El Animal – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Caifanes
• Album: El Nervio Del Volcán

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the poetic world of Caifanes with 'El Animal.' This song is a perfect gateway to learning Spanish through the lens of metaphor and emotion, offering a glimpse into the rich, avant-garde rock culture of Mexico. Discover how the language expresses raw instinct and spiritual longing through one of the most influential bands in Latin American history.

[English]

I'm gonna have made

An animal

With human skin and the hands of a lion

I'll teach it to scratch

To bark, to chew

And I'll tell it everything that's really wrong

Let's go!

I'm gonna have made

An animal

That looks like you, but isn't quite the same

One that wants to abort its shadow and more

That can walk through the streets

And not look back

They'll be on the floor, they'll be on the ceiling

In your bed

They'll be in the sky, they'll be in your breasts

In your pillow

I'm gonna have made

Another animal

With more guts and more teeth to chew

With human blood in its eyes

They will leave

And tell me everything that's really wrong

They'll be on the floor, they'll be on the ceiling

In your bed

They'll be in the sky, they'll be in your breasts

In your pillow

They'll be on the floor, they'll be on the ceiling

In your bed

They'll be in the sky, they'll be in your breasts

In your pillow

...

[Spanish]

Voy a mandar a hacer

Un animal

Con piel de humano y las manos de león

Le enseñaré a arañar

A ladrar, a masticar

Y le diré todo lo que está muy mal

¡Vámonos!

Voy a mandar a hacer

Un animal

Que se parezca a ti, pero que no sea igual

Que tenga ganas de abortar su sombra y más

Que pueda andar por las calles

Y no mirar atrás

Estarán en el suelo, estarán en el techo

En tu cama

Estarán en el cielo, estarán en tus pechos

En tu almohada

Voy a mandar a hacer

Otro animal

Con más agallas y más dientes pa' masticar

Con sangre humana en sus ojos

Ellos se irán

Y me dirán todo lo que está muy mal

Estarán en el suelo, estarán en el techo

En tu cama

Estarán en el cielo, estarán en tus pechos

En tu almohada

Estarán en el suelo, estarán en el techo

En tu cama

Estarán en el cielo, estarán en tus pechos

En tu almohada

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
mandar manˈdaɾ B1	verb - to order, to command
animal aniˈmal A2	noun - animal
piel pjel A2	noun - skin
humano uˈmano B1	adjective - human
león leˈon A2	noun - lion
arañar aɾaˈɲaɾ B1	verb - to scratch
ladrar laˈdɾaɾ B1	verb - to bark
masticar masˈtikaɾ B1	verb - to chew
abortar aβoɾˈtaɾ C1	verb - to abort, to miscarry
sombra ˈsomβɾa B1	noun - shadow
calles ˈkaʎes A2	noun - streets
mirar miˈɾaɾ A2	verb - to look
agallas aˈɣaʎas C1	noun - courage, boldness
dientes ˈdjentes A2	noun - teeth
sangre ˈsaŋɡɾe B1	noun - blood
ojos ˈoxos A2	noun - eyes