Contra El Viento – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: WARCRY

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into 'Contra El Viento' by WarCry, a cornerstone of Spanish power metal, to immerse yourself in the language through themes of profound resilience and unwavering struggle. This song’s passionate delivery and evocative lyrics offer a powerful lesson in perseverance, teaching you how to express the human spirit's refusal to surrender even when facing overwhelming odds.

[English]

Crystal memories... of what happened...

How distant everything feels when pain is all you know.

Doomed to die, no room to bargain:

Life is a game, and everything has an end.

Lying in a bed, clinging to a thread of voice...

Lost in that world, which is his room to him,

He watches the minutes tick by on a cruel old clock:

He knows the looks, hope is gone.

They say he’ll soon depart to that place

where there’s no evil and time stands still.

He wants to sleep and wake up,

he wants to fly one more day...

against the wind.

He sees around him how easy it is to live;

the one who has it all doesn’t believe he’s happy.

His blood already awaits the hour of his end...

how quickly we give up without even fighting.

He doesn’t believe in miracles, he knows that wanting is power:

the one who wants nothing can gain nothing.

Living each second as a chance

to play the game, fighting until the end...

until the end...

They say he’ll soon depart to that place

where there’s no evil and time stands still.

He wants to sleep and wake up,

he wants to fly one more day...

against the wind.

...

[Spanish]

Recuerdos de cristal... de aquello que ocurrió...

qué lejos queda todo cuando se siente dolor.

Condenado a morir, nada que negociar:

la vida es un juego y todo tiene un final.

Tumbado en una cama, colgado de un hilo de voz...

perdido en ese mundo, que es para él su habitación,

ve pasar los minutos desde un cruel viejo reloj:

conoce las miradas, la esperanza murió.

Dicen que pronto partirá a ese lugar

donde no hay mal ni pasa el tiempo.

Quiere dormir y despertar,

quiere volar un dia más...

contra el viento.

Observa alrededor lo fácil que es vivir;

aquel que todo tiene no se cree ser feliz.

Su sangre espera ya la hora de su fin...

qué pronto renunciamos sin ni siquiera combatir.

Él no cree en milagros, sabe que querer es poder:

aquel que nada quiere, nada puede obtener.

Viviendo los segundos como una oportunidad

de jugar la partida, luchando hasta el final...

hasta el final...

Dicen que pronto partirá a ese lugar

donde no hay mal ni pasa el tiempo.

Quiere dormir y despertar,

quiere volar un dia más...

contra el viento.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
recuerdos re.kwer.dos A2	noun - memories
condenado kon.de.na.do B1	adjective - condemned
negociar ne.go.θi.ar B1	verb - to negotiate
tumbado tum.ba.do A2	adjective - lying down
colgado kol.ga.do A2	adjective - hanging
perdido per.di.do A2	adjective - lost
miradas mi.ra.das A2	noun - glances
esperanza es.pe.ran.θa A2	noun - hope
partirá par.ti.ɾa A2	verb - will leave
despertar des.per.tar A2	verb - to wake up
volar bo.lar A1	verb - to fly
observa ob.ser.ba A2	verb - observes
renunciamos re.nun.θi.a.mos B1	verb - we renounce
milagros mi.la.ɣos A2	noun - miracles
oportunidad o.por.tu.ni.dad A2	noun - opportunity
luchando lu.tʃan.do A2	verb - fighting

Key Grammar Structures

• Recuerdos de cristal... de aquello que ocurrió...

  ➔ Preterite tense

  ➔ The verb 'ocurrió' is in the preterite tense, indicating a completed action in the past.

• Condenado a morir, nada que negociar:

  ➔ Present participle as adjective

  ➔ 'Condenado' is a present participle used as an adjective to describe the subject.

• la vida es un juego y todo tiene un final.

  ➔ Present indicative

  ➔ The verbs 'es' and 'tiene' are in the present indicative, stating general truths.

• Tumbado en una cama, colgado de un hilo de voz...

  ➔ Past participle as adjective

  ➔ 'Tumbado' and 'colgado' are past participles used as adjectives.

• Dicen que pronto partirá a ese lugar

  ➔ Future tense

  ➔ The verb 'partirá' is in the future tense, indicating a future action.

• donde no hay mal ni pasa el tiempo.

  ➔ Present subjunctive

  ➔ The verbs 'hay' and 'pasa' are in the present subjunctive, expressing a hypothetical situation.

• quiere volar un dia más... contra el viento.

  ➔ Infinitive in purpose clause

  ➔ The infinitive 'volar' is used to express purpose after the conjunction 'quiere'.

• aquel que todo tiene no se cree ser feliz.

  ➔ Relative pronoun

  ➔ The relative pronoun 'que' is used to introduce a relative clause describing 'aquel'.