El Ego de un Fantasma – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Porter

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the poetic side of Spanish with Porter's 'El Ego de un Fantasma.' This song is perfect for learners who want to explore metaphorical language and abstract vocabulary while experiencing the cutting edge of Mexican indie rock.

[English]

A transparent object

With biotechnology

I contaminate my blood

The ego of a ghost

I create this cold war

A silent virus

It's not going to explode, it was a nightmare

The effect of Tafil, it's not going to explode

There's no turning back, distant beings

We learned how to suffer, and how to walk

I didn't want to turn and look at you

Bleeding and wounded

I couldn't help it anymore

Far beyond fantasy

And with a broken soul

The day was coming to an end

It's not going to explode, it was a nightmare

The effect of Tafil

It's not going to explode

All the stars aligned against me

There's no turning back, distant beings

We learned how to suffer

And how to walk

And how to walk

And how to walk

And how to walk

[Spanish]

Un objeto transparente

Con Biotecnología

Contamino mi sangre

El Ego de un fantasma

Creo esta guerra fria

Un virus silencioso

No va a estallar, fue una pesadilla

El efecto del Tafil, no va a estallar

No hay vuelta atras, seres lejanos

Aprendimos a sufrir, y a caminar

No quise voltear a verte

Sangrada y con heridas

Ya no pude evitarlo

Super a la fantasia

Y con el alma rota

Se terminaba el día

No va a estallar, fue una pesadilla

El efecto del Tafil

No va a estallar

Todos los astros, se alinearon contra mí

No hau vuelta atras, seres lejanos

Aprendimos a sufrir

Y a caminar

Y a caminar

Y a caminar

Y a caminar

Key Grammar Structures

• Contamino mi sangre

  ➔ Present Indicative (First person singular)

  ➔ The verb "contamino" is the conjugated form of "contaminar", expressing an action occurring in the present.

• Creo esta guerra fria

  ➔ Transitive verb with a direct object

  ➔ "Creo" (I create) takes "esta guerra fria" as the direct object to complete the action.

• No va a estallar

  ➔ Periphrastic Future (Ir + a + infinitive)

  ➔ The construction "va a estallar" denotes an action that is going to happen or, in this negative case, will not happen.

• Fue una pesadilla

  ➔ Preterite Indicative (Ser)

  ➔ "Fue" indicates a completed action in the past, describing the nature of the event.

• Aprendimos a sufrir

  ➔ Preterite Indicative (First person plural)

  ➔ "Aprendimos" describes a specific moment in the past when the collective learning took place.

• No quise voltear a verte

  ➔ Preterite with Volitional meaning

  ➔ "Quise" (from querer) in the preterite often implies refusal or a deliberate choice in the past.

• Todos los astros se alinearon

  ➔ Reflexive verb in Preterite

  ➔ "Se alinearon" uses the reflexive pronoun "se" to indicate the subject's action on itself (alignment).

• Ya no pude evitarlo

  ➔ Direct Object Pronoun (Lo)

  ➔ "Lo" replaces the noun or situation being avoided, acting as the direct object.