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.

Niente
Patty Pravo Lyrics

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Niente più niente
Oggi non voglio fare niente
Assente assente anche da me
Ore d'amore
Rubate a lei senza pudore
Rapaci sul letto di un grattacielo
Ma senza ali, senza respirare il cielo
Costretti a non volare mai

Ma come fai…
Dici sempre che così non ce la fai
Non ce la fai ad andare avanti
Ma poi nascondi
Tra le righe le tue voglie e i sogni tuoi
Come vorrei che mi guardassi come lei
Niente più niente
Più niente, più niente
Che confusione nella mente
Mi accende, mi inalbera e va via
Amori in fondo che si fanno compagnia
Costretti a non volare mai
Ma come mai…
Dici sempre che così non ce la fai
Non ce la fai ad andare avanti
Ma poi nascondi
Tra le righe le tue voglie e i sogni tuoi

Come vorrei che mi guardassi…
Come vorrei che mi guardassi

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Patty Pravo's song "Niente" describe a sense of apathy and detachment from the world, as the singer declares that she doesn't want to do anything today. She feels absent from herself, as though she is not fully present in her own life. The only moments of passion she experiences are stolen from someone else, and even then she feels like a bird without wings, unable to truly soar. She describes a confusion in her mind that both excites and frustrates her, and longs to be seen by someone else the way she sees others. Despite feeling like she can't go on, she still holds onto her hidden desires and dreams.

The lyrics of "Niente" can be interpreted in a number of ways, but one possible reading is as a commentary on the pressures and stresses of modern life. The song could be seen as a critique of the way that people are expected to constantly be "on," always doing something productive and never taking a break. The singer's insistence on doing nothing could be read as a rebellion against these expectations, a way of reclaiming some of her own time and space. At the same time, the lyrics also suggest a sense of alienation and longing that comes from not being fully engaged with the world.

Line by Line Meaning

Niente più niente
Nothing more, nothing left

Oggi non voglio fare niente
Today I don't want to do anything

Assente assente anche da me
Absent, absent even from myself

Ore d'amore
Hours of love

Rubate a lei senza pudore
Stolen from her without shame

Rapaci sul letto di un grattacielo
Predators on the bed of a skyscraper

Ma senza ali, senza respirare il cielo
But without wings, without breathing the sky

Costretti a non volare mai
Forced to never fly

Ma come fai...
But how do you...

Dici sempre che così non ce la fai
You always say you can't do it like that

Non ce la fai ad andare avanti
You can't go on like this