Måns Petter Albert Sahlén Zelmerlöw (born 13 June 1986 in Lund, Sweden) is … Read Full Bio ↴Måns Petter Albert Sahlén Zelmerlöw (born 13 June 1986 in Lund, Sweden) is a Swedish pop singer. Zelmerlöw rose to fame after participating in the Swedish TV show "Idol 2005", the Swedish version of "Pop Idol", in which he finished at 5th place, for winning the first season of Let's Dance (the Swedish version of Strictly Come Dancing), and for his 2007 song "Cara Mia," which was his entry in that year's Melodifestivalen. Zelmerlöw was the host of Allsång på Skansen from 2011 to 2013. He participated in Melodifestivalen in 2007 coming 3rd, 2009 coming 4th and in 2015 which he won. He represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song Heroes, and won the contest with 365 points, the third biggest score in the history of ESC.

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Cara mia
Måns Zelmerlöw Lyrics

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Who's gonna love you?
Who's gonna take my place and stand by your side?
Kiss you and hold you
Console you when you cry?

I'll always love you, I know
Baby, don't go

Come closer, cara cara mia
Cara cara mia, love is all we need
I swear I'm never gonna leave you, cara cara mia
You're the one for me
When someone loves like I do
Dreams can come true
So tell me, tell me now
Oh, cara cara mia, cara cara mia
How can you leave me now?

Make me believe you
So hard for me to understand what went wrong
I've been so certain
Our love was always strong

Baby, we can't move apart
You're breaking my heart

Come closer, cara cara mia
Cara cara mia, love is all we need
I swear I'm never gonna leave you, cara cara mia
You're the one for me
When someone loves like I do
Dreams can come true
So tell me, tell me now
Oh, cara cara mia, cara cara mia
How can you leave me now?

We can be happy again
Don't you feel that it's burning inside,
Burning inside?
We can't give up on each other
I want us to try
Before we say goodbye

Come clo-ser, cara cara mia
Cara cara mia, love is all we need
I swear I'm never gonna leave you, cara cara mia
You're the one for me!
When someone loves like I do
Dreams can come true
So tell me, tell me now
Oh, cara cara mia
Can you leave me now?
Oh

Cara cara mia
Can you leave me now?

Overall Meaning

In Mans Zelmerlöw's song "Cara Mia" the lyrics talk about someone who is desperate to know who will love and care for their beloved in their absence. They cannot fathom the thought of someone else taking their place and loving their partner the way they do. The lyrics suggest that the singer is pleading with their loved one not to leave them, hence the line "Baby, don't go". They express their undying love and assure their partner that they will never leave them because love is all they need. The singer believes that their dreams can come true because they love each other deeply. They ask their partner to come closer and make them believe that everything will be okay because their love is burning inside.

The lyrics seem to be a plea from someone who fears losing the love of their life. The singer tries to convince their partner not to give up on each other and to try to work things out. Their love is the only thing they need to be happy again. The words "cara cara mia" may be an indication of affection towards the person they are addressing, or just an endearment term. Through this song, the singer wants to inform their lover that their love for them is real and that they have always believed that their love is strong enough to overcome any obstacles that may come their way.

Line by Line Meaning

Who's gonna love you?
Who will love and care for you the way I did?

Who's gonna take my place and stand by your side?
Who will replace me and support you through everything?

Kiss you and hold you Console you when you cry?
Who will be there to comfort and love you in times of need?

I'll always love you, I know Baby, don't go
I will continue to love you forever, please don't leave me.

Come closer, cara cara mia Cara cara mia, love is all we need
Come closer to me, my dear. Love is all we require in this relationship.

I swear I'm never gonna leave you, cara cara mia You're the one for me
I promise to stay with you forever, my beloved. You are my true love.

When someone loves like I do Dreams can come true So tell me, tell me now Oh, cara cara mia, cara cara mia
When you love someone as much as I do, anything is possible. So tell me, my darling, do you feel the same way?

How can you leave me now?
How could you consider abandoning me at this point in our relationship?

Make me believe you So hard for me to understand what went wrong
Help me trust you again. I can't comprehend what happened between us.

Our love was always strong
Our love was unbreakable and, most of the time, unwavering.

Baby, we can't move apart You're breaking my heart
My love, we simply cannot go our separate ways. It is shattering my heart.

We can be happy again Don't you feel that it's burning inside, Burning inside?
We can regain our former happiness. Don't you feel the fire of love still burning within us?

We can't give up on each other I want us to try Before we say goodbye
We must not give up on us. My desire is for us to try our best before it is time to say farewell.

Can you leave me now?
Is it even conceivable for you to abandon me now?

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: FREDRIK KEMPE, HENRIK WIKSTROM

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