Cerca del suelo – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Extremoduro
• Album: Yo, Minoría Absoluta

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the raw and poetic language of Spanish rock with "Cerca del suelo." This track is an excellent way to explore the evocative, highly metaphorical, and often sensual vocabulary of Extremoduro's 'Rock Transgresivo' genre. By studying its unconventional phrasing and deep imagery, you can learn to use Spanish not just for everyday conversation, but also for expressing the most intense and complex human emotions, free from cliché.

[English]

I don’t need clothes; the scent of yesterday wraps around me.

I don’t need clothes; the taste of honey covers me.

I don’t need anything between you and me—only skin.

I don’t need anything from your heart to drink.

We meet close to the ground,

At the height of your waist,

Or we stay close to the ground,

Where the moon is reflected.

...

What a beautiful meadow—there we can roll around.

A thousand mosquitoes came and started to bite us.

On our behinds they landed, and we jumped away laughing,

Like two frogs looking for a single pond.

And the moon falls apart just by touching it,

And the pond lights up from within.

Like two drops of water from different clouds,

Falling and rising again.

We meet close to the ground,

At the height of your waist,

Or we stay close to the ground,

Where the moon is reflected.

...

Look at that beautiful bar—we could get drunk there.

It was full of friends, and they started inviting us.

Fito began to sing, and we jumped around again,

Softhearted, climbing to the highest place.

And the moon falls apart just by touching it,

And the pond lights up from within.

Like two drops of water from different clouds,

Falling and rising again.

We meet close to the ground,

At the height of your waist,

Or we stay close to the ground,

Where the moon brushes by.

...

Like water, I look for a slope and let myself fall,

Straight to your feet.

Together we’re like waterfalls turned upside down,

Coming back up again.

I ride your gaze downhill and let myself go,

From front to back.

No rule stands that we can’t break,

No limit we can’t cross.

We meet close to the ground,

At the height of your waist,

Or we stay close to the ground,

Where the moon is reflected.

We meet close to the ground (oh, oh, oh, oh),

At the height of your waist,

Or we stay close to the ground (oh, oh, oh, oh),

Where the moon brushes by.

...

And this time, it all came out right.

...

[Spanish]

No necesito ropa, me arropa el olor de ayer

No necesito ropa, me arropa el sabor a miel

No necesito que haya nada entre tú y yo, la piel

No necesito nada de tu corazón, beber

Quedamos cerca del suelo

A la altura de tu cintura

O quedamos cerca del suelo

Donde se refleje la luna

Qué prado tan bonito, ahí podemos revolcarno'

Y llegaron mil mosquitos y se pusieron a picarno'

En lo alto del culito y nos fuimos dando saltos

Éramos como dos ranas en busca de un solo charco

Y se desarma la luna, solo con tocarla

Y se enciende la luz que hay dentro de la charca

Como dos gotas de agua de distinta nube

Que bajan y que suben

Quedamos cerca del suelo

A la altura de tu cintura

O quedamos cerca del suelo

Donde se refleje la luna

Mira qué bar tan bonito, podemos emborracharnos

Estaba lleno de amigos y empezaron a invitarnos

Se puso a cantar el Fito y nos fuimos dando saltos

Con el corazón blandito, subiendo hasta lo más alto

Y se desarma la luna solo con tocarla

Y se enciende la luz que hay dentro de la charca

Como dos gotas de agua de distinta nube

Que bajan y que suben

Quedamos cerca del suelo

A la altura de tu cintura

O quedamos cerca del suelo

Donde se roce la luna

Busco, como el agua, una bajada y me dejo caer

Derechito hasta tus pies

Juntos somos como cataratas puestas del revés

Y volver p'arriba, otra vez

Monto de bajada en tu mirada y me dejo llevar

Por delante y por detrás

No queda en pie ni una regla que no podamos saltar

Ni límite por atravesar

Quedamos cerca del suelo

A la altura de tu cintura

O quedamos cerca del suelo

Donde se refleje la luna

Quedamos cerca del suelo (oh, oh, oh, oh)

A la altura de tu cintura

O quedamos cerca del suelo (oh, oh, oh, oh)

Donde se roce la luna

Y esta sí me salió bien

Key Grammar Structures

• No necesito ropa, me arropa el olor de ayer

  ➔ Present tense verb + reflexive verb

  ➔ The verb 'me arropa' uses the reflexive pronoun 'me', meaning 'covers me' or 'wraps me'.

• No necesito que haya nada entre tú y yo, la piel

  ➔ Subjunctive mood after 'que' expressing necessity

  ➔ The verb 'haya' is the present subjunctive of 'haber', showing a subjective need or desire.

• Quedamos cerca del suelo

  ➔ Prepositional phrase 'cerca de' expressing proximity

  ➔ The phrase 'cerca del suelo' means 'close to the ground', showing location or closeness.

• Qué prado tan bonito, ahí podemos revolcarnos

  ➔ Exclamative structure 'Qué + noun + tan + adjective'

  ➔ 'Qué prado tan bonito' expresses admiration, meaning 'What a beautiful meadow!'

• Y se desarma la luna solo con tocarla

  ➔ Reflexive passive 'se + verb' construction

  ➔ 'Se desarma' means 'it comes apart' or 'it falls apart', using the reflexive for impersonal passive meaning.

• Como dos gotas de agua de distinta nube

  ➔ Simile structure using 'como + noun'

  ➔ The phrase compares two lovers to 'two drops of water', highlighting similarity or union.

• Busco, como el agua, una bajada y me dejo caer

  ➔ Pronominal verb 'dejarse + infinitive' meaning 'to allow oneself to…'

  ➔ ‘Me dejo caer’ means ‘I let myself fall’, showing surrender or letting go.

• Juntos somos como cataratas puestas del revés

  ➔ Past participle used as an adjective

  ➔ 'Puestas' (from 'poner') agrees in gender and number with 'cataratas', describing their state 'upside down'.