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Something More

By Francesca Battistelli

570 views Sep 16, 2026 updated Hundred More Years (Deluxe Edition) album Verified editorial review

Song Meaning

Francesca Battistelli names a specific disappointment rather than generic dissatisfaction in "Something More" — "what do you do when you get everything you wanted, but it's not what you wanted after all, what do you do when your dreams become reality, but deep inside you know they're not enough" — describing arrival, not lack, as the actual problem.

The chorus turns that disappointment into a prayer rather than a complaint — "God, it's so hard living with a longing heart, everything I think I need feels so strangely out of reach" — and "help me now to understand that this may be how You show me I was made for something more" reframes the ache itself as evidence rather than a malfunction.

"Sometimes I move in circles, sometimes I feel I'm walking a wire between what's now and what's to come" names the specific discomfort of living unresolved, and "breathing its beauty in but knowing it will never fill me up" admits present good things are genuinely good without pretending they're sufficient. "So give me faith and help me to believe" closes the bridge with a request rather than a resolved certainty, leaving the returning chorus to carry the same open, honest longing the song started with.

Lyrics Verified by Editorial Team

[Verse 1]
What do you do when you get everything you wanted
But it's not what you wanted after all
What do you do when your dreams become reality
But deep inside you know they're not enough

[Chorus]
God, it's so hard living with a longing heart
Everything I think I need feels so strangely out of reach
So God help me now to understand that this may be how
You show me I was made for something more

[Verse 2]
Sometimes I move in circles
Sometimes I feel I'm walking a wire between
What's now and what's to come
I'm caught inside every moment
Breathing it's beauty in but knowing it will never fill me up

[Chorus]

[Bridge]
Than anything my eyes can see
So give me faith and help me to believe

[Chorus]

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