Oitavo Andar – Bilingual Lyrics Portuguese/English

• By: Clarice Falcão

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the unique world of Brazilian music with Clarice Falcão's 'Oitavo Andar'. This song offers a fascinating blend of dark humor and emotional depth, showcasing how music can playfully explore complex feelings. Learn about creative expression and storytelling through its witty lyrics and unconventional approach to heartbreak.

[English]

When I saw you close the door

I thought about throwing myself out the eighth-floor window

Where Dona Maria lives

Because she adores me and I can always go in

Just enough time for you to get to the "T"

Look in the mirror at your hair, talk to Seu Zé

And see me falling on top of you

Like an anvil falls on any cartoon

And then

Just the two of us on the cold ground

Cuddled up right in the middle of the curb

On the asphalt, outlined in chalk

Imagine what a happy scene

When the paramedics arrived

And the firefighters removed our bodies from Leblon

We'd go to the morgue

Playing serious, lying down all comfy

Each of us made into a popsicle

With the same tag on our feet

The autopsy would reveal

How I only died for you

When I saw you close the door

I thought about throwing myself out the eighth-floor window

Instead, I turned around

And ate an entire blackberry pie for dinner

[Portuguese]

Quando eu te vi fechar a porta

Eu pensei em me atirar pela janela do oitavo andar

Onde a Dona Maria mora

Porque ela me adora e eu sempre posso entrar

Era bem o tempo de você chegar no "T"

Olhar no espelho seu cabelo, falar com Seu Zé

E me ver caindo em cima de você

Como uma bigorna cai em cima de um cartoon qualquer

E ai

Só nós dois no chão frio

De conchinha bem no meio fio

No asfalto, riscados de giz

Imagina que cena feliz

Quando os paramédicos chegassem

E os bombeiros retirassem nossos corpos do Leblon

A gente ia para o necrotério

Ficar brincando de sério deitadinhos no bem-bom

Cada um feito um picolé

Com a mesma etiqueta no pé

Na autópsia daria pra ver

Como eu só morri por você

Quando eu te vi fechar a porta

Eu pensei em me atirar pela janela do oitavo andar

Em vez disso eu dei meia volta

E comi uma torta inteira de amora no jantar

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
porta /ˈpɔr.tɐ/ A1	noun - door
janela /ʒaˈnɛ.lɐ/ A1	noun - window
andar /ɐ̃ˈdaʁ/ A1	noun - floor (of a building)
cabelo /kaˈbɛ.lu/ A1	noun - hair
cair /kajʁ/ A2	verb - to fall
frio /ˈfɾi.u/ A2	adjective - cold
cena /ˈse.nɐ/ B1	noun - scene
corpo /ˈkoʁ.pu/ B1	noun - body
brincar /bɾĩˈkaʁ/ B1	verb - to play
sério /ˈsɛ.ɾiu/ B2	adjective - serious
etiqueta /e.tʃiˈke.tɐ/ B2	noun - label
autópsia /awˈtɔp.sjɐ/ C1	noun - autopsy
morrer /moˈʁɛʁ/ C1	verb - to die

Key Grammar Structures

• Quando eu te vi fechar a porta

  ➔ Use of the preterite tense 'vi' to indicate an action completed in the past.

  ➔ The verb 'vi' is the past tense of 'ver' (to see), indicating the action was completed.

• Eu pensei em me atirar pela janela

  ➔ Use of the verb 'pensar em' + infinitive to express thinking about doing something.

  ➔ The phrase 'pensar em' means 'to think about' or 'consider', with the verb following in its infinitive form.

• Eu dei meia volta

  ➔ Use of the preterite tense 'dei' of the verb 'dar' (to give) to indicate a completed action.

  ➔ The verb 'dar' means 'to give', and 'dei' is its past tense form in Portuguese.

• Em vez disso eu dei meia volta

  ➔ Use of 'em vez disso' as a phrase meaning 'instead', to contrast actions.

  ➔ The phrase 'em vez disso' means 'instead' or 'rather', used to introduce an alternative action.

• E comi uma torta inteira de amora no jantar

  ➔ Use of the preterite tense 'comi' of 'comer' (to eat) to indicate a completed action in the past.

  ➔ The verb 'comer' means 'to eat', and 'comi' is its past tense form in Portuguese.