La chispa adecuada – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Héroes del Silencio

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

Las palabras fueron avispas

Words were like wasps

Y las calles como dunas

And the streets like dunes

Cuando aún te espero llegar

When I still wait for you to arrive

En un ataúd

In a coffin

Guardo tu tacto y una corona

I keep your touch and a crown

Con tu pelo enmarañado

With your tangled hair

Queriendo encontrar un arcoíris

Trying to find a rainbow

Infinito

Infinite

Mis manos que aún son de hueso

My hands still are made of bones

Y tu vientre sabe a pan

And your belly tastes like bread

La catedral es tu cuerpo

The cathedral is your body

Eras verano y mil tormentas

You were summer and a thousand storms

Y yo el león

And I the lion

Que sonríe a las paredes que he vuelto a pintar del mismo

That smiles at the walls I’ve repainted the same color

Color

Color

No sé distinguir entre besos y raíces

I can't tell apart kisses and roots

No sé distinguir lo complicado de lo simple

I can't distinguish between the complicated and the simple

Y ahora estás en mi lista de promesas a olvidar

And now you're on my list of promises to forget

Todo arde si le aplicas la chispa adecuada

Everything burns if you strike it with the right spark

El fuego que era a veces propio

The fire that was sometimes my own

La ceniza siempre ajena

The ashes always foreign

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...

Blanca esperma resbalando

White sperm slipping

Por la espina dorsal

Along the spine

Ya somos más viejos y sinceros, y, ¿qué más da?

We are older and more sincere now, and what does it matter?

Si miramos la laguna como llaman a la eternidad

If we look at the lagoon they call eternity

De la ausencia

Of absence

No sé distinguir entre besos y raíces

I can't tell apart kisses and roots

No sé distinguir lo complicado de lo simple

I can't distinguish between the complicated and the simple

Y ahora estás en mi lista de promesas a olvidar

And now you're on my list of promises to forget

Todo arde si le aplicas la chispa adecuada

Everything burns if you strike it with the right spark

La chispa adecuada

The right spark

La chispa adecuada

The right spark

La chispa adecuada

The right spark

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
palabras /paˈlaɾβɾas/ A2	noun - words
calles /ˈkaʎes/ A2	noun - streets
ataúd /ataˈuð/ B2	noun - coffin
tacto /ˈtakto/ B1	noun - touch
corona /koˈɾona/ B1	noun - crown
arcoíris /aɾkoˈiɾis/ B2	noun - rainbow
manos /ˈmanos/ A1	noun - hands
vientre /ˈbjen.tɾe/ B1	noun - belly
cuerpo /ˈkweɾpo/ A2	noun - body
tormentas /toɾˈmen.tas/ B2	noun - storms
sonrisa /sonˈɾisa/ A2	noun - smile
color /koˈloɾ/ A1	noun - color
besos /ˈbesos/ A2	noun - kisses
raíz /raˈiθ/ B1	noun - root
promesas /pɾoˈmesas/ B1	noun - promises
fuego /ˈfweɣo/ A2	noun - fire
ceniza /θeˈnisa/ B2	noun - ash
esperma /espeɾˈma/ C1	noun - sperm
espina /esˈpina/ B2	noun - thorn

Key Grammar Structures

• Las palabras fueron avispas

  ➔ Preterite tense of 'ser' (fueron)

  ➔ 'Fueron' is the past tense (preterite) form of the verb 'ser' (to be) used to describe a completed action or state in the past.

• Creo en un arcoíris infinito

  ➔ Preposition 'en' used before a noun phrase

  ➔ 'En' is a preposition used to indicate means, location, or a state, here meaning 'believe in' or 'faith in'.

• Todo arde si le aplicas la chispa adecuada

  ➔ Use of the present tense in 'aplicas' (you apply)

  ➔ 'Aplicar' is a verb in the present tense (tú form), indicating an action done in the present.

• Y las calles como dunas

  ➔ Comparison using 'como' (like/as)

  ➔ 'Como' is a conjunction used to compare two things, indicating similarity.

• Las palabras fueron avispas

  ➔ Preterite tense of 'ser' (fueron)

  ➔ 'Fueron' is the past tense (preterite) form of the verb 'ser' (to be) used to describe a completed action or state in the past.