Era stupendo

Era stupendo
General Information
Performed by	Paolo Meneguzzi
Composer(s)	Paolo Meneguzzi
Lyricist(s)	Vincenzo Incenzo, Paolo Meneguzzi
Language(s)	Italian
Eurovision
Year	2008
Country	Switzerland
Conductor	--
Semi-Final Position	13th
Semi-Final Points	47
Final Position	--
Final Points	--
Preceding and Following Songs
Preceding	Vampires Are Alive
Following	The Highest Heights

Era stupendo (translation: "It was wonderful") was the Swiss entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 in Belgrade performed by Paolo Meneguzzi.

It was performed 7th in the second semifinal following Albania and preceding Czech Republic. At the close of voting, it finished in 13th place with 47 points, missing the final.

Lyrics

• Italian
• Translation

C’è una parte di me
Che tacere non sa
Quando guardo l’odio che c’è
Il dolore, la povertà
Mi rivedo bambino io
Che correvo nel blu

Era stupendo volare via
Sfidare il vento, la fantasia
La tua mano e la mia
Nella stessa poesia
Era stupendo

Ma una notte vedrai
Dal destino uscirò, giuro
Se la vita ci aspetterà
Torneremo laggiù

Sarà stupendo volare via
Sfidare ancora la fantasia
E poi la tua mano e la mia
Nella stessa poesia
Era stupendo, era stupendo

Perchè non c’è pace, finché
Tutti pensano a sé
Era stupendo

Era stupendo

There’s a part of me
That can’t be silenced
When I see the hatred that exists
The pain, the poverty
I see myself again as a child
Running in the blue

It was wonderful to fly away
To challenge the wind, the fantasy
Your hand and mine
In the same poetry
It was wonderful

But one night you’ll see
I’ll escape from fate, I swear
If life will wait for us
We will return back down there

It’ll be wonderful to fly away
To still challenge the fantasy
And then your hand and mine
In the same poetry
It was wonderful, it was wonderful

Because there’s no peace as long as
Everyone thinks of themselves
It was wonderful

It was wonderful

Videos

Paolo Meneguzzi - Era Stupendo (videoclip)

SWITZERLAND- Paolo Meneguzzi - Era Stupendo (Eurovision 2008 Semifinal 2)