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La Cura

By Franco Battiato

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What “La Cura” means

The song reads as a sustained vow of care, protection, and devotion. The speaker promises to shield the beloved from fear, illness, disappointment, and the ordinary harms of life, but the protection is not only practical or emotional: it becomes almost cosmic, as if love could overcome gravity, distance, time, and aging itself. The repeated assurance that the beloved is a “special being” gives the song its emotional center, turning care into something reverent and absolute rather than merely comforting. The progression moves from defense against suffering to an almost mystical promise of healing and preservation, ending with a firm, intimate declaration that the speaker will indeed take care of them.{

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