DIFERENTE – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: ARKANO

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

Todo empieza con un mal paso

Everything starts with a wrong step

Que se quiso dar para avanzar y acabó siendo en falso

That was meant to move us forward but ended up being false

Para mi lo diferente es bello

For me, being different is beautiful

Para ellos algo que debería ser castigado

For them, it's something to be punished

Y así me lo hicieron ver en primero

And that's how they made me see it in first grade

Decidieron que mi ego volviera a partir de cero

They decided my ego should start over from zero

Me ignoraron, me ofendieron, me golpearon

They ignored me, insulted me, hit me

Me escupieron, consiguieron que dijera "no me quiero"

Spat on me, made me say "I don't want to"

Lo llamo la paradoja del embudo

I call it the paradox of the funnel

Mi inseguridad les hizo sentir más seguros

My insecurity made them feel more secure

Y cada día me hundía más profundo

And every day I sank deeper

Y cada día dolía más el mundo

And every day, the world hurt more

Me decía "ellos no son tan duros"

I told myself "They're not that tough"

Soñaba con tumbarlos uno a uno

I dreamt of knocking them down one by one

Mirarles fijamente sacarlos de mi presente

Staring at them, taking them out of my present

Y conseguir hacer presente mi futuro

And making my future feel real

He visto estas crisis en instis

I've seen these crises on social media

Colegios y solo hay un rey, la ley del silencio

Schools, and there's only one king—the law of silence

Dicen que son bromas

They say it’s just a joke

No toman en serio el ver a un humano que deja escapar su vida

They don’t take seriously a human letting go of their life

La ecuación es fácil no le busques el misterio

The equation’s simple, don’t seek the mystery

Si no vemos el problema jamás tendremos remedio

If we never see the problem, we’ll never fix it

Presiones porque cambien las versiones de los hechos

Pressures to change the version of the facts

Depresiones, malhumor y sesiones de comer techo

Depression, bad moods, and sessions of hitting the ceiling

¿Cuánto hay que tragar para que estéis contentos?

How much do you have to swallow for you to be happy?

Un niño que deja de ser niño antes de tiempo

A kid who stops being a kid too early

Que ha aprendido antes a ocultar los golpes a sus padres

Who’s learned to hide his wounds from his parents first

Que a besar a su amor inconfesable

More than kissing his unconfessable love

Que piensa más en muerte que en vida

Who thinks more about death than life

Que ha convertido la humillación en rutina

Who’s turned humiliation into routine

Que sueña con dejar de ser real y escapar

Dreams of stopping being real and escaping

De este mundo brutal que se le echa encima

From this brutal world closing in on him

Es cosa de todos ser responsables

It’s everyone’s responsibility

Amigo no hace falta que me hables

Friend, you don’t even need to talk to me

Con la mirada me pides que te salve

With a look, you ask me to save you

Antes de que sea demasiado tarde

Before it’s too late

Y yo voy a dar un paso al frente por ti

And I will step forward for you

Nadie en el mundo se merece sufrir

No one in the world deserves to suffer

A los que miran sin hacer no les excuso

I don’t excuse those who watch without acting

Pues no ir contra el abuso es ser parte del abuso

Because not fighting abuse makes you part of it

Dime de qué bando estás

Tell me which side you’re on

Y deja de mentirte a cambio de comodidad

And stop lying to yourself for comfort

Se honesto contigo y persigue la verdad

Be honest with yourself and seek the truth

Si careces de principios te perderás el final

If you lack principles, you’ll miss the ending

¿Si no como alcanzar el cielo?

How can you reach heaven if not?

Nunca nadie pudo volar sin un compañero

No one has ever flown without a companion

No te dejes confundir

Don’t let yourself be confused

Para mi lo diferente es bello, ¿y para ti?

For me, being different is beautiful, and for you?

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
paso /ˈpɑ.so/ A2	noun - step
avanzar /aβanˈθaɾ/ B1	verb - to move forward
falso /ˈfalso/ A2	adjective - false, fake
diferente /difeˈɾente/ A2	adjective - different
bello /ˈbɛʝo/ A2	adjective - beautiful
castigado /kastiˈɣaðo/ B2	adjective - punished
ego /ˈeɣo/ B1	noun - self, sense of self
ignoraron /iɣnoˈɾaɾon/ B2	verb - they ignored
ofendieron /oˈfendjeɾon/ B2	verb - they offended
golpearon /ɡolpeˈɾaɾon/ B2	verb - they hit
escupieron /eskupiˈjeɾon/ B2	verb - they spat on
dijera /diˈxeɾa/ B2	verb - say (subjunctive mood)
paradoja /paɾaˈðoxa/ B2	noun - paradox
inseguridad /inseɣuɾiˈðað/ B2	noun - insecurity
hundía /unˈdi.a/ B1	verb - he/she/it sank
dolía /doˈli.a/ B1	verb - hurt, was painful
sócrame /ˈsɔˌkɾa.me/ A2	verb - dream (imperative)

Key Grammar Structures

• Que se quiso dar para avanzar

  ➔ Reflexive pronoun + past tense verb + infinitive

  ➔ The phrase uses a reflexive construction to indicate that the subject performed an action on itself.

• Para mi lo diferente es bello

  ➔ Preposition + pronoun + article + adjective + verb

  ➔ The phrase uses a preposition to indicate perspective or opinion about something.

• Me escupieron

  ➔ Preterite tense + indirect object pronoun + verb

  ➔ The sentence uses the preterite tense to describe an action completed in the past, with an indirect object pronoun 'me' indicating who was affected.

• Mi inseguridad les hizo sentir más seguros

  ➔ Preterite tense + indirect object pronoun + verb + infinitive

  ➔ The phrase illustrates how an action in the past affected others' feelings, with an emphasis on making them feel more secure.

• Y deja de mentirte a cambio de comodidad

  ➔ Verb + preposition + reflexive pronoun + noun + preposition + noun

  ➔ The sentence uses the imperative form 'deja' (stop) combined with an infinitive to advise someone to stop lying to themselves in exchange for comfort.