In English, the lyrics seem to tell the story of a protagonist who is saying goodbye to countries they never saw or shared with his lover. In a 2019 study by Co-op Funeralcare, Bocelli and Brightman’s performance of ‘Time to Say Goodbye’ was ranked as the nation’s second favourite choice of music for a funeral, due to its farewell theme.īut, despite the seemingly lyrical ‘goodbye’, there are conflicting thoughts as to what the lyrics of ‘Time to Say Goodbye’ are actually trying to say. What do the lyrics of ‘Time to Say Goodbye’ mean? Read more: ‘Time to Say Goodbye’ by Andrea Bocelli named a funeral favouriteĪndrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman performing on stage at the Classical Brit Awards in 2008. It became the biggest-selling single in Germany of all time, and the duo would go on to record a version sung in German and Italian.īocelli’s Spanish version of the song released a year later in 1997, titled, Por ti volaré (in English – For You I Will Fly). Sung partly in English, the song went on to sell more than 12 million copies worldwide.
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