Gilberto Gil
Cérebro eletrônico lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1969
- Genre
- Bossa Nova
- Length
- 3:33
O cérebro eletrônico faz tudo
The electronic brain does everything
Faz quase tudo
It almost does it all
Quase tudo
Almost everything
Mas ele é mudo
But it is mute
O cérebro eletrônico comanda
The electronic brain commands
Manda e desmanda
It gives orders and takes them back
Ele é quem manda
It's the one in charge
Mas ele não anda
But it doesn't move
Só eu posso pensar se Deus existe
Only I can think if God exists
Só eu
Only I
Só eu posso chorar quando estou triste
Only I can cry when I'm sad
Só eu
Only I
Eu cá com meus botões de carne e osso
Here I am with my flesh-and-blood buttons
Hum, hum
Hum, hum
Eu falo e ouço
I speak and listen
Hum, hum
Hum, hum
Eu penso e posso
I think and can
Eu posso decidir se vivo ou morro
I can decide whether to live or die
Porque
Because
Porque sou vivo, vivo pra cachorro
Because I'm alive, alive for nothing
E sei
And I know
Que cérebro eletrônico nenhum me dá socorro
That no electronic brain gives me help
Em meu caminho inevitável para a morte
On my inevitable path to death
Porque sou vivo, ah, sou muito vivo
Because I'm alive, ah, I'm very alive
E sei
And I know
Que a morte é nosso impulso primitivo
That death is our primal urge
E sei
And I know
Que cérebro eletrônico nenhum me dá socorro
That no electronic brain gives me help
Com seus botões de ferro e seus olhos de vidro
With its iron buttons and glassy eyes
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Key vocabulary
- mudo
- muteA2
- nenhum
- noneA2
- pensar
- thinkA2
- penso
- thinkA2
- posso
- canA2
- quase
- almostA2
- socorro
- helpA2
- triste
- sadA2
- cérebro
- brainB1
- eletrônico
- electronicB2
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About this song
Gilberto Gil was a Brazilian singer, guitarist, and songwriter associated with Tropicália and other innovative trends in Brazilian music. He is known for expanding Brazilian musical language through late-1960s and 1970s recordings and for combining an active political career, including serving as Brazil’s minister of culture, with ongoing work as a recording artist.