FRÍO – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: BERET

Lyrics & Translation

Learning a language through music can be a deeply personal and effective journey, and Beret's "FRÍO" offers a poignant opportunity to explore the nuances of Spanish. The song's introspective lyrics about self-love and emotional struggles provide a rich vocabulary for expressing complex feelings. What makes "FRÍO" special for language learners is its raw honesty and the relatable metaphors used to describe the human condition, making the language both accessible and emotionally resonant.

[English]

And I know well, that calling solutions is just fooling myself

Not everything has to have a reason

Even if I try hard for everything to turn out right

I must love myself and keep standing

Some things take time, and others

Time just takes away, just look at me

Maybe there are wounds that need to be

Because they remind me of what happened on my skin

Another morning I wake up with the desire

To bite that apple, but I’ll forbid myself

I’ve realized I didn’t look for an exit

From the maze I was in, because I fell in love with it

The worst is feeling bad and not knowing why

The worst is walking and not knowing who with

I know life stays silent

And doesn’t say if the fight is against me or with me

Because I live only to complicate myself

Running after everything and always arriving late

Living overwhelmed, growing with the hatred of never accepting myself

Just to end up dying in the disaster

I know what I fight for and I won’t get tired

I’ll turn the world upside down and do everything to find myself

You don’t know what I need at that moment

Something says: “You must not stop”

Changing my well-being so you can be fine

Is like throwing water into the void, dying of thirst

The first mistake I made was freezing and being

The first coat of all but mine, and I

I can be wrong once, but the second time I fail

It’ll be my fault, not that the error costs me

There’s no path that can change you if you know

That you are the one who changes your worth

And I know well, that calling solutions is just fooling myself

Not everything has to have a reason

Even if I try hard for everything to turn out right

I must love myself and keep standing

Some things take time, and others

Time just takes away, just look at me

Maybe there are wounds that need to be

Because they remind me

Because I live only to complicate myself

Running after everything and always arriving late

Living overwhelmed, growing with the hatred of never accepting myself

Just to end up dying in the disaster

I know what I fight for and I won’t get tired

I’ll turn the world upside down and do everything to find myself

You don’t know what I need at that moment

Something says: “You must not stop”

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[Spanish]

Y yo sé bien, que estoy llamando solución a engañarme

Todo no tiene que tener un por qué

Aunque yo me esfuerce en que to' salga bien

Me debo querer y seguir en pie

Hay cosas que llevan tiempo y otras que

El tiempo se lleva, solo mírame

Quizás hay heridas que deben estar

Porque me hacen recordar lo que pasó en mi piel

Otra mañana que levanto con las ganas

De morder esa manzana, pero me lo prohibiré

Me he dado cuenta que no busqué una salida

Al laberinto que yo estaba porque de él me enamoré

Lo peor es estar mal y no saber por qué

Lo peor es caminar y no saber con quien

Sé que la vida se calla

Y no dice si la batalla es contra mi o conmigo

Porque yo vivo tan solo para complicarme

Correr hacia todo y llegar siempre tarde

Vivir con agobio, crecer con el odio de nunca aceptarme

Pa' acabar muriendo en el desastre

Sé por lo que lucho y no voy a cansarme

Voy ya poner el mundo de revés y hacer todo para encontrarme

No sabes lo que yo necesito en ese instante

Algo dice: "no debes pararte"

Cambiar mi bienestar para que tú si estés bien

Es como tirar agua al vacío muriendo de sed

El primer fallo que tuve es morirme de frío y ser

El primer abrigo de todos menos el mío y me

Puedo equivocar una vez, la segunda que si falle

Será culpa mía, no de que el error me pague

No existe un camino que te cambie si tú sabes

Que eres tú quien cambia lo que vales

Y yo sé bien, que estoy llamando solución a engañarme

Todo no tiene que tener un por qué

Aunque yo me esfuerce en que to' salga bien

Me debo querer y seguir en pie

Hay cosas que llevan tiempo y otras que

El tiempo se lleva, solo mírame

Quizás hay heridas que deben estar

Porque me hacen recordar

Porque yo vivo tan solo para complicarme

Correr hacia todo y llegar siempre tarde

Vivir con agobio, crecer con el odio de nunca aceptarme

Pa' acabar muriendo en el desastre

Yo sé por lo que lucho y no voy a cansarme

Voy a poner el mundo de revés y hacer todo para encontrarme

No sabes lo que yo necesito en ese instante

Algo dice: "no debes pararte"

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
llamar /ʎaˈmaɾ/ A1	verb - to call
esforzar /es.forˈθaɾ/ B1	verb - to strive, to make an effort
querer /keˈɾeɾ/ A1	verb - to want, to love
herida /eˈɾi.ða/ B1	noun - wound
recordar /re.korˈðaɾ/ A2	verb - to remember
morder /morˈðeɾ/ B1	verb - to bite
manzana /manˈθa.na/ A1	noun - apple
salida /saˈli.ða/ A2	noun - exit
laberinto /la.βeˈɾin.to/ B2	noun - maze, labyrinth
peor /peˈoɾ/ A2	adjective - worse
caminar /ka.miˈnaɾ/ A1	verb - to walk
batalla /baˈta.ʎa/ B1	noun - battle
complicar /kom.pliˈkaɾ/ B2	verb - to complicate
agobio /aˈɣo.βjo/ B2	noun - overwhelm, stress
odio /ˈo.ðjo/ B1	noun - hatred
desastre /deˈsas.tɾe/ B2	noun - disaster
luchar /luˈt͡ʃaɾ/ B1	verb - to fight
cansar /kanˈsaɾ/ A2	verb - to tire
vacío /baˈθi.o/ B1	noun - emptiness adjective - empty
sed /seθ/ A2	noun - thirst
frío /ˈfɾi.o/ A1	noun - cold adjective - cold

Key Grammar Structures

• Todo no tiene que tener un por qué

  ➔ Negative structures with 'no' to express negation.

  ➔ The phrase means 'Not everything has to have a reason.'

• Me debo querer y seguir en pie

  ➔ Reflexive verbs to express self-care.

  ➔ This means 'I must love myself and keep standing.'

• Lo peor es estar mal y no saber por qué

  ➔ Impersonal structures to express general truths.

  ➔ This translates to 'The worst is being unwell and not knowing why.'

• Sé que la vida se calla

  ➔ Use of the present tense to express certainty.

  ➔ This means 'I know that life is silent.'

• Voy a poner el mundo de revés

  ➔ Future tense to express intention.

  ➔ This translates to 'I am going to turn the world upside down.'

• No sabes lo que yo necesito en ese instante

  ➔ Use of the subjunctive mood to express uncertainty.

  ➔ This means 'You don't know what I need at that moment.'

• Cambiar mi bienestar para que tú si estés bien

  ➔ Use of conjunctions to express purpose.

  ➔ This translates to 'Change my well-being so that you are well.'