Foi a Noite
Sylvia Telles Lyrics


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Foi a noite, foi o mar eu sei
Foi a lua que me fez pensar
Que você me queria outra vez
E que ainda gostava de mim
Ilusão eu bebi talvez
Foi amor por você bem sei
A saudade aumenta com a distância
E a ilusão é feita de esperança
Foi a noite




Foi o mar eu sei
Foi você

Overall Meaning

The song "Foi a Noite" by Sylvia Telles is a beautiful and heart-wrenching ballad about lost love and the yearning for second chances. The lyrics recount an emotional journey of a wounded soul, looking for hope in the night, the sea, and the moon, and finding it in the belief that the person they love still cares for them. The singer admits to indulging in illusions and longing for a time when they were loved and cherished, and the distance only makes the longing grow stronger. The song is a poignant expression of the universal human experience of loving and losing, and the desperate desire to hold on to someone who has slipped away.


The opening line, "Foi a noite, foi o mar eu sei" ("It was the night, it was the sea, I know"), sets the dreamy and melancholic mood of the song, which is reinforced by Telles's soft and tender voice and the slow, jazzy melody. The repetition of the phrase "eu sei" ("I know") emphasizes the certainty and intensity of the emotions that are being felt, even though they are based on illusions and memories. The chorus, "E que ainda gostava de mim" ("And that you still liked me"), is a bittersweet affirmation of hope and doubt, as the singer is torn between the possibility of reconciliation and the fear of rejection. The final line, "Foi você" ("It was you"), echoes the opening line and brings the song full circle, suggesting that the singer is trapped in a cycle of longing and nostalgia that revolves around the lost love.


Line by Line Meaning

Foi a noite, foi o mar eu sei
It was the night, it was the sea, I know


Foi a lua que me fez pensar
It was the moon that made me think


Que você me queria outra vez
That you wanted me again


E que ainda gostava de mim
And that you still liked me


Ilusão eu bebi talvez
Maybe I drank illusion


Foi amor por você bem sei
It was love for you, I know it well


A saudade aumenta com a distância
Longing increases with distance


E a ilusão é feita de esperança
And illusion is made of hope


Foi a noite
It was the night


Foi o mar eu sei
It was the sea, I know


Foi você
It was you




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