[Verse 1] Business trip in my coat Thought that week was key Carbonia on the page And Paolo called for me London, Milan, Tallinn We’d already crossed that map Then October on the calendar And I was circling back [Verse 2] Claire in Cagliari One room, city walk Pilar with me by morning We kept our quiet talk Kadri changed her plans And rode out on the flight By noon we hit that villa Under pale Sardinian light [Chorus] Carbonia, hold me down Carbonia, hold me down (hold me down) I came for steel and roads Then the day got loud Carbonia, hold me down Carbonia, hold me down (hold me down) I came for work and weather Found more than I allowed [Verse 3] The main house looked reborn Fifties walls, old stone bones Seventeenth-century foundations Still carrying the load Paolo owned the renovation Every corner knew his name And Greca at the doorway Could stop a room in place [Verse 4] Alessandro by her side Sylvia tried to play grown Pilar read my face Like she knew what I had known I talked studies, Colombia Greca asked me where I’d been Sylvia asked the world From the edge where she was in [Chorus] Carbonia, hold me down Carbonia, hold me down (hold me down) I came for steel and roads Then the day got loud Carbonia, hold me down Carbonia, hold me down (hold me down) I came for work and weather Found more than I allowed [Bridge] Saturday turned easy No more wires to tie Brunch in the morning Then town by moonrise Paolo spoke of family And the things that twist and bend Said channel her restlessness But I’m not that kind of friend [Verse 5] Then he let a secret fall Like a coin into the dark Sylvia wasn’t Alessandro’s She was Paolo’s after all I still don’t know the reason He told it to my ear We weren’t close enough for honesty Yet there it was, so clear [Chorus] Carbonia, hold me down Carbonia, hold me down (hold me down) I came for steel and roads Then the day got loud Carbonia, hold me down Carbonia, hold me down (hold me down) I came for work and weather Found more than I allowed [Outro] Years later he would tell me I never had a chance Greca stayed a closed door Even in a dance Pilar said the same thing On the drive back to town And back in Elmas, I found them Best friends, acting loud
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