In Sanremo Laura Pausini sings “Heal the World” with the Antoniano small choir: the meaning and translation of the song for peace

On the stage of the Ariston Laura Pausini performs “Heal the World” together with the small choir of the Antoniano di Bologna, giving the audience one of the most touching moments of the third evening of the festival. Among the young choristers there is also a representation of the Piccolo Coro di Caivano, a social project promoted by the Ministry of Culture with Antoniano-Opere Francescane.

The meaning of Michael Jackson’s song

Published in 1991 on the album Dangerous, “Heal the World” is one of Michael Jackson’s most explicitly idealistic songs. It is not a song built to amaze with choreography or provocations: it is a declaration of intent. A direct invitation to make the world a better place, starting from concrete and daily gestures. Jackson considered it one of his most important compositions. It is no coincidence that he also founded the Heal the World Foundation, a humanitarian organization dedicated to children and social emergencies. The message of the song is simple and frontal: “Make it a better place, for you and for me and the entire human race.”

The lyrics of the song

There’s a place in your heart
And I know that it is love
And this place could be much
Brighter than tomorrow

And if you really try
You’ll Find There’s No Need
To Cry
In This Place You’ll Feel
There’s No Hurt Or Sorrow

There are ways
To get there
If you care enough
For the living
Make a little space
Make a better place

Chorus:
Heal the world
Make it a better place
For you and for me
And the entire human race
There are people dying
If you care enough
For the living
Make a better place
For you and for me

If you want to know why
There’s a love that cannot lie
Love is strong
It only cares for joyful giving

If we try
We shall see
In this bliss we cannot feel
Fear or dread
We stop existing and start living

Then it feels that always
Love’s enough for us growing
make a better world
Make a better world

Chorus

And the dream we were conceived in
Will reveal a joyful face
And the world we once believed in
Will shine again in grace

Then why do we keep strangling life
Wound this earth
Crucify it’s soul
Though it’s plain to see
This world is heavenly
Be God’s glow

We could fly so high
Let our spirits never die
In my heart
I feel you are all my brothers

Create a world with no fear
Together we’ll cry happy tears
See the nations turn their swords
Into plowshares

We could really get there
If you cared enough for the living
Make a little space
To make a better place

Chorus (x3)

There are people dying
If you care enough for the living
Make a better place
For you and for me (x2)

You and for me
You and for me
(Repeat to end)

Heal the world we live in
Save it for our children (x4)

The translation

There is a place in your heart
and I know it’s love
and this place could be
much brighter than tomorrow

And if you really try,
you will realize that there is no reason
to cry
in this place you will hear
that there is no pain or sorrow

There are various ways
to get there
if you care enough
of life
create a small space,
build a better place

Refrain
Heal the world,
make it a better place
for you and for me
and for all humanity
There are people dying
if you care enough
of life
create a better place
for you and for me

If you want to know why,
there is love that cannot lie
love is strong,
he is only interested in the joy it gives

If we at least try to have it
we should see it
in this bliss we cannot have
fear or dread
Let’s stop existing and finally start living!

Then it will seem that love
always grows enough for us
so create a better world,
make the world better.

Refrain:

And the dream we were believing in
it will reveal a better face
and the world we once believed in
it will still shine in grace

So why do we continue to suffocate this life?
to hurt this earth?
to crucify his soul?
although this is clear to see
this world is heavenly
be the splendor of God

We could fly so high
making sure our spirits never die
in my heart
I feel that you are all my brothers

Create a world without fear
together we will cry tears of happiness
we will watch the nations that stop fighting
and they will make peace

We could really get there
if you believe enough in the importance of life
create a small space,
build a better place

Chorus (x3)

There are people dying
if you care enough to live
create a better place
for you and me (x2)

For you and for me
for you and for me
for you and me…

Let’s save the world we live in
Let’s save it for our children