Pedestal – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Silvina Moreno, Ximena Sariñana

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into "Pedestal," a captivating collaboration between Silvina Moreno and Ximena Sariñana, and discover the beauty of Spanish lyrics that convey deep emotional growth and self-realization. Learning this song in its original language will offer an intimate understanding of its nuanced message about releasing unrealistic expectations and embracing reality, all while immersing you in the rich vocabulary and expressions of Latin American pop music.

[English]

When I let go

Is when you appeared

When I remembered

Is when you chose me

When I brought you down

From that unreal pedestal

The one I built

With so many years of loneliness, loneliness, loneliness

All I want is to forget

All that fear that hurt me so much

When I saw you come out of there

And I knew that no longer

No longer would be

The same life

And it's that I saw you come out of there

And I knew that no longer

No longer would be

The same life

I faded away

Covering with my hand

All that light

From a summer sun

The healing time

Sings the truth like a nightingale

It wasn't so bad

It wasn't my enemy in the end, loneliness, loneliness

No one really tells you

It can be hard to dare to jump

When I saw you come out of there and I knew that no longer

No longer would be

The same life

And it's that I saw you come out of there

And I knew that no longer

No longer would be

The same life

...

[Spanish]

Cuando solté

Es cuando apareciste

Cuando recordé

Es cuando me elegiste

Cuando te bajé

De ese pedestal tan irreal

El que construí

Con tantos años de soledad, soledad, soledad

Todo lo que quiero es olvidar

Todo ese miedo que me hizo tan mal

Cuando te vi salir de ahí

Y supe que ya no

Ya no sería

La misma la vida

Y es que te vi salir de ahí

Y supe que ya no

Ya no sería

La misma la vida

Me desdibujé

Tapando con la mano

Toda esa luz

De un sol de verano

El tiempo sanador

Canta la verdad cual ruiseñor

No estaba tan mal

No era mi enemiga al final soledad, soledad

Nadie te lo dice en realidad

Puede ser difícil animarse a saltar

Cuando te vi salir de ahí y supe que ya no

Ya no sería

La misma la vida

Y es que te vi salir de ahí

Y supe que ya no

Ya no sería

La misma la vida

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
soltar /solˈtaɾ/ B1	verb - to let go
aparecer /apaɾeˈθeɾ/ B1	verb - to appear
elegir /eleˈxiɾ/ B1	verb - to choose
pedestal /peðesˈtal/ B2	noun - a base or support for a statue or column
soledad /soleˈðad/ B2	noun - solitude, loneliness
miedo /ˈmjɛðo/ A2	noun - fear
vida /ˈbiða/ A1	noun - life
luz /luθ/ A1	noun - light
tiempo /ˈtjempo/ A2	noun - time
sanador /sanaˈðoɾ/ B2	adjective - healing
verdad /beɾˈðad/ B1	noun - truth
difícil /diˈfisil/ B1	adjective - difficult
animarse /aniˈmaɾse/ B2	verb - to cheer up, to encourage oneself