Metamorféame – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Caifanes
• Album: El Silencio

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the poetic depths of Spanish through 'Metamorféame.' This song is a perfect gateway to learning expressive, metaphorical Spanish and understanding the soulful, rhythmic nuances of Latin rock.

[English]

The human form is changing

Under the stones there are other skins

On the foam, the old floats

It spits at the face that doesn't respond

My sweat is bending

Wetting strange innards

A sheep is committing suicide

A huge monkey is turning white

Metamorphose me

Metamorphose me

Metamorphose me

Metamorphosis kills Morpheus

May the change dream that you're dreaming

The movement will make me change

All my skin, all my faith

I won't let the eagles

Eat my ivory wings

May this space stop floating

And may this sky fall now

Metamorphose me

Metamorphose me

More like this, aw-aw

May the change dream that you're dreaming

May this space stop floating

And may these skies fall, now

Metamorphose me

Make me change my faith

Make me change my skin

Metamorphose me

...

[Spanish]

Se está cambiando la forma humana

Bajo las piedras hay otras pieles

Sobre la espuma, flota lo viejo

Escupe al rostro que no responde

Se está doblando todo mi sudor

Mojando extrañas entrañas

Una oveja se está suicidando

Un mono enorme se está poniendo blanco

Metamorféame

Metamorféame

Metamorféame

Metamorfosis mata a Morfeo

Que el cambio sueñe que estás soñando

El movimiento me hará cambiar

Toda mi piel toda la fe

No dejaré que las aguilas

Se coman mis alas de marfil

Que este espacio deje de flotar

Y que esté cielo se caiga ya

Metamorféame

Metamorféame

Así más, auh-auh

Que el cambio sueñe que estás sonando

Que esté espacio deje de flotar

Y que estos cielos se caigan, ya

Metamorféame

Hazme cambiar de fe

Hazme cambiar de piel

Metaforméame

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
cambiando kam.ˈβjan.do B1	verb - changing
pieles ˈpje.les A2	noun - skins
espuma esˈpu.ma B1	noun - foam
entrañas enˈtɾa.ɲas B2	noun - entrails
suicidando sui.θi.ˈðan.do B2	verb - committing suicide
blanco ˈblan.ko A2	adjective - white
metamorfosis me.ta.mor.ˈfo.sis C1	noun - metamorphosis
sueñe ˈswe.ɲe B1	verb - dream
movimiento mo.βi.ˈmjen.to B1	noun - movement
alas aˈlas A2	noun - wings
marfil marˈfil B2	noun - ivory
cielo ˈθje.lo A2	noun - sky
fe fe A2	noun - faith
hazme ˈaz.me A2	verb - make me

Key Grammar Structures

• Se está cambiando la forma humana

  ➔ Present continuous with reflexive pronoun

  ➔ The phrase uses the present continuous tense ('está cambiando') with the reflexive pronoun 'se' to indicate an ongoing action affecting the subject.

• Bajo las piedras hay otras pieles

  ➔ Present tense with locative preposition

  ➔ The phrase uses the present tense ('hay') with the locative preposition 'bajo' to describe the location of 'otras pieles'.

• Metamorfosis mata a Morfeo

  ➔ Third-person singular verb conjugation

  ➔ The verb 'mata' is conjugated in the third-person singular to agree with the subject 'Metamorfosis'.

• Que el cambio sueñe que estás soñando

  ➔ Subjunctive mood in subordinate clauses

  ➔ The subjunctive mood ('sueñe') is used in the subordinate clause to express a wish or uncertainty.

• No dejaré que las águilas se coman mis alas de marfil

  ➔ Future tense with subjunctive in subordinate clause

  ➔ The future tense ('dejaré') is combined with the subjunctive ('se coman') in the subordinate clause to express a future possibility.