Patty Pravo (born Nicoletta Strambelli, 9 April 1948 Venice, Italy) is an I… Read Full Bio ↴Patty Pravo (born Nicoletta Strambelli, 9 April 1948 Venice, Italy) is an Italian Pop singer whose career has spanned more than four decades. Her first single "Ragazzo triste", released in 1966, was the first pop song aired on Vatican Radio. In 2011 she participated - for the eighth time - in the Italian song contest, the San Remo Music Festival.

She became famous still very young as "the Piper girl", from the name of a fashion music club in Rome where she used to sing in the '60 years. She has experimented every kind of music over the 40 years of her career, from early pop songs to electronic, chinese music and rock; her masterpiece is the record "Oltre l'Eden...", published in 1989 and reprinted on CD again in 2006.

Farfalla pensante
Patty Pravo Lyrics

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Apri e chiudi e sogni e bruci dentro me
Con le tue ali di cera
Riposi e posi l'idea geniale dell'amore dentro me
Come un seme nel cuore
Che scorre e corre
Tocca la fine e torna dentro

Come farfalla pensante

Che divora il mondo

Ecco sono il volo che dà forma e senso
A ciò che senti più forte
In volo in volo in volo in volo…

Come farfalla pensante che divora
Come farfalla pensante che divora
Il mondo il mondo
In volo in volo in volo in volo…

Come farfalla pensante che divora

Come farfalla pensante che divora
Il mondo il mondo

Overall Meaning

The lyrics in Patty Pravo's song "Farfalla Pensante" have a deep meaning that relates to the human experience of love and passion. The opening statement, "Apri e chiudi e sogni e bruci dentro me" can be interpreted as the feeling of one's heart opening and closing, burning with passion for someone else. This is expressed through the metaphor of "your wings of wax", which can be easily destroyed and melted away just like love can sometimes be fragile and temporary.

The following statement, "Riposi e posi l'idea geniale dell'amore dentro me", means that the idea of love lies dormant inside of us until we meet someone who can awaken it, much like a seed inside the heart that can only germinate with the right conditions. The reference to the movement of this seed-like idea, "Che scorre e corre, Tocca la fine e torna dentro", represents the cycles of love, with the end of one relationship leading to the start of a new one.

The chorus uses the metaphor of a "pensive butterfly" that devours the world to represent the all-consuming nature of love. The repetition of "in volo" (in flight) suggests that love is a never-ending journey in which we need to keep flying, seeking new experiences and connections.

Overall, "Farfalla Pensante" is a beautiful and poetic representation of the complexities of love and how it affects us as individuals and as part of the wider world.

Line by Line Meaning

Apri e chiudi e sogni e bruci dentro me
You open and close, dream and burn within me

Con le tue ali di cera
With your waxen wings

Riposi e posi l'idea geniale dell'amore dentro me
You rest and place the brilliant idea of love within me

Come un seme nel cuore
Like a seed in the heart

Che scorre e corre
That flows and runs

Tocca la fine e torna dentro
It touches the end and returns within

Come farfalla pensante
Like a thinking butterfly

Che divora il mondo
That devours the world

Ecco sono il volo che dà forma e senso
Here I am, the flight that gives shape and meaning

A ciò che senti più forte
To what you feel the strongest

In volo in volo in volo in volo…
In flight, in flight, in flight, in flight...