BALA PERDIDA – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: BERET
• Album: ÁPICES#2

Lyrics & Translation

Learning Spanish with music is a fantastic way to connect with the culture and emotions behind the language. “BALA PERDIDA” by Beret is a perfect song for this, as its poetic and metaphorical lyrics offer a rich vocabulary for expressing complex feelings. By exploring this song, you can learn about themes of self-discovery and resilience, all while immersing yourself in the emotive world of Spanish urban pop.

[English]

If love were blind, we'd only fall in love with darkness

We call affection the same person whose last name is need

Things break with blows, others fit together forever

I'm that kind of clumsy person who doesn't even want to try

They made me according to the world, but the world no longer remembers me

Better to be made of pieces of erased ink than shattered for you

I don't want you to lift me up, you're going to offer me your hand

Just to jump with me into the disaster to be happy

I'm accepting that the problem is mine after blaming

And I'm the one who can't have you because he doesn't believe in eternity

And today "I love you" is said hoping for an "I love you" and that's showing

If you want to know who will save your life, look in the mirror and you'll finally know

I live life more conditioned than really in conditions

I call normal what everyone does, knowing that they are a thousand mistakes

I set limits without knowing myself, without knowing where my mind will go

We are humans who, when faced with problems, sometimes fight like gods

Thank you for making me into a thousand pieces, so I can see myself better

Because nobody knows what we are inside until it hurts on the outside

The coin in the air has shown its face more times than for something I

I like you better broken than when you fix yourself, that way you don't lie to me, my love

I ended up whispering myself to the devil that was on my shoulder and he leaves

If it's better alone than in bad company, I'm already accompanied by loneliness

I don't know what's emptier, the bottle or me, I don't even want to look

Perhaps choosing in the cage you live in can be called freedom

I'm more afraid of being alone with myself than with you and I know

That at least today I have control of the mess that I alone created

If I'm a lost bullet, it's because I'm suicidal

And life grants me the same gun that I came out of to kill myself again

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[Spanish]

Si el amor fuese ciego, solo nos enamoraríamos de la oscuridad

Llamamos cariño a la misma persona de apellido necesidad

Las cosas a golpes se rompen, otras encajan pa' siempre

Soy esa clase de torpes que ni lo quiere intentar

Me hicieron acorde al mundo, pero el mundo ya no se acuerda de mí

Mejor estar hecho a trozos de tinta borrada que a trizas por ti

No quiero que me levantes, la mano vas a ofrecerme

Que solo sea pa' saltar conmigo al desastre para ser feliz

Voy aceptando que el problema es mío después de culpar

Y soy aquel que no puede tenerte porque no cree en la eternidad

Y hoy se dice "te quiero" esperando un "te quiero" y eso es demostrar

Si quieres saber quién salvará tu vida, mírate al espejo y por fin lo sabrás

Vivo la vida más condicionado que de verdad en condiciones

Llamo normal a lo que todos hacen, sabiendo que son mil errores

Me pongo límites sin conocerme, sin saber a qué llegará mi mente

Somos humanos que, ante los problemas, a veces luchan como dioses

Gracias por hacer de mí mil pedazos, así puedo verme mejor

Porque nadie sabe qué somos por dentro hasta que duele en el exterior

Ha dado la cara más veces la moneda al aire que por algo yo

Me gustas más rota que cuando te arreglas, así no me mientes, mi amor

Acabé yo mismo susurrando al diablo que estaba en mi hombro y se va

Si solo mejor que mal acompañado, ya me acompaña soledad

No sé qué sigue más vacía, la botella o yo, no quiero ni mirar

Quizás elegir en la jaula que vives se puede llamar libertad

Tengo más miedo por estar a solas conmigo que contigo y sé

Que al menos hoy tengo el control del desorden que yo solamente creé

Si soy un bala perdida, será porque soy un suicida

Y la vida me otorga la misma pistola de la que salí pa' volver a matarme otra vez

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
amor /aˈmoɾ/ A1	noun - love
oscuridad /os.ku.ɾiˈðað/ B1	noun - darkness
cariño /kaˈɾi.ɲo/ B1	noun - affection, love
necesidad /ne.se.siˈðað/ B1	noun - need, necessity
golpes /ˈɡol.pes/ B1	noun - blows, hits
torpes /ˈtoɾ.pes/ B2	adjective - clumsy, awkward
mundo /ˈmun.do/ A1	noun - world
trozos /ˈtɾo.θos/ B1	noun - pieces, fragments
tinta /ˈtin.ta/ B1	noun - ink
mano /ˈma.no/ A1	noun - hand
desastre /deˈsas.tɾe/ B1	noun - disaster
problema /pɾoˈβle.ma/ A2	noun - problem
espejo /esˈpe.xo/ A2	noun - mirror
vida /ˈbi.ða/ A1	noun - life
errores /eˈro.ɾes/ B1	noun - mistakes, errors
mente /ˈmen.te/ B1	noun - mind
humanos /uˈma.nos/ A2	adjective - human
pedazos /peˈða.θos/ B1	noun - pieces
aire /ˈai.ɾe/ A1	noun - air
amor /aˈmoɾ/ A1	noun - love
diablo /ˈdja.βlo/ B1	noun - devil
soledad /so.leˈðað/ B1	noun - solitude, loneliness
botella /boˈte.ʎa/ A2	noun - bottle
miedo /ˈmje.ðo/ A2	noun - fear
control /konˈtɾol/ B1	noun - control
bala /ˈba.la/ B1	noun - bullet
pistola /pisˈto.la/ B1	noun - pistol

Key Grammar Structures

• Si el amor fuese ciego, solo nos enamoraríamos de la oscuridad

  ➔ Imperfect Subjunctive in conditional sentences (Si + imperfect subjunctive, conditional simple)

  ➔ This sentence uses the imperfect subjunctive to express a hypothetical situation. "fuese" is the imperfect subjunctive of "ser". The use of "si" signals a conditional sentence. It illustrates what *would* happen if love *were* blind.

• Me hicieron acorde al mundo, pero el mundo ya no se acuerda de mí

  ➔ Passive Voice (Me hicieron acorde)

  ➔ "Me hicieron acorde al mundo" uses a passive construction. The focus is on the speaker *being made* to conform to the world, rather than who made them. "Hicieron" is the 3rd person plural preterite of "hacer".

• No quiero que me levantes, la mano vas a ofrecerme

  ➔ Subjunctive after expressions of volition (Quiero que + subjunctive)

  ➔ The phrase "No quiero que me levantes" requires the subjunctive because it expresses a desire or wish. "Levantes" is the present subjunctive form of "levantar". The speaker *doesn't want* to be lifted up.

• Voy aceptando que el problema es mío después de culpar

  ➔ Gerund phrase (aceptando que...)

  ➔ "Voy aceptando que..." uses the gerund "aceptando" to indicate an ongoing process or action. This construction emphasizes the act of accepting happening gradually over time. It's similar to saying "I am gradually accepting that...".

• Si quieres saber quién salvará tu vida, mírate al espejo y por fin lo sabrás

  ➔ Future tense in a conditional clause (Si + present indicative, future indicative)

  ➔ This sentence shows the standard structure for a likely condition. The *if* clause uses the present indicative (quieres), and the result clause uses the future indicative (sabrás). It expresses a real possibility.

• Ha dado la cara más veces la moneda al aire que por algo yo

  ➔ Comparison of inequality (más ... que)

  ➔ This sentence uses "más veces ... que" to compare the frequency with which the coin lands heads versus the speaker's good fortune. It emphasizes the unluckiness of the speaker.

• Acabé yo mismo susurrando al diablo que estaba en mi hombro y se va

  ➔ Relative clause (que estaba en mi hombro)

  ➔ "que estaba en mi hombro" is a relative clause that modifies "diablo" (devil). It provides additional information about which devil the speaker was whispering to. The "que" acts as a relative pronoun.

• Si soy un bala perdida, será porque soy un suicida

  ➔ Future tense expressing probability or conjecture (será)

  ➔ Here, "será" (future tense of "ser") is used not to indicate a future event but to express a probability or conjecture in the present. It could be translated as "It's probably because I am…" or "The reason must be that I am…". It's a way of speculating about the cause of something.