quimera – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Alba Reche
• Album: Quimera

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the lyrical depth of Alba Reche's "quimera"! This Spanish pop track, rich with emotion and drawing inspiration from Greek mythology, offers a unique opportunity to learn Spanish through its poetic imagery and heartfelt expressions of love and loss. Its melancholic yet beautiful narrative makes it a compelling song to explore the nuances of the language.

[English]

I sketch the air, I've forgotten how to love

...

I return to lay on your side of the bed

Just in case you appear with my keys

I imagine you awake, reading the walls

Erasing names that weren't mine

I look for you in affairs as if you’ll come back

I keep renaming you on some broken page

Unforgetting the pain

I imagine you awake, reading the walls

Erasing names that weren't mine

I light the tar

In case you appear in the smoke

The glass fogs us up

Our eyes pleading for calm

I imagine you awake, reading the walls

Erasing names that weren't mine

I was thinking of rising up, making you a throne

And burning it like everything else

This is my final goodbye

You kept peace inside me

...

My heart bursts, I seek air in my lungs

I left you my inspiration

...

I light the tar

In case you appear in the smoke

...

The glass fogs us up

Our eyes pleading for calm

I light the tar

In case you appear in the smoke

The glass fogs us up

Our eyes pleading for calm

Ah-ah-ay-ah (Ah-eh-ia)

...

Ah-ay-ah (Ah-eh-ia)

...

For you, who else, if not?

People don't belong to people

Of course they do!

I'm not gonna let anyone put me in a cage

I don't wanna cage you, I want to love you!

(Put you in a cage, I wanna lo-)

-Ov, -ov (-Ov)

Breeze through the glitter and shimmer of New York

...

[Spanish]

Desdibujo el aire, me he olvidado de querer

Vuelvo a retocerme en tu lado de la cama

Por si apareces con mis llaves

Te imagino sin dormir, leyendo las paredes

Borrando nombres que no fui

Te busco en los affaires como si fueras a volver

Vuelvo a renombrarte en alguna hoja rota

Desolvidando los dolores

Te imagino sin dormir, leyendo las paredes

Borrando nombres que no fui

Prendo el alquitrán

Por si apareces en el humo

Los cristales nos empañan

Los ojicos piden calma

Te imagino sin dormir, leyendo las paredes

Borrando nombres que no fui

Pensaba levantarme, hacerte un trono

Y quemarlo como a todos

Es mi acabada despedida

Guardaste la paz en mí

Me revienta el corazón, busco aire en el pulmón

Te dejé mi inspiración

Prendo el alquitrán

Por si apareces en el humo

Los cristales nos empañan

Los ojicos piden calma

Prendo el alquitrán

Por si apareces en el humo

Los cristales nos empañan

Los ojicos piden calma

Ah-ah-ay-ah (Ah-eh-ia)

Ah-ay-ah (Ah-eh-ia)

Para ti, ¿pa' quién, si no?

People don't belong to people

'Course they do!

I'm not gon' let anyone put me in a cage

I don't wanna put you in a cage, I wanna love you!

(Put you in a cage, I wanna lo-)

-Ov, -ov (-Ov)

Breeze through the glitter and shimmer of New york

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
aire /ˈai̯ɾe/ A1	noun - air
corazón /koɾaˈθon/ A1	noun - heart
dolor /doˈloɾ/ A2	noun - pain
paz /pas/ A2	noun - peace
llave /ˈʝaβe/ A2	noun - key
cama /ˈkama/ A2	noun - bed
humo /ˈumo/ A2	noun - smoke
cristal /kɾisˈtal/ B1	noun - glass
inspiración /inspiraˈθjon/ B1	noun - inspiration
quemar /keˈmaɾ/ B1	verb - to burn
olvidar /olβiˈðaɾ/ B1	verb - to forget
borrar /boˈraɾ/ B1	verb - to erase
despedida /despeˈðiða/ B2	noun - farewell
calma /ˈkalma/ B2	noun - calm
trono /ˈtɾono/ B2	noun - throne
afaire /aˈfaɪ̯ɾe/ C1	noun - affair