Cinema d'inverno
Luca Gemma Lyrics

The opening lines of Luca Gemma’s “Cinema d’inverno” take us back to a winter from a while ago. The line “uno schermo che si illumina” (a screen that lights up) transports us to a cinema hall where the singer watched a film with someone they loved. The singer recalls the memory fondly, stating that he remembers it well because he loved them a little. Gemma goes on to describe how the person alongside him at the cinema hall still sings and is easily moved by the Morricone soundtrack that they heard in the movie halls.

As the song’s chorus begins, the singer mentions that they got a little lost together in the silence of the cinema hall. They wonder if they will ever experience that same innocence and vulnerability again, where everything seemed so easy and love was unencumbered by cynicism. The singer contemplates whether life would still bless them with the same ease and fragility of love even if they did find it again.

The second verse returns to the memory of the winter from years ago. The singer’s partner at the time of the memory had looked forward to their future together, telling the singer that “davanti abbiamo tutto” (we have everything in front of us). The singer goes on to confess that they still think about that moment sometimes, and how that person always smiles a little when they reminisce on the past with them. This verse concludes much like the first, with the singer realizing how much they’ve lost since that winter, and how much they wish they could return to that same sense of ease and vulnerability.

Overall, the song explores the idea of lost love and how some memories remain with us even as time passes. The music, combined with Gemma’s soulful voice, captures the nostalgia and longing present in the lyrics. The spoken language of the song, Italian, also adds to the romantic and poetic nature of the song.