Ando Más Que Mal – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Eslabon Armado
• Album: Corta Venas

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the emotional depth of Eslabon Armado's "Ando Más Que Mal." This song offers a raw portrayal of heartbreak and the universal journey of overcoming a failed relationship, allowing listeners to connect with themes of love, loss, and resilience through its poignant lyrics and characteristic sierreño sound.

[English]

I'm doing worse than ever

Thank you for killing my soul

I traveled eight hours

By plane to see your face

I arrived, I got my hopes up

Because I dreamed of being with you

But you tell me

That in the end, you didn't love me

I put in all the effort

And you make me think of nothing

Maybe the distance didn't please you

Or I did something wrong, I start to cry

You gave me a kiss

That made me fall in love

I dreamed of you, and I returned unhappy

Maybe it wasn't

What you were looking for, I tried too hard

I want you to know

I'm going to miss you, and without a doubt

I gave you things

I didn't mind spending on you

You were the woman

With whom I wanted to be and give the world

I've never felt so broken

For a love, I'm all alone

But with time, I'm erasing

The moments we had

You know you hurt me

But I know you won't care

One day it will happen that you'll remember me

...

...

[Spanish]

Ando más que mal

Gracias por matar mi alma

Viajé ocho horas

En avión para ver tu cara

Llegué, me ilusioné

Porque soñaba contigo estar

Pero me sales

Que al fin de cuentas no me querías

El esfuerzo puse todo el rato

Y tú nada me haces pensar

Tal vez la distancia no te agradó

O hice algo mal, empiezo a llorar

Un beso me diste

Causó para que me enamorara

En ti soñara, en ti, y regrese infeliz

Tal vez no era

Lo que buscabas, traté de más

Quiero que sepas

Te voy a extrañar y sin duda

Cosas te regalé

No me pesaba en ti gastar

Eras tú la mujer

Cual quise yo estar y el mundo dar

Nunca me he sentido tan quebrado

Por un amor, solo yo estoy

Pero con el tiempo voy borrando

Los momentos que tuvimos

Sabes que me heriste

Pero yo sé que no te importará

Un día va a pasar que en ti

Te acordarás de mí

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
matar /maˈtaɾ/ B1	verb - to kill
alma /ˈalma/ A2	noun - soul
viajar /bjaˈxaɾ/ A1	verb - to travel
cara /ˈkaɾa/ A1	noun - face
soñar /soˈɲaɾ/ A2	verb - to dream
esfuerzo /esˈfweɾθo/ B1	noun - effort
distancia /disˈtansja/ A2	noun - distance
llorar /ʎoˈɾaɾ/ A1	verb - to cry
beso /ˈbeso/ A1	noun - kiss
enamorar /enamoˈɾaɾ/ B1	verb - to fall in love
infeliz /imfeˈlis/ B1	adjective - unhappy
extrañar /ekstraˈɲaɾ/ B1	verb - to miss
regalar /reɣaˈlaɾ/ A2	verb - to gift
mundo /ˈmundo/ A1	noun - world
quebrado /keˈβɾaðo/ B2	adjective - broken
herir /eˈɾiɾ/ B2	verb - to wound, to hurt

Key Grammar Structures

• Ando más que mal

  ➔ Comparative construction: "más que"

  ➔ "Ando más que mal" means "I'm doing worse than bad." "Más que" is used to compare the degree of badness.

• Gracias por matar mi alma

  ➔ Verb "matar" (to kill) used in the context of emotional pain.

  ➔ Here, "matar" is used metaphorically to express the deep emotional hurt caused by the other person. It highlights the intensity of the pain.

• Pero me sales Que al fin de cuentas no me querías

  ➔ Idiomatic expression "me sales con" + indirect statement.

  ➔ "Me sales con que..." is an informal way of saying "you come out with the fact that..." or "you tell me that...". The following part is an indirect statement of what the person said.

• Tal vez la distancia no te agradó

  ➔ Subjunctive mood implied by "tal vez"

  ➔ "Tal vez" (maybe) often implies the subjunctive mood because it expresses uncertainty or possibility. While "agradó" is in the preterite indicative, the "tal vez" suggests the speaker is unsure of the reason, implying a subjunctive situation. The implicit correct sentence would be "Tal vez la distancia no te haya agradado".

• Causó para que me enamorara

  ➔ Incorrect use of "para que" after "causar". Should be just "Causó que me enamorara"

  ➔ The verb "causar" when meaning 'to cause' is followed by 'que' and the subjunctive. The phrase "para que" expresses purpose.

• Cosas te regalé No me pesaba en ti gastar

  ➔ Impersonal construction with "pesar" and use of indirect object pronoun "te".

  ➔ "No me pesaba en ti gastar" means "It didn't bother me to spend on you." "Me" is the indirect object pronoun, and "pesar" is used impersonally.

• Nunca me he sentido tan quebrado Por un amor, solo yo estoy

  ➔ Present perfect tense ("me he sentido") and "tan" used as an intensifier.

  ➔ "Nunca me he sentido tan quebrado" means "I have never felt so broken." "Tan" intensifies the adjective "quebrado" (broken), and "me he sentido" uses the present perfect to express an experience.

• Sabes que me heriste Pero yo sé que no te importará

  ➔ Use of "saber" (to know) + indicative vs. Subjunctive mood implied after "no ... que" when expressing uncertainty or lack of belief.

  ➔ The first "sabes que me heriste" uses the indicative because the speaker knows for sure that they were hurt. The second part, "Pero yo sé que no te importará", also uses the indicative, although it could also be argued that the speaker is expressing some doubt or lack of belief which would take the subjunctive (no te importe).