Ti ho voluto bene veramente [English translation]

So I left for a long journey

Far away from the mistakes I've made

I've visited places not to see you again

And the further I went, the better I felt

And it was snowing heavily but I walked on

Sometimes I ignited a fire and thought of you cause of the cold

Daydreaming on a ferry's deck

I thought I was seeing your reflection in the sea

The lights in the harbour seemed distant

And I was feeling happy to make landfall

And my face was changing, my beard was getting longer

I spent entire days not saying a word

And how I wanted you there in those moments

Cause I really love you1

And there's no place where you don't come to my mind

I really wanted to have you

And not having to hear that I can't help it

I'd have found many more answers if I'd asked you

But it doesn't matter

I can't do it now that you're so far away

I'd feel like telling you that the journey changes a man

And the starting point seems so far away by now

Destination isn't a place, it's what we feel

And we don't know where nor when we get there

I spent entire days not saying a word

I thought you were really far away

Oh if we knew, before we leave,

That the journey's meaning is the destination, the enticement

Cause I really love you

And there's no place where you don't come to my mind

I really wanted to have you

And not having to hear that I can't help it

I'd have found many more answers if I'd asked you

But it doesn't matter

I can't do it now that you're so far away

1. the friends/parents "I love you" in italian is different from the lovers "I love you". In this song the first one is meant