Cuervos – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Porter
• Album: Atemahawke

Lyrics & Translation

Embark on a linguistic and emotional journey with Porter's "Cuervos." This song offers a unique opportunity to learn Spanish through its rich, introspective lyrics and experimental musical style. Dive into its metaphors and explore themes of vanity and consequences, making it a compelling piece for both language learners and music enthusiasts alike.

[English]

What have you created?

Is it your vanity, perhaps?

And your love for all you’ll never achieve?

...

I think you’ve fallen in love

With yourself again

With yourself again

...

You’ve lost control

Abort the mission

...

You owe obedience, love

Respect your creator

Raise ravens, and they’ll peck your eyes out, you fool

Raise ravens, and they’ll peck your eyes out, oh, how bad!

Raise ravens, and they’ll peck your eyes out, you fool

Raise ravens, and they’ll peck your eyes out

You won’t cry anymore

You won’t cry anymore

More, more

Ah-ah

More, more

Ah-ah

More, more

And you’re feeling dizzy

Abort the mission

...

You owe obedience, love

Respect your creator

...

Raise ravens, and they’ll peck your eyes out, you fool

Raise ravens, and they’ll peck your eyes out

Raise ravens, and they’ll peck your eyes out, you fool

Raise ravens, and they’ll peck your eyes out

You won’t cry anymore

Now, yes, it’s coming from behind

...

[Spanish]

¿Qué has creado?

¿Es acaso tu vanidad?

Y tu amor por todo lo que no has de lograr

Creo que te has enamorado

De ti otra vez

De ti otra vez

Te has salido de control

Aborta la misión

Le debes obediencia, amor

Respeta a tu creador

Cría cuervos y los ojos te van a sacar, por necio

Cría cuervos y los ojos te van a sacar, ¡uy, qué mal!

Cría cuervos y los ojos te van a sacar, por necio

Cría cuervos y los ojos te van a sacar

No vas a llorar más

No vas a llorar más

Más, más

Ah-ah

Más, más

Ah-ah

Más, más

Y estás sintiendo vértigo

Aborta la misión

Le debes obediencia, amor

Respeta a tu creador

Cría cuervos y los ojos te van a sacar, por necio

Cría cuervos y los ojos te van

Cría cuervos y los ojos te van a sacar por necio

Cría cuervos y los ojos te van a sacar

No vas a llorar más

Ahora sí, viene atrás

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
creado kreˈa.ðo A2	verb - past participle of create, to make or produce something
vanidad ba.niˈðað B1	noun - excessive belief in one's own abilities or attractiveness
enamorado ena.moˈɾa.ðo A2	adjective - feeling romantic love for someone
control kon.ˈtɾol A2	noun - power or authority to manage or dominate something
aborta aˈβoɾ.ta B1	verb - to interrupt or stop a process or mission
obediencia o.βeˈðjen.θja B1	noun - attitude of complying with orders or following instructions
respeta res.ˈpe.ta A2	verb - to have regard or admiration for someone or something
creador kɾe.aˈðoɾ A2	noun - person who creates or invents something
cuervos ˈkweɾ.βos A1	noun - large black bird
necio ˈne.θjo B1	adjective - lacking intelligence or common sense
vértigo ˈβeɾ.ti.ɣo B1	noun - sensation of dizziness or loss of balance
sintiendo sin.ˈtjen.do A2	verb - experiencing a sensation or emotion

Key Grammar Structures

• ¿Qué has creado?

  ➔ Interrogative sentence with compound perfect tense

  ➔ The verb 'has creado' is in the compound perfect tense, indicating an action completed in the past with relevance to the present.

• ¿Es acaso tu vanidad?

  ➔ Tag question with present tense

  ➔ The phrase 'Es acaso tu vanidad' is a tag question, a short question added to the end of a statement, using the present tense.

• Creo que te has enamorado

  ➔ Present tense with compound perfect in subordinate clause

  ➔ The verb 'has enamorado' is in the compound perfect tense within a subordinate clause, expressing a completed action before another action.

• Te has salido de control

  ➔ Compound perfect tense with reflexive pronoun

  ➔ The reflexive pronoun 'te' is used with the compound perfect tense to indicate an action performed on the subject itself.

• Cría cuervos y los ojos te van a sacar

  ➔ Imperative mood with future construction

  ➔ The imperative mood is used here with a future construction 'te van a sacar' to express a command with future consequences.

• No vas a llorar más

  ➔ Future tense with negation

  ➔ The future tense 'vas a llorar' is negated by 'no' to express that the action will not occur.