Menta e Rosmarino

The speaker describes returning home at night while feeling lonely and emotionally unsettled. The repeated refrain suggests a love that brought both pain and a sense of being alive: the speaker wonders whether loving this person was a way to hurt himself, or a way to feel fully alive. By the end, “I still love you” leaves the attachment unresolved, even after the hurt.

Several images make the feelings vivid. “Tears” or “drops of light” in the eyes suggest sadness that still contains beauty or hope, while the “blind night” conveys confusion and isolation. Thoughts turning into butterflies in the morning may suggest restless thoughts becoming lighter or taking flight. “Mint and rosemary” may evoke a meeting through familiar scents or a remembered moment, though the lyrics do not explain the reference.

The song can be read as a reflection on love’s contradiction: closeness may comfort someone, yet also expose them to pain. The lines about kicking at the nights to get nearer suggest effort and longing, but they do not tell us whether the relationship has ended or whether the speaker is simply remembering it. The return home may be literal, or it may imply a return to oneself.