[Intro - Rhodes chords, muted trumpet, sea-wind ambience] [Verse 1] Vesuvio after midnight, black velvet on the bay, io cammino senza nome, where the old ghosts pray. You can hear the glasses whisper, you can feel the city lean, ogni vicolo è una lettera from a lover never seen. [Chorus - female lead, soft female harmonies] Hold me piano, piano, underneath the neon rain, Vesuvio after midnight, kiss me once and hide the pain. Dimmi amore, dimmi ancora, if the sea remembers me, I was born in the shadow, but I dream in liberty. [Verse 2] There’s a trumpet in the kitchen, there’s a priest without a face, c’è una rosa sul bancone, and a gun behind the lace. But I dance like nothing happened, with my lipstick and my wine, tutta Napoli mi guarda, while the stars fall out of time. [Bridge - spoken whisper, Rhodes tremolo] [Whispered] Don’t follow me home. Stanotte tengo ’o mare dint’ ’e vene. [Final Chorus - trumpet answers vocal] Hold me piano, piano, underneath the neon rain, Vesuvio after midnight, kiss me once and hide the pain. Dimmi amore, dimmi ancora, if the sea remembers me, I was born in the shadow, but I dream in liberty. [Outro - muted trumpet solo fading into sea ambience]
