Ateo – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: C. Tangana, Nathy Peluso
• Album: EL MADRILEÑO

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the rhythmic world of Spanish urban music with 'Ateo'. This track is a perfect gateway to learning modern Spanish, offering a rich blend of poetic metaphors and contemporary slang, making it an ideal choice for those wanting to understand the soul of current Spanish pop culture.

[English]

This love is like a religion

...

Dangerous matters from the past still haunt me

Stories that people haven't forgotten, and that remind me every day

If I made it here alive, an old wound isn't going to kill me

Let them talk bad, let them die of envy

I was an atheist, but now I believe

Because a miracle like you must have come down from heaven

I was an atheist, but now I believe

Because a miracle like you must have come down from heaven

I was an atheist, but now I believe

Because a miracle came down from heaven

I was an atheist, but now I believe (now I believe)

They talk about my life as if they've all been through it, eh-eh-eh

And while they tell stories, just you and I, bachatas and a bottle

I want to make a religion out of your hair, your mouth, and your face

And may the Virgin of Almudena forgive me

For the things I do in your bed

If I made it here alive, an old wound isn't going to kill me

Let them talk bad, let them die of envy (let them talk)

I was an atheist, but now I believe

Because a miracle like you must have come down from heaven

I was an atheist, but now I believe

Because a miracle like you must have come down from heaven

I was an atheist, but now I believe

Because a miracle came down from heaven

I was an atheist, but now I believe

...

Let them die of envy

...

Ah-ah-ah

Let them die of envy

You pulled me out of the darkness, we're a serious matter

You awaken that devil in me that steals all my spirituality

I don't know what's happening to me, now nothing can replace you

Your mouth is like my home

What they say sounds like poison

If they ask me, I'll tell them I don't know

I want to scream that I miss you

Give me some holy water to quench my thirst

The last romantic (El Madrileño!)

I was an atheist (that's right), but now I believe

Because a miracle like you must have come down from heaven

I was an atheist, but now I believe

Because a miracle like you must have come down from heaven

I was an atheist, but now I believe

Because a miracle came down from heaven

I was an atheist, but now I believe

...

[Spanish]

Este amor es como una religión

Asuntos peligrosos del pasado me persiguen todavía

Historias que la gente no olvidó y que me recuerdan cada día

Si llegué vivo aquí, no me va a matar una vieja herida

Déjales que hablen mal, se mueran de envidia

Yo era ateo, pero ahora creo

Porque un milagro como tú ha tenido que bajar del cielo

Yo era ateo, pero ahora creo

Porque un milagro como tú ha tenido que bajar del cielo

Yo era ateo, pero ahora creo

Porque un milagro bajó del cielo

Yo era ateo, pero ahora creo (ahora creo)

Hablan de mi vida como si hubieran pasao todos por ella, eh-eh-eh

Y mientras cuentan cuentos, tú y yo solos, bachatas y una botella

Quiero hacerle religión a tu melena, a tu boca, y a tu cara

Y que me perdone la Virgen de la Almudena

Las cosa' que hago en tu cama

Si llegué viva aquí no me va a matar una vieja herida

Déjales que hablen mal, se mueran de envidia (que hablen)

Yo era ateo, pero ahora creo

Porque un milagro como tú ha tenido que bajar del cielo

Yo era ateo, pero ahora creo

Porque un milagro como tú ha tenido que bajar del cielo

Yo era ateo, pero ahora creo

Porque un milagro bajó del cielo

Yo era ateo, pero ahora creo

Que se mueran de envidia

Ah-ah-ah

Que se mueran de envidia

Me sacaste de la oscuridad, somos un asunto 'e gravedad

Tú despiertas ese diablo mío que me roba toda espiritualidad

Ya no sé lo que me pasa, ahora nada te reemplaza

Tu boca es como mi casa

Lo que ellos dicen parece veneno

Si me preguntan, yo le' diré que no lo sé

Quiero gritar que te echo de menos

Dame del agua bendita que calma mi sed

El último romántico (¡El Madrileño!)

Yo era ateo (eso es), pero ahora creo

Porque un milagro como tú ha tenido que bajar del cielo

Yo era ateo, pero ahora creo

Porque un milagro como tú ha tenido que bajar del cielo

Yo era ateo, pero ahora creo

Porque un milagro bajó del cielo

Yo era ateo, pero ahora creo

Key Grammar Structures

• Asuntos peligrosos del pasado me persiguen todavía

  ➔ Present Indicative

  ➔ The verb "persiguen" (they chase) is in the present tense, used here to describe an ongoing action or persistent situation in the present.

• Si llegué vivo aquí, no me va a matar una vieja herida

  ➔ First Conditional (Real condition)

  ➔ The structure "Si + pretérito perfecto (llegué), + ir a + infinitive (va a matar)" expresses a real/possible condition in the past with a logical result in the future.

• Déjales que hablen mal

  ➔ Subjunctive mood in command/permission

  ➔ The verb "hablen" is in the present subjunctive, triggered by the causative structure "Déjales que" (Let them...)

• Porque un milagro como tú ha tenido que bajar del cielo

  ➔ Periphrastic Verb: Tener que + infinitive (Obligation/Deduction)

  ➔ Here, "ha tenido que" indicates a logical deduction or a strong inference that the person must have come from heaven.

• Hablan de mi vida como si hubieran pasao todos por ella

  ➔ Subjunctive Pluperfect (Hypothetical past)

  ➔ The structure "como si" + "hubieran pasao" (hubieran pasado) is used to express a hypothetical situation in the past.

• Quiero hacerle religión a tu melena

  ➔ Verbs of volition + direct/indirect objects

  ➔ "Quiero" (I want) governs the infinitive "hacer". The "le" is an indirect object pronoun referring to the person being addressed.

• Me sacaste de la oscuridad

  ➔ Preterite (Completed past action)

  ➔ "Sacaste" is in the preterite, indicating an action that happened and was completed in the past.

• Tú despiertas ese diablo mío

  ➔ Possessive determiners

  ➔ The use of "mío" (mine) after the noun "diablo" is the stressed/tonic form of the possessive, used for emphasis.