idea of possible but not full happiness. The images are concrete, often harsh, and build a story in which feeling is not enough to erase what each person carries: loneliness, mistrust, repeated mistakes and a form of pain that continues to influence even when love is still present.
Song credits
Title: Half happy
Artist: Tiziano Ferro with Shiva
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