“Coraline” is the slow, heartfelt song on Måneskin's 2021 album Teatro d'ira – Vol. I. It tells, like a dark fairy tale, of a fragile girl who carries a weight she can't name: she's afraid, she cries, the world seems too big and too cruel, and the singer would like to save her but doesn't know how.
The song builds from a quiet guitar to a huge rock ending, and fans read it as a song about anxiety and depression. It's one of the band's most loved tracks in Italy.
It's slower and clearer than “Zitti e buoni”, which makes it a good next step. The vocabulary of feelings — fear, to cry, fragile, to save — is useful far beyond the song.