1) Elisa (full name: Elisa Toffoli, born 19 December 1977) is an Italian singer and songwriter. She sings in several musical genres that go from pop, rock, to blues and soul.
Born in Monfalcone, in the province of Gorizia (north-eastern Italy), since childhood she expressed a great artistic ability: dancing, painting, reciting and writing stories. Her love for art grew with poems of Rudyard Kipling and the lyrics of Jim Morrison, but the best of her talent is expressed in music. At the age of 11 she wrote her first lyrics and melody.
When she was 17 Elisa signed with Sugar. When she was 18 she left for Berkeley, where with Corrado Rustici (producer of Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, Francesco De Gregori and Claudio Baglioni) she worked on the songs of the album Pipes and Flowers.
In May 1997 she released the first single, "Sleeping in Your Hand". On 22 September the album Pipes and Flowers, produced by Rustici, which soon went Triple Platinum in Italy. Elisa was the author of all lyrics, written in English, and of the melodies as well.
Three singles from Pipes and Flowers were released: "Sleeping in your hand", Labyrinth and "A Feast for Me". For these just before 1998 Elisa won the Targa Tenco (Tenco Plate), and the Premio Italiano della Musica (Italian Musical Award). She performed excellently live at the Imola Heineken Jammin' Festival and as the special guest in the European tour of Eros Ramazzotti. In October she recorded the single "Cure Me", produced by Darren Allison, which was on the re-release of Pipes and Flowers.
On 5 May 2000 she released the album Asile's World (Asile being Elisa written backwards), anticipated from the single "Gift". The album was produced by Darren Allison, Howie B, Roberto Vernetti, Mauro Malavasi and Leo Z. Two other singles were released from this album: "Happiness Is Home" and the title-track, "Asile's World". Her biggest international hit "Come Speak to Me" is also on the album, as is the Italian translation "Luce (tramonti a nord est)", with which she won the Sanremo Festival in 2001. The English version of the song received high rotation on MTV Europe and the Italian version is a sure success on every live show in her home country.
9 November 2001 saw the release of her third album, Then Comes the Sun with Rustici back as producer/arranger. "Heaven Out of Hell" was the first single. The second single, "Rainbow", released on 22 February 2002, peaked at #5 on the Italian charts.
In 2002, Sugar released an international album entitled Elisa consisting of songs off her three first album. Although the top single "Come Speak to Me" received fair airplay and moderate attention in many European countries, the album failed to establish Elisa as an international artist.
Later in the same year Elisa released the album Lotus, an acoustic album featuring new, stripped-down versions of some of her best songs, as well as a handful of new ones. She also does a cover version of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah". "Broken" and "Electricity" were original singles from the album.
She sang at the closing of the 2002 Salt Lake City, Utah Olympics after the passing of the Olympic Flag to Italy for the Winter Olympic Games in 2006 and at the closing ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy.
In 2003 Elisa released a cover single entitled "Almeno tu nell'universo", originally recorded by Mia Martini in 1989.
On 15 October 2004, her fifth album was released. Produced by Glen Ballard, best known for producing Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill, the album was more rock-influenced and sported more electric guitars then her earlier records. "Together" was the initial single, but the greatest success was the Italian translation of "Life Goes On", entitled "Una poesia anche per te".
After an extensive Italian tour supporting Pearl Days, An album returned in 2005 with the hit single "Swan" for the film Melissa P. In early 2006 she released a self-penned duet with Tina Turner entitled "Teach Me Again", recorded for the film All the Invisible Children. The single was published not only in Italy, but also in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Greece, Luxemburg and Spain. On the closing ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin Elisa sang her song "Luce". On November 17 will be released "Soundtrack 96-06 - The Best Of Elisa", the first "Best Of" for the Italian singer.
2) ELISA (born 14 April 1989) is a Japanese female singer and model from Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. She is signed to Geneon Universal Entertainment, not as a singer but as a model. She is also signed to Elite Model Management.
In 2007, Elisa was chosen from a contest of 3,000 participants at Elite Model Look to become a professional model. In the same year, she also signed up a contract to Geneon Universal to be a singer. In October 2007, she debuted with her single "Euphoric Field", which was used as the opening theme song for the anime series Ef: A Tale of Memories.
In 2011, it was announced by her agency that she would be putting her career on hold due to fatigue. Her concert that was scheduled for October 2 of that year at the Tokyo Globe-za theater, as well as all other scheduled concerts and events were cancelled, and her Twitter page was deleted. Despite her hiatus, she released a "best-of" album on June 20, 2012.
In January 2013, Elisa announced that she will resume her singing career under her new label, SME Records. She also opened a new Twitter account. She will release a new single titled "Shout my heart," which will be bundled with the 12th volume of LisAni magazine. In April 2014, Elisa made her U.S. performance debut in Seattle, Washington at Sakura-Con.
3) Elisa was a Swedish 5 piece band, that released two albums: "Det Här Är Bara Början" and "Det Sa Klick".
Ti vorrei sollevare
Elisa Lyrics
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Come una primavera
E questo è un raggio di luce
Un pensiero che si riempie
Di te
È l'attimo in cui il sole
Diventa dorato
Come l'aria prima che il tempo
Ci porti via
Ci porti via da qui
Ti vorrei sollevare
Ti vorrei consolare
Mi hai detto, "Ti ho visto cambiare
Tu non sai più sentire"
Per un momento avrei voluto
Che fosse vero anche soltanto
Un po'
Perché ti ho sentito entrare
Ma volevo sparire
E invece ti ho visto mirare
Invece ti ho visto sparare
A quell'anima (quell'anima)
Che hai detto che (che hai detto che)
Io non ho
Ti vorrei sollevare
Ti vorrei consolare
Ti vorrei sollevare
Ti vorrei ritrovare
Vorrei viaggiare su ali di carta con te
Sapere inventare
Sentire il vento che soffia
E non nasconderci se ci fa spostare
Quando persi sotto tante stelle
Ci chiediamo cosa siamo venuti a fare
Cos'è l'amore?
Stringiamoci più forte ancora
Teniamoci vicino al cuore
Ti vorrei sollevare
Ti vorrei consolare
E viaggiare su ali di carta con te
Sapere inventare
Sentire il vento che soffia
E non nasconderci se ci fa spostare
Quando persi sotto tante stelle
Ci chiediamo cosa siamo venuti a fare
Cos'è l'amore?
Stringiamoci più forte ancora
Teniamoci vicino al cuore
E viaggiare su ali di carta con te
Sapere inventare
Sentire il vento che soffia
E non nasconderci se ci fa spostare
Quando persi sotto tante stelle
Ci chiediamo cosa siamo venuti a fare
Cos'è l'amore?
Stringiamoci più forte ancora
Teniamoci vicino al cuore
Elisa's song Ti Vorrei Sollevare is a heartfelt song about the ups and downs of a tumultuous relationship. The lyrics speak of a lover who has left the singer feeling stunned and speechless, like a sudden burst of springtime. She describes the feeling as a ray of light, a thought that is filled with memories of the lover. As the sun turns golden, the heart becomes light and airy, but time is a thief that will take them away.
The singer longs to comfort and uplift her lover, to travel with him and invent new experiences together. She knows that love is not always easy, but she wants to hold on tight and weather the storms together. Though he has accused her of changing and not feeling anymore, she wishes that it were true, just for a moment, so that she could escape from his piercing scrutiny. She has seen him aim for her soul and fire shots at her, and she wishes that she too could disappear.
But despite everything, she still longs to be with him and to hold him close. The two of them can travel on wings of paper, invent new experiences, and let the wind carry them where it will. The night sky and the stars are a symbol of their shared destiny, and they both question what the meaning of love really is. They hold each other tight and promise never to let go.
Line by Line Meaning
Mi hai lasciato senza parole
You left me speechless.
Come una primavera
Like a spring.
E questo è un raggio di luce
And this is a ray of light.
Un pensiero che si riempie
A thought that fills itself.
Di te
With you.
È l'attimo in cui il sole
It's the moment when the sun.
Diventa dorato
Turns golden.
E il cuore si fa leggero
And the heart becomes light.
Come l'aria prima che il tempo
Like the air before time.
Ci porti via
Takes us away.
Ci porti via da qui
Takes us away from here.
Ti vorrei sollevare
I wish I could lift you up.
Ti vorrei consolare
I wish I could comfort you.
Mi hai detto, 'Ti ho visto cambiare
You told me, 'I've seen you change.
Tu non sai più sentire'
You no longer know how to feel.'
Per un momento avrei voluto
For a moment, I wanted to.
Che fosse vero anche soltanto
That it was even just a little true.
Un po'
A little.
Perché ti ho sentito entrare
Because I felt you come in.
Ma volevo sparire
But I wanted to disappear.
E invece ti ho visto mirare
And instead, I saw you aim.
Invece ti ho visto sparare
Instead, I saw you shoot.
A quell'anima (quell'anima)
At that soul (that soul).
Che hai detto che (che hai detto che)
That you said (that you said).
Io non ho
I don't have.
Vorrei viaggiare su ali di carta con te
I would like to travel on paper wings with you.
Sapere inventare
To know how to invent.
Sentire il vento che soffia
To feel the wind that blows.
E non nasconderci se ci fa spostare
And not hide if it makes us move.
Quando persi sotto tante stelle
When we're lost under so many stars.
Ci chiediamo cosa siamo venuti a fare
We wonder what we came to do.
Cos'è l'amore?
What is love?
Stringiamoci più forte ancora
Let us hold on tighter.
Teniamoci vicino al cuore
Let us stay close to our hearts.
Lyrics © Sugarmusic s.p.a.
Written by: Elisa Toffoli
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