Mon Laferte
Se Me Va A Quemar El Corazón (NPR’s Tiny Desk Live Home Concert) lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2021
- Genre
- Indie Rock, Indie Pop
- Length
- 4:44
¡Salud!
Cheers!
Se me va a quemar el corazón
My heart is going to burn away
Se me va a reventar la hiel
My guts are about to burst
De la poca voluntad
From the little willpower I have
De lo débil pa olvidar de esta tarde de motel
From the weakness to forget this motel afternoon
Se me desafina el alma
My soul is going off-key
Se me aprieta aquí dentro
It's tightening up inside me
Mátenme las ganas
Kill my desires
Quiero del amor desaprender
I want to unlearn love
Ay, se me quema el corazón (¿qué?)
Oh, my heart is burning up (what?)
Y lo sabes
And you know it
Ay, se me quema por los dos
Oh, it’s burning me on both sides
¡Tantita madre!
Such a bother!
No me estés alborotando
Don't keep stirring me up
Necesito olvidarme de ti
I need to forget about you
Quisiera la receta para quedarme quieta
I wish I had the recipe to stay still
Te extraño más que nunca
I miss you more than ever
¿Sabe qué? No te voy a mentir
You know what? I'm not going to lie to you
Ya sabemos que nos hacemos mal
We already know we harm each other
Y lo sabe mi boca pintada de lamentos
And my painted lips know it full of sorrows
Eras tan innecesario, tú y tu sexo ordinario
You were so unnecessary, you and your ordinary sex
Carnicero emocional
Emotional butcher
A veces te amo y a veces te odio
Sometimes I love you and sometimes I hate you
A veces quiero desbloquearte
Sometimes I want to unblock you
Me volví hipocondriaca
I became a hypochondriac
Todos dicen que estoy flaca
Everyone says I'm too thin
Quiero del amor desaprender
I want to unlearn about love
Ay, se me quema el corazón
Oh, my heart is burning
Y lo (sabes)
And you (know it)
Ay, se me quema por los dos
Oh, it's burning for both of us
¡Tantita madre!
So much for that!
No me estés alborotando
Don't be stirring me up
No soy tuya, no soy tu souvenir
I'm not yours, I'm not your souvenir
Y pasan a las grietas, ahí te va la neta
And they pass through the cracks, here's the truth
Te odio más que nunca
I hate you more than ever
Me despido de ti
I'm saying goodbye to you
¡Eso, maestro! (¡Eso!)
That's it, maestro! (That!)
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Key vocabulary
- sabe
- knowsA1
- ahí
- thereB1
- eras
- you wereB1
- quisiera
- I wouldB1
- tuya
- yoursB1
- ti
- youA2
- va
- goesA2
- sabemos
- we knowA1
- sexo
- sexA1
- soy
- amA1
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About this song
Mon Laferte is a Chilean singer-songwriter whose work spans pop, rock, blues, and Latin folk. She is known for her flexible, punk-leaning vocal style and genre-mixing songs that draw on mid-century pop while staying contemporary.