Sunday Song - Elisa Toffoli -

 

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Two songs again this weekend as firstly I wanted to share ‘Eppure Sentire (Un senso di te) which I have been listening to since it was first released here three years ago and then I heard that Elisa Toffoli released her latest single ‘Nostalgia’  just last week which she sings in English, she is one of very few Italian artists who writes and records mainly in English. It is from her new album ‘Ivy’ which is due to be released on November 30th.

Elisa Toffoli was born near Monfalcone, Italy on December 19th 1977 and she has a beautiful melodic voice.  Elisa Toffoli has been a singer and songwriter in Italy since she was discovered at the age of sixteen. Having always preferred to write her songs in English she moved to America to improve her fluency. It has been said that she originally wrote her songs in English to protect her inner feelings and express herself almost privately but ironically this has actually let her music reach a much wider audience. The year her first album ‘Pipes and Flowers’ was released she toured Europe as an opening act for Eros Ramazzotti. Her second album was not released for another three years and it was a year after that before she wrote and released a song in her native language ‘ Luce (Tramonti a Nord Est)’ which won the San Remo Festival in 2001. In the same year her third album was released as her popularity both in Italy and internationally grew, 2002 saw her singing at the closing ceremony for the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 2001 she again performed at the closing ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Turin Italy.  Each year since has found her following a busy career performing with many international artists such as Tina Turner, Luciano Pavarotti, and Andrea Bocelli.

On April 21, 2009 Elisa joined 55 other Italian artists in Milan to record a single recording titled ’Domani’ dedicated to those suffering personal losses from the tragic earthquake that struck Central Italy earlier that month, which I posted briefly about at the time Terremoto 
 

I have read that Elisa Toffoli’s voice is considered pure, angelic and melodious capable of singing ballads or rock songs, leaving the listener guessing as to what variations she will surprise you with next. If you want to find out more about her I have linked the sites used for my research towards the end of this post.

 

Courtesy of elisa toffoli’s channel

‘Eppure Sentire (Un Senso di te)’ Lyrics by Elisa Toffoli

A un passo dal possibile
A un passo da te
Paura di decidere
Paura di me
Di tutto quello che non so
Di tutto quello che non ho
Eppure sentire
Nei fiori tra l'asfalto
Nei cieli di cobalto - c'è
Eppure sentire
Nei sogni in fondo a un pianto
Nei giorni di silenzio - c'è
un senso di te
mmm...mmm...mmm...mmm...
C'è un senso di te
mmm...mmm...mmm...mmm...
Eppure sentire
Nei fiori tra l'asfalto
Nei cieli di cobalto - c'è
Eppure sentire
Nei sogni in fondo a un pianto
Nei giorni di silenzio - c'è
Un senso di te
mmm...mmm...mmm...mmm...
C'è un senso di te
mmm...mmm...mmm...mmm...
Un senso di te
mmm...mmm...mmm...mmm...
C'è un senso di te

Lyrics in English

Nevertheless I feel that
One step away from reality,
One step away from you,
I am afraid of deciding,
and I am afraid of myself,
and of everything I don't know,
of everything I don't own.
Nevertheless I feel that
in the flowers born over the asphalt,
and in the cobalt-blue skies there is...
Nevertheless I feel that
in the dreams in the depths of a cry
and in those days of silence, there is…
something about you…
something about you...
Nevertheless I feel that
in the flowers born over the asphalt,
and in the cobalt-blue skies there is...
Nevertheless I feel that
in the dreams hidden behind a cry,
and in those days of silence there is…
something about you…
there is something about you…
something about you…
there is something about you…

Although this first song I have shared is from Elisa Toffoli’s Official Channel on You Tube the second one has only just been released as a single and is not available on that channel for embedding so I have used one made by another YouTube user. If you visit Elisa Toffoli's My Space Profile page you can find out which iTunes stores already have this song available for download purchase.

 

Courtesy of susannafiore2008

NOSTALGIA (James F. Reynolds radio edit)
lyrics by Elisa Toffoli

the night came down upon us
the brave were left alone
the digging out the traumas
and the growing of our hopes
oh, we'll turn into a radio song
we'll forget those red eyes and silly alibis
we'll say life is a song and it's one you could whistle
and dance to it, dance to it, dance to it, dance to it...
the night came down upon us
we found ourselves alone
the hiding all the traumas
the reasons we'd ask for
oh, we'll turn into a radio song
to forget those red eyes and silly alibis
to say life is a song and it's one you could whistle
and dance to it, dance to it, dance to it, dance to it...
oh, where have all those good times gone?
you should have been given more...
have been given love... love...
turn into a radio song
to forget those red eyes and silly alibis
to say life is a song and it's one you could whistle
dance to it, dance to it, dance to it, dance to it...
turn into a radio song
to forget those red eyes and silly alibis
and say life is a song but it's one you could whistle
and dance to it, dance to it, dance to it, dance to it...

Albums

• 1997 - Pipes & Flowers
• 2000 - Asile's World
• 2001 - Then Comes the Sun
• 2003 - Lotus
• 2004 - Pearl Days
• 2009 - Heart
• 2010 - Ivy

 

With thanks to the following sites, Wikipedia, Elisa's Official Website, YouTube, Facebook  and My Space

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