Time To Say Goodbye (with Andrea Bocelli) - Sarah Brightman, 1997

 
 

Quando sono solo
Sogno all'orizzonte
E mancan le parole
Si lo so che non c' luce
In una stanza
Quando manca il sole
Se non ci sei tu con me, con me
Su le finestre
Mostra a tutti il mio cuore
Che hai acceso
Chiudi dentro me
La luce che
Hai incontrato per strada

Time to say goodbye
Paesi che non ho mai
Veduto e vissuto con te
Adesso si li vivro
Con te partiro
Su navi per mari
Che io lo so
No no non esistono piu
It's time to say goodbye

Quando sei lontana
Sogno all'orizzonte
E mancan le parole
E io si lo so
Che sei con me con me
Tu mia luna tu sei qui con me
Mio sole tu sei qui con me
Con me con me con me

Time to say goodbye
Paesi che non ho mai
Veduto e vissuto con te
Adesso si li vivro
Con te partiro
Su navi per mari
Che io lo so
No no non esistono piu
Con te io li rivivro
Con te partiro
Su navi per mari
Che io lo so
No no non esistono piu
Con te io li rivivro
Con te partiro

Io con te

 
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(Dedicated to Luella Jessie Fisher, 1925 - 2008)

Sarah Brightman was carefully groomed for a career in music and dance. Born in Berkhamsted, England, she took ballet lessons at the age of 3. At 11, she attended the Arts Educational boarding school for jazz and acting. Although she was rejected by London's Royal Ballet at age 16, Sarah moved on to more contemporary forms of the arts. She danced in troops such as Pan's People and Hot Gossip. Disco had also grabbed Sarah's attention at that time, and she released I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper in 1978.

In 1981, Brightman started her stage career by receiving the role of Jemima in the musical Cats. At that time she met the musical's writer, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and the two were married in 1984. Sarah starred in many of her husband's musicals, including The Phantom of the Opera. However, the talented duo separated in 1990, and she moved on to a solo singing career.

By the time Sarah brightman recorded Time to Say Goodbye with opera great, Andrea Bocelli, she was already an international star, having sung the official song of the 1992 Olympics, not to mention the release of several eclectic albums, including Dive. Her cross-over pop/opera style was a big hit on both sides of the Atlantic, and, as far as I know, Time to Say Goodbye is one of the few opera songs to climb the pop charts.

This was one of my mother's favourite songs, and it will always remind me of her. As I write this, there are tears in my eyes, literally... so Mom - this is for you.