Acordar – Bilingual Lyrics Portuguese/English

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Lyrics & Translation

[Portuguese]

[English]

Hoje eu vou sair trazer pra vista a luz

Today I'm going out to bring the light into view

Pra eu poder escrever o que não se traduz

So I can write what cannot be translated

Pra me fazer sentir, pra me banhar de vento

To make me feel, to bathe me in wind

Pra deixar escapar o que sobra aqui dentro

To let out what's left inside

Pra me acordar do coma, pra me levar pra casa

To wake me from the coma, to take me home

E todo dia eu nasço, eu cresço, eu adoeço

And every day I'm born, I grow, I get sick

Eu morro um pouco mais, pra me trazer pra vida

I die a little more, to bring myself to life

Preciso desligar, fazer parar a dor

I need to turn off, to make the pain stop

Ir na janela e ver, e me inundar de cor

Go to the window and see, and flood myself with color

O sol vai me invadir vai me limpar por dentro

The sun will invade me, it will cleanse me inside

Pra eu nunca mais viver um só dia cinzento

So I never live another gray day

Pra me acordar do coma, pra me levar pra casa

To wake me from the coma, to take me home

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E todo dia eu nasço, eu cresço, eu adoeço

And every day I'm born, I grow, I get sick

Eu morro um pouco mais, pra me trazer pra vida

I die a little more, to bring myself to life

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Podem desligar, assinem os papéis

They can turn off, sign the papers

Estou me dando alta pra viver

I'm discharging myself to live

E junto de vocês

And together with you

Não há nada que possa nos vencer

There is nothing that can defeat us

Quando acordar do coma

When I wake up from the coma

Eu vou pra sua casa, viver

I'm going to your house, to live

E todo dia vai ser pra sempre um recomeço

And every day will forever be a new beginning

Eu me deixei pra trás, pra nascer na sua vida

I left myself behind, to be born in your life

(Vamo lá)

(Vamo lá)

E todo dia vai ser pra sempre um recomeço

And every day will forever be a new beginning

Eu me deixei pra trás, pra nascer na sua vida

I left myself behind, to be born in your life

Pra me acordar do coma

To wake me from the coma

Pra me acordar do coma

To wake me from the coma

(Cês são foda demais)

(Cês são foda demais)

(Pra me acordar do coma)

(To wake me from the coma)

(Pra me acordar do coma)

(To wake me from the coma)

(Pra me acordar do coma)

(To wake me from the coma)

(Pra me acordar do coma)

(To wake me from the coma)

(Pra me acordar do coma)

(To wake me from the coma)

(Pra me acordar do coma)

(To wake me from the coma)

(Pra me acordar do coma)

(To wake me from the coma)

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
sair /sajɾ/ A2	verb - to go out
trazer /tɾaˈzeɾ/ B1	verb - to bring
luz /luʃ/ A2	noun - light
escrever /es.kɾeˈveɾ/ B1	verb - to write
sentir /sẽˈtiɾ/ A2	verb - to feel
banhar /bɐˈɲaɾ/ B2	verb - to bathe
vento /ˈvẽtu/ A2	noun - wind
acordar /aˈkoʁdaɾ/ B1	verb - to wake up
comas /ˈkɔmɐs/ C1	noun - coma
vida /ˈvi.dɐ/ A2	noun - life
desligar /dʒis.lɡaʁ/ B2	verb - to disconnect
dor /doɾ/ A2	noun - pain
janela /d͡ʒaˈnɛla/ A2	noun - window
ver /vɛʁ/ A2	verb - to see
inundar /inũˈdaɾ/ B2	verb - to flood
limpar /lĩˈpaɾ/ B2	verb - to clean
cinzento /sĩˈzẽ̃tu/ B2	adjective - gray
recomeço /ʁe.kõˈseu/ C1	noun - rebirth, fresh start

Key Grammar Structures

• Hoje eu vou sair trazer pra vista a luz

  ➔ Future Simple (ir + infinitive) and infinitive phrase

  ➔ "Vou sair" uses the "ir + infinitive" structure to express future intention (I am going to go out). "Trazer pra vista a luz" is an infinitive phrase acting as a complement.

• Pra eu poder escrever o que não se traduz

  ➔ Subjunctive Mood after "Pra" (for purpose), Relative Pronoun (o que), Impersonal "se"

  ➔ "Pra eu poder escrever" uses the subjunctive mood ("poder") after "pra" to indicate purpose. "O que não se traduz" uses "o que" (what) as a relative pronoun. "Não se traduz" uses the impersonal "se," meaning 'what cannot be translated'.

• Pra me acordar do coma, pra me levar pra casa

  ➔ Prepositional Phrases and Purpose Clauses

  ➔ The lines consist of prepositional phrases indicating purpose: "Pra me acordar do coma" (To wake me from the coma) and "pra me levar pra casa" (To take me home). "Pra" introduces a purpose clause.

• E todo dia eu nasço, eu cresço, eu adoeço

  ➔ Present Simple Tense (Repetitive Actions)

  ➔ Uses the present simple tense ("nasço", "cresço", "adoeço") to describe repetitive actions that occur every day.

• Eu morro um pouco mais, pra me trazer pra vida

  ➔ Adverb of Quantity, Purpose Clause with Subjunctive

  ➔ "Um pouco mais" (a little more) is an adverb of quantity. "Pra me trazer pra vida" is a purpose clause, explaining the reason for dying a little more. Because of "pra", the verb is often in the subjunctive (though not overtly marked here because it is the infinitive used as the subjunctive).

• O sol vai me invadir vai me limpar por dentro

  ➔ Future Simple (ir + infinitive) and adverbial phrase

  ➔ "Vai me invadir" uses the "ir + infinitive" structure to express future intention (It is going to invade me). "Por dentro" is an adverbial phrase modifying the verb.

• Estou me dando alta pra viver

  ➔ Gerund, Reflexive Verb, Purpose Clause

  ➔ "Estou me dando alta" uses the reflexive verb "dar alta a si mesmo" (to discharge oneself). "Pra viver" is a purpose clause, explaining why he is discharging himself.

• Não há nada que possa nos vencer

  ➔ Subjunctive After Negative Expression, Relative Clause with Subjunctive

  ➔ "Não há nada que possa nos vencer" (There is nothing that can defeat us) uses the subjunctive mood ("possa") in the relative clause because the main clause is negative ("Não há nada"). The use of the subjunctive indicates uncertainty or a hypothetical situation.