A Morir – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Saratoga
• Album: Cuarto de Siglo

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the electrifying world of Spanish heavy metal with Saratoga's "A Morir." This iconic track offers a fantastic opportunity to experience the power and passion of Spanish rock, while its intense lyrics about freedom and resistance provide rich vocabulary and cultural insights. Discover how heavy metal sounds in Spanish and grasp the powerful expressions used to convey strength and defiance.

[English]

Breaths of greatness, fire on the skin

Wings of a destiny that hasn't arrived yet

Lonely minds, leather and sweat

Eyes that don't shine, light without warmth

To be immortal

They want to feel the wind on their face

On the engine

One heart fuses

...

Words are superfluous, they have their own law

They play on asphalt, there is no king

You hear them coming, everything trembled

It's the end of the world, your salvation

To be immortal

Judas opened the gates of hell

And soon it emerged

Like a devastating cyclone

To die and to resist

To unleash freedom

Ravage the great city

The good times will return

To die and to resist

To unleash freedom

Ravage the great city

The good times will return

...

To die and to resist

To unleash freedom

Ravage the great city

The good times will return

Yeh-eh-eh-eh

Freedom

The good times will return

To die and to resist

To unleash freedom

Ravage the great city

The good times will return

...

[Spanish]

Aires de grandeza, fuego en la piel

Alas de un destino que aún no llegó

Mentes solitarias, cuero y sudor

Ojos que no brillan, luz sin calor

Ser inmortal

Quieren sentir el viento en la cara

Sobre el motor

Se funde un solo corazón

Sobran las palabras, tienen su ley

Juegan sobre asfalto, no hay ningún rey

Oyes que se acercan, todo tembló

Es el fin del mundo, tu salvación

Ser inmortal

Judas abrió las puertas del infierno

Y pronto surgió

Como un ciclón devastador

A morir y a resistir

A explotar la libertad

Arrasar la gran ciudad

Los buenos tiempos volverán

A morir y a resistir

A explotar la libertad

Arrasar la gran ciudad

Los buenos tiempos volverán

A morir y a resistir

A explotar la libertad

Arrasar la gran ciudad

Los buenos tiempos volverán

Yeh-eh-eh-eh

La libertad

Los buenos tiempos volverán

A morir y a resistir

A explotar la libertad

Arrasar la gran ciudad

Los buenos tiempos volverán

Key Grammar Structures

• Quieren sentir el viento en la cara

  ➔ Present simple (3rd person plural) + infinitive

  ➔ The verb "Quieren" (they "want") is in the present simple, third‑person plural, followed by the infinitive "sentir" (to feel).

• Se funde un solo corazón

  ➔ Reflexive/passive "se" construction

  ➔ "Se funde" uses the impersonal "se" to indicate that "a single heart" "melts" without specifying an agent.

• Sobran las palabras, tienen su ley

  ➔ Impersonal verb "sobrar" + present simple

  ➔ "Sobran" is an impersonal verb meaning "are enough/are in excess"; it is followed by the plural subject "las palabras".

• Juegan sobre asfalto, no hay ningún rey

  ➔ Negative existence "no hay" + indefinite article

  ➔ "No hay" means "there is not/there are no"; it is used here with the indefinite phrase "ningún rey" ("no king").

• Oyes que se acercan, todo tembló

  ➔ Present simple + subordinate clause with "que" + preterite "tembló"

  ➔ "Oyes" (you hear) is present simple; it introduces a subordinate clause "que se acercan" (that they are approaching). The main clause ends with the preterite "todo tembló" (everything trembled).

• Judas abrió las puertas del infierno

  ➔ Preterite of regular -ar verb "abrir"

  ➔ "Abrió" is the preterite form of "abrir" (to open); it indicates a completed action in the past: "Judas opened the gates of hell".

• Los buenos tiempos volverán

  ➔ Future simple (will + verb) expressed by "-án" ending

  ➔ "Volverán" is the third‑person plural future of "volver" (to return); it means "the good times will return".

• A morir y a resistir

  ➔ Infinitive after preposition "a" (to + verb)

  ➔ "A" introduces the infinitives "morir" (to die) and "resistir" (to resist); the preposition shows purpose or direction.

• Arrasar la gran ciudad

  ➔ Infinitive without preposition (bare infinitive) as a command/imperative idea

  ➔ "Arrasar" (to raze) appears without a preceding preposition, giving a punchy, directive feel: "Raze the great city".