Aquí No Es Así – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Caifanes
• Album: El Nervio Del Volcán

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the poetic world of Rock en Español with Caifanes! 'Aquí No Es Así' is a perfect song to learn Spanish, offering deep, metaphorical lyrics and expressive phrasing that will help you master emotional nuances and idiomatic expressions in a rock context.

[English]

You come walking and you don't know your destiny

Conquering dreams, you dream of becoming a god

...

You keep walking over old territories

Summoning forces you will never understand

And you come from there

Where the sun doesn't rise, where there's no heat

Where the blood never

was sacrificed for a love

But here, it's not like that, ah-ah-ah-ah

...

You come walking, ignoring sacred rites

Trampling wise temples of spiritual love

Long lives continue watching over a volcano's dream

For an eternal soul, every stone is an altar

And you come from there

Where the sun doesn't rise, where there's no heat

Where the blood never

was sacrificed for a love

But here, it's not like that, ah-ah-ah-ah

...

And you come from there

Where the sun doesn't rise, where there's no heat

Where the blood never

was sacrificed for a love

And you come from there

Where the sun doesn't rise, where there's no heat

Where the blood never

was sacrificed for a love

Ah, ah, ah, ah; ah, ah, ah, ah

Ah, ah, ah, ah; ah, ah, ah, ah

Ah, ah, ah, ah; ah, ah, ah; ah

Ah, ah, ah, ah; ah, ah, ah, ah

Ah, ah, ah, ah; ah, ah, ah, ah

Ah, ah, ah, ah; ah, ah, ah, ah

Ah, ah, ah, ah; ah, ah, ah, ah

Ah, ah, ah, ah; ah, ah, ah, ah

...

[Spanish]

Vienes caminando y no sabes tu destino

Conquistando sueños, sueñas llegar a ser deidad

Sigues caminando sobre viejos territorios

Invocando fuerzas que jamás entenderás

Y vienes desde allá

Donde no sale el sol, donde no hay calor

Donde la sangre nunca

Se sacrificó por un amor

Pero, aquí, no es así, ah-ah-ah-ah

Vienes caminando, ignorando sagrados ritos

Pisoteando sabios templos de amor espiritual

Largas vidas siguen velando el sueño de un volcán

Para un alma eterna, cada piedra es un altar

Y vienes desde allá

Donde no sale el sol, donde no hay calor

Donde la sangre nunca

Se sacrificó por un amor

Pero, aquí, no es así, ah-ah-ah-ah

Y vienes desde allá

Donde no sale el sol, donde no hay calor

Donde la sangre nunca

Se sacrificó por un amor

Y vienes desde allá

Donde no sale el sol, donde no hay calor

Donde la sangre nunca

Se sacrificó por un amor

Ah, ah, ah, ah; ah, ah, ah, ah

Ah, ah, ah, ah; ah, ah, ah, ah

Ah, ah, ah, ah; ah, ah, ah; ah

Ah, ah, ah, ah; ah, ah, ah, ah

Ah, ah, ah, ah; ah, ah, ah, ah

Ah, ah, ah, ah; ah, ah, ah, ah

Ah, ah, ah, ah; ah, ah, ah, ah

Ah, ah, ah, ah; ah, ah, ah, ah

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
vienes vienes A2	verb - you come / you are coming
caminando caminando A2	verb - walking, going on foot
destino destino B1	noun - destiny, fate, destination
conquistando conquistando B2	verb - conquering, winning over
sueños sueños A2	noun - dreams, aspirations
deidad deidad B2	noun - deity, god/goddess
territorios territorios B2	noun - territories, regions
invocando invocando B2	verb - invoking, calling upon
fuerzas fuerzas B1	noun - forces, strength
sangre sangre A2	noun - blood
sacrificó sacrificó B2	verb - sacrificed (he/she/it)
amor amor A1	noun - love
sagrados sagrados B2	adjective - sacred, holy
ritos ritos B2	noun - rites, ceremonies
espiritual espiritual B2	adjective - spiritual
volcán volcán B1	noun - volcano
alma alma A2	noun - soul
eterna eterna B2	adjective - eternal, everlasting
altar altar B2	noun - altar

Key Grammar Structures

• Vienes caminando y no sabes tu destino

  ➔ Present tense with 'venir' + gerund

  ➔ The verb 'vienes' (you come) is in the present tense, and 'caminando' (walking) is a gerund, indicating an action happening at the same time as the main verb.

• Conquistando sueños, sueñas llegar a ser deidad

  ➔ Gerund and future expression

  ➔ 'Conquistando' (conquering) is a gerund, and 'sueñas llegar a ser' (you dream of becoming) expresses a future aspiration.

• Sigues caminando sobre viejos territorios

  ➔ Present tense with 'seguir' + gerund

  ➔ The verb 'sigues' (you continue) is in the present tense, and 'caminando' (walking) is a gerund, indicating continuous action.

• Invocando fuerzas que jamás entenderás

  ➔ Gerund with relative pronoun

  ➔ 'Invocando' (invoking) is a gerund, and 'que jamás entenderás' (that you will never understand) is a relative clause modifying 'fuerzas' (forces).

• Pero, aquí, no es así, ah-ah-ah-ah

  ➔ Contrastive conjunction and emphasis

  ➔ 'Pero' (but) is a contrastive conjunction, and 'ah-ah-ah-ah' adds emotional emphasis.