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".
With the Hurt
Elisa Lyrics
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We weren't thinking straight act like you don't know
Tangled in these games we play with no meaning
Too late to regret them I pray we'll learn to let go
I pray we'll learn to let go
Pray we'll learn to let go
Pray we'll learn to let go
Mother you could not let me go
Still you couldn't keep me from pain
Keep me away from it all
Father it was all out of love
But tell me why it tears me apart
Why do we end up with the hurt
So tired of hearing that time fixes everything
Mistakes keep repeating I can't make sense of it all
You're my palm reader, wanna know every secret
I can't stop trying to change you
If you would take me for who I am
Can you take me for who I am?
Can you take me for who I am?
Can you take me for who I am?
Can you take me for who I am?
Mother you could not let me go
Still you couldn't keep me from pain
Keep me away from it all
Father it was all out of love
Tell me why it tears me apart
Why do we end up with the hurt
Mother I keep letting you down
Tell me why it's never enough
I end up with nothing at all
Father you would not let me fall
But why are you afraid to look down
Afraid we'll end up with the hurt
Mother why do we act so cold?
The difference it would have made
To realize we were the same
And all the good we could have done
If we had felt like we were one
You're my palm reader, wanna know all my secrets
I could stop trying to change you, can you take me for who I am?
Mother you could not let me go
Still you couldn't keep me from pain
Keep me away from it all
Father it was all out of love
But tell me why it tears me apart
Why do we end up with the hurt
Mother I keep letting you down
Tell me why it's never enough
I end up with nothing at all
Father you would not let me fall
But why are you afraid to look down
Afraid we'll end up with the hurt
Elisa's song "With the Hurt" is about the pain that comes from holding on to past regrets and mistakes. The lyrics express a desire to learn from these past experiences and move forward, to let go of the pain and forgive those who may have contributed to it. The song begins by acknowledging that time cannot be regained, and the mistakes made in the past cannot be undone. The singer pleads for the strength to learn from these mistakes and let go of them, hoping that the pain will subside as a result.
The verses of the song focus on the pain caused by the singer's parents. They address their mother's inability to protect them from pain, and their father's overprotectiveness that has led to a sense of emptiness. The chorus questions acceptance, whether their parents can accept them for who they are, as opposed to constantly trying to change them. This leads to feelings of frustration and confusion regarding what they need to do to please their parents.
In the final verse, the singer imagines what might have been if their parents had been more supportive and accepting. They believe that if they had felt more unity with their family, they may have been able to make a positive impact in the world. But there is a recognition that the past cannot be changed; they must take responsibility for their own life and do what they can to find peace.
Line by Line Meaning
Nothing can give us back this time we've wasted
We can't erase the time we've wasted and lost
We weren't thinking straight act like you don't know
We made bad decisions and now we're avoiding the consequences
Tangled in these games we play with no meaning
We're stuck in meaningless games that bring us no joy
Too late to regret them I pray we'll learn to let go
It's too late to regret our mistakes, but we can learn to move on
I pray we'll learn to let go
We need to learn to let go and move on with our lives
Pray we'll learn to let go
We need to pray and hope that we can let go of past mistakes
Mother you could not let me go
My mother couldn't let me leave her, even though it caused me pain
Still you couldn't keep me from pain
But even though my mother wanted to protect me, I still experienced pain
Keep me away from it all
My mother wanted to keep me away from pain and suffering
Father it was all out of love
My father's actions came from a place of love
But tell me why it tears me apart
But his actions still hurt me deeply
Why do we end up with the hurt
Why do our actions and decisions always lead to pain and hurt?
So tired of hearing that time fixes everything
I'm tired of hearing that time will magically make everything better
Mistakes keep repeating I can't make sense of it all
I keep making the same mistakes and it's hard to understand why
You're my palm reader, wanna know every secret
I want you to understand me completely and know all my secrets
I can't stop trying to change you
I can't help but try to change you to fit my expectations
If you would take me for who I am
If you could accept me for who I truly am
Can you take me for who I am?
Can you truly accept and love me for who I am?
Mother I keep letting you down
I keep disappointing my mother
Tell me why it's never enough
But no matter what I do, it's never enough
I end up with nothing at all
I always end up with nothing in the end
Father you would not let me fall
My father always wanted to protect me from falling and getting hurt
But why are you afraid to look down
But why are you afraid to face your own fears and mistakes?
Afraid we'll end up with the hurt
Are you afraid that our actions will always lead to hurt and pain?
The difference it would have made
Imagine how different things could have been
To realize we were the same
If only we had realized that we are all fundamentally the same
And all the good we could have done
Think of all the good we could have accomplished together
If we had felt like we were one
If only we had felt united and worked together instead of against each other
Mother why do we act so cold?
Why do we act so distant and unloving towards each other?
Why do we end up with the hurt
Why do our actions and choices always lead to pain and hurt?
Lyrics © Sugarmusic s.p.a., Peermusic Publishing
Written by: Keeley Osborn Bumford, Christian Rigano, Andrea Rigonat, Curt Schneider, Elisa Toffoli, Victor Indrizzo
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