perfectas – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Emilia

Lyrics & Translation

Learning a language is about connecting with culture and emotion, and Emilia's 'perfectas' offers a perfect opportunity for just that. This heartfelt Spanish ballad explores the universal struggle for self-acceptance against the pressures of an idealized world. By engaging with its honest and vulnerable lyrics, you can not only improve your Spanish but also connect with a powerful message that transcends language barriers. The song's raw emotion and clear articulation make it a special and accessible piece for language learners.

[English]

Hello, it's Emilia!

Like me, follow me, share me, - edit me, consume me

I'm at your service

And if you want to use me to - sell your product

I'm always available

Kisses

Love you!

♪ Another night watching - perfect girls ♪

♪ If they're fake - I don't even notice anymore ♪

♪ It raises doubts that - no one answers ♪

♪ I know deep down - I don't want to be this ♪

♪ We're all running - in a straight line ♪

♪ Stomach hungry - ego is fed ♪

♪ Everyone smiling and - no one is happy ♪

♪ Watching the pose - in case someone's looking ♪

♪ I want to feel good ♪

♪ I wish I could break free ♪

♪ There's no turning back because - I'm part of this ♪

♪ I'm asleep from living a - dream ♪

♪ That I can no longer - wake up from ♪

♪ And even though I'm - freezing to death ♪

♪ I still choose to show you - my skin ♪

♪ I know I'm worth more inside ♪

♪ I just have to convince myself ♪

♪ There's a light that doesn't - go out in me ♪

♪ And it gives me hope - that it's not too late ♪

♪ To forgive myself ♪

♪ We're perfect - just like this ♪

♪ Don't obsess anymore - over the unattainable ♪

♪ Don't look outside for - what's inside you ♪

♪ I want to be and belong ♪

♪ The war is with myself - and I don't want to lose ♪

♪ Where are we looking - for happiness? ♪

♪ What do I want everything for - if I don't love myself? ♪

♪ I want to be and belong ♪

♪ The war is with myself - and I don't want to lose ♪

♪ Where are we looking - for happiness? ♪

♪ What do I want everything for - if I don't love myself? ♪

♪ I always find - some new flaw in myself ♪

♪ Jewels and luxuries for - my alter ego ♪

♪ I'm a hypocrite, - I don't want this ♪

♪ But at the same time I'm afraid - of losing it ♪

♪ I want more height to - stand out in sight ♪

♪ But with these heels - my feet hurt ♪

♪ I want my face on the cover - of all the magazines ♪

♪ I want to feel good ♪

♪ I wish I could break free ♪

♪ There's no turning back - because I'm part of this ♪

♪ I'm asleep from living a - dream ♪

♪ That I can no longer - wake up from ♪

♪ And even though I'm - freezing to death ♪

♪ I still choose to show you - my skin ♪

♪ I know I'm worth more inside ♪

♪ I just have to convince myself ♪

♪ There's a light that doesn't - go out in me ♪

♪ And it gives me hope - that it's not too late ♪

♪ To forgive myself ♪

♪ We're perfect - just like this ♪

♪ Don't obsess anymore - over the unattainable ♪

♪ Don't look outside for - what's inside you ♪

♪ I want to be and belong ♪

♪ The war is with myself - and I don't want to lose ♪

♪ Where are we looking - for happiness? ♪

♪ What do I want everything for - if I don't love myself? ♪

♪ I want to be and belong ♪

♪ The war is with myself - and I don't want to lose ♪

♪ Where are we looking - for happiness? ♪

♪ What do I want everything for - if I don't love myself? ♪

♪ If I don't love myself? ♪

♪ If I don't love myself? ♪

♪ Let's forget, perfect bodies, - pretty faces, new bags ♪

♪ Let's forget, likes on Insta ♪

♪ Without all that we're still - perfect ♪

♪ Let's forget, perfect bodies, - pretty faces, new bags ♪

♪ Let's forget, likes on Insta ♪

♪ Without all that we're still - perfect ♪

[Spanish]

Hola soy Emilia!

dame like, seguime, compartime, editame, consumime

estoy a tu servicio

y si quieren usarme para vender su producto

siempre estoy disponible

besos

love you!

♪ Otra noche más viendo chicas perfectas ♪

♪ si son de mentira ya ni lo detecto ♪

♪ me genera dudas que nadie contesta ♪

♪ yo sé que en el fondo no quiero ser esto ♪

♪ todas estamos corriendo en línea recta ♪

♪ la panza con hambre el ego se alimenta ♪

♪ todas sonriendo y ninguna contenta ♪

♪ cuidando la pose por si hay alguien viendo ♪

♪ quiero sentirme bien ♪

♪ ojalá pudiera desprenderme ♪

♪ ya no hay vuelta atrás porque de esto soy parte ♪

♪ estoy dormida por vivir un sueño ♪

♪ del que ya no puedo despertarme ♪

♪ y aunque esté muriéndome de frío ♪

♪ igual elijo mostrarte mi piel ♪

♪ sé que valgo más por dentro ♪

♪ solo me tengo que convencer ♪

♪ hay una luz que no se apaga en mi ♪

♪ y me da la esperanza de que no es tarde ♪

♪ para perdonarme ♪

♪ somos perfectas justamente así ♪

♪ no te obsesiones más con lo inalcanzable ♪

♪ no busques afuera lo que hay dentro de ti ♪

♪ quiero ser y pertenecer ♪

♪ la guerra es conmigo y no quiero perder ♪

♪ dónde estamos buscando felicidad? ♪

♪ pa que quiero todo sin quererme? ♪

♪ quiero ser y pertenecer ♪

♪ la guerra es conmigo y no quiero perder ♪

♪ dónde estamos buscando felicidad? ♪

♪ pa que quiero todo sin quererme? ♪

♪ siempre me encuentro algún un defecto nuevo ♪

♪ joyas y lujos para mi alterego ♪

♪ soy hipócrita, no quiero esto ♪

♪ pero a la vez de perderlo tengo miedo ♪

♪ quiero más altura pa destacar a la vista ♪

♪ pero con estos tacones me duelen los pies ♪

♪ quiero mi cara portada en todas las revistas ♪

♪ quiero sentirme bien ♪

♪ ojalá pudiera desprenderme ♪

♪ ya no hay vuelta atrás porque de esto soy parte ♪

♪ estoy dormida por vivir un sueño ♪

♪ del que ya no puedo despertarme ♪

♪ y aunque esté muriéndome de frío ♪

♪ igual elijo mostrarte mi piel ♪

♪ sé que valgo más por dentro ♪

♪ solo me tengo que convencer ♪

♪ hay una luz que no se apaga en mi ♪

♪ y me da la esperanza de que no es tarde ♪

♪ para perdonarme ♪

♪ somos perfectas justamente así ♪

♪ no te obsesiones más con lo inalcanzable ♪

♪ no busques afuera lo que hay dentro de ti ♪

♪ quiero ser y pertenecer ♪

♪ la guerra es conmigo y no quiero perder ♪

♪ dónde estamos buscando felicidad? ♪

♪ pa que quiero todo sin quererme? ♪

♪ quiero ser y pertenecer ♪

♪ la guerra es conmigo y no quiero perder ♪

♪ dónde estamos buscando felicidad? ♪

♪ pa que quiero todo sin quererme? ♪

♪ sin quererme? ♪

♪ sin quererme? ♪

♪ olvidemos, cuerpos perfectos, caras bonitas, bolsos nuevos ♪

♪ olvidemos, likes en insta ♪

♪ sin todo eso igual somos perfectas ♪

♪ olvidemos, cuerpos perfectos, caras bonitas, bolsos nuevos ♪

♪ olvidemos, likes en insta ♪

♪ sin todo eso igual somos perfectas ♪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
perfectas /peɾˈfekta/ A2	adjective - having all the required or desirable qualities
chicas /ˈtʃiːkæs/ A1	noun - girls
mentira /menˈtiɾa/ B1	noun - a falsehood
detecto /deˈtekto/ B1	verb - to discover or identify the presence of
dudas /ˈduðas/ B1	noun - a feeling of uncertainty or lack of conviction
fondo /ˈfondo/ B1	noun - the deepest part of something
corriendo /koˈrjendo/ A2	verb - moving rapidly on foot
recta /ˈrekta/ B1	adjective - in a straight line
hambre /ˈambre/ A2	noun - a feeling of needing or wanting food
alimenta /aliˈmenta/ B1	verb - to give food or nourishment to
contenta /konˈtenta/ A2	adjective - happy or satisfied
pose /ˈpos/ B1	noun - a particular way of holding the body
sentirme /senˈtiɾme/ A1	verb - to feel myself
desprenderme /despɾenˈdeɾme/ B2	verb - to detach myself, to free myself
vuelta /ˈbwelta/ A2	noun - turn, spin, or revolution
despertarme /despeɾˈtaɾme/ A1	verb - to wake myself up
muriéndome /muˈɾjendome/ B2	verb - dying
frío /ˈfɾio/ A1	noun - coldness adjective - having a low temperature
valgo /ˈvalgo/ A2	verb - I am worth
convencer /konbenˈseɾ/ B1	verb - to persuade someone to do or believe something
apaga /aˈpaɣa/ B1	verb - to turn off, to extinguish
esperanza /espeˈɾansa/ B1	noun - a feeling of hope
tarde /ˈtaɾde/ A1	adjective - late
perdonarme /peɾðoˈnaɾme/ B1	verb - to forgive myself
justamente /xusˈtamente/ B2	adverb - exactly, precisely
obsesiones /oβseˈsjones/ C1	noun - obsessions, fixations
inalcanzable /inalkanˈsaβle/ B2	adjective - unreachable, unattainable
busques /ˈbuskes/ A2	verb - you look for, you seek
dentro /ˈdento/ A1	adverb - inside
pertenecer /peɾteneˈseɾ/ B1	verb - to belong to
guerra /ˈɡeɾa/ B1	noun - war
quiero /ˈkjero/ A1	verb - I want
perder /peɾˈdeɾ/ A2	verb - to lose
buscando /busˈkando/ A2	verb - looking for, seeking
felicidad /felisidad/ B1	noun - happiness
encuentro /enˈkwēntro/ A2	verb - I find
defecto /deˈfekto/ B1	noun - a fault, imperfection
nuevo /ˈnweβo/ A1	adjective - new
joyas /ˈxoxas/ B1	noun - jewels, jewelry
lujos /ˈluxos/ B2	noun - luxuries
alterego /alˈteɾeo/ C1	noun - alter ego, another self
hipócrita /iˈpokɾita/ B2	adjective - hypocritical
perderlo /peɾˈdeɾlo/ A2	verb - to lose it
miedo /ˈmjɛðo/ A2	noun - fear
altura /alˈtuɾa/ B1	noun - height
destacar /destaˈkaɾ/ B1	verb - to stand out, to highlight
vista /ˈvista/ A2	noun - sight, view
tacones /taˈkones/ B1	noun - heels (of shoes)
duelen /ˈðwelen/ A2	verb - they hurt
pies /ˈpies/ A1	noun - feet
cara /ˈkaɾa/ A1	noun - face
portada /poɾˈtaða/ B1	noun - cover (of a magazine, book)
revistas /reˈβistas/ A2	noun - magazines
olvidemos /olβiˈðemos/ B1	verb - let's forget
cuerpos /ˈkweɾpos/ A2	noun - bodies
bonitas /boˈnitas/ A1	adjective - pretty
bolsos /ˈbolsos/ B1	noun - bags
nuevos /ˈnweβos/ A1	adjective - new
igual /iˈɡwal/ A2	adverb - still, equally