Últimamente – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Dillom
• Album: Por cesárea

Lyrics & Translation

While Dillom's music, including 'Últimamente,' is sung in Spanish, its raw narrative about trauma, vulnerability, and confronting intense personal struggles offers a powerful emotional language that transcends words. You can learn about the intensity of raw, confessional songwriting by absorbing the atmosphere and sonic texture of this deeply personal track, which recounts a critical moment of crisis and its lasting impact.

[English]

Lately

This place feels a little different

The walls have turned transparent

To feel that something’s coming, you don’t need to be a fortune-teller

Ah

An incident

Always alert to noises, expecting the worst

Not even to my worst enemy

Would I wish the feeling

Of seeing life depend on a bad decision

Ah, and that day came... And that day came

And that day came

And that day came

And that day came

I still remember that afternoon

It was Friday, and I was up to my usual stuff

Locked in my room, and it was raining hard outside

I heard a loud noise and went to check

I went up to the terrace, and you were about to jump

Stay back, how many pills did you take?

I called the ambulance to come get you

You’ve exhausted me, it’s time to commit you

We can get out of this, it’s not too late

You tried to hit me and fell

And started crawling

You’re supposed to be the one taking care of me

I could see in your eyes that there was no one behind them

Thinking about it, I would’ve let you fall

Now because of that mess, I’m dying of thirst

Not even the purest CBD can calm the paranoia

Pills are the only thing I inherited

...

[Spanish]

Últimamente

Este lugar se siente un poco diferente

Las paredes se volvieron transparentes

Para sentir que algo se viene no hace falta ser vidente

Ah

Un incidente

Siempre atento a los ruidos, esperando lo peor

Ni a mi peor enemigo

Le deseo la sensación

De ver la vida dependiendo de una mala decisión

Ah, y ese día llegó... Y ese día llegó

Y ese día llegó

Y ese día llegó

Y ese día llegó

Todavía me acuerdo de esa tarde

Era viernes y yo andaba en la de siempre

Encerrado en mi cuarto y afuera llovía fuerte

Escuché un ruido fuerte y fui a fijarme

Subí a la terraza y vos estabas por tirarte

Alejate, ¿cuántas pastillas tomaste?

Llamé a la ambulancia pa que vengan a buscarte

Me cansaste, es hora de internarte

Podemos salir de esta, todavía no es tarde

Intentaste pegarme y te caíste

Y empezaste a arrastrarte

Se supone que vos sos quien debería cuidarme

Pude ver en tu mirada que detrás no había nadie

Pensándolo bien, te hubiese dejado caer

Ahora por culpa de esa mierda tengo peste de sed

La paranoia no la calma ni el más puro CBD

Las pastillas son lo único que heredé

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
diferente di.feˈɾen.te B1	adjective - different
vidente biˈðen.te B2	noun - seer, psychic
incidente in.siˈðen.te B1	noun - incident
enemigo e.neˈmi.ɣo A2	noun - enemy
decisión de.siˈsjon B1	noun - decision
tarde ˈtaɾ.ðe A1	noun - afternoon, late
fuerte ˈfweɾ.te A2	adjective - strong, loud
tirarte tiˈɾaɾ.te B1	verb - to throw oneself, to jump
pastillas pasˈti.ʎas A2	noun - pills
ambulancia am.buˈlan.sja B1	noun - ambulance
internarte in.teɾˈnaɾ.te B1	verb - to admit to a hospital
arrastrarte a.rasˈtɾaɾ.te B1	verb - to drag oneself
mirada miˈɾa.ða A2	noun - gaze, look
caer kaˈeɾ A1	verb - to fall
paranoia pa.ɾaˈno.ja B2	noun - paranoia
calmar kalˈmaɾ B1	verb - to calm
heredé e.ɾeˈðe B1	verb - inherited

Key Grammar Structures

• Este lugar se siente un poco diferente

  ➔ Present tense of 'sentir' (to feel) with reflexive pronoun 'se'

  ➔ The verb 'sentir' is used reflexively here, indicating a feeling or perception. 'Se' is the reflexive pronoun that agrees with the subject.

• Para sentir que algo se viene no hace falta ser vidente

  ➔ Present subjunctive of 'hacer falta' (to be necessary)

  ➔ The phrase 'no hace falta' uses the present subjunctive of 'hacer' to express necessity. It means 'it is not necessary.'

• Ni a mi peor enemigo le deseo la sensación

  ➔ Negative construction with 'ni...ni' and indirect object pronoun 'le'

  ➔ The phrase 'ni...ni' is used for double negation, and 'le' is the indirect object pronoun referring to 'mi peor enemigo.'

• Me cansaste, es hora de internarte

  ➔ Pronoun 'te' as direct object and imperative form 'internarte'

  ➔ The pronoun 'te' is used as the direct object of the verb 'internarte,' which is in the imperative form, expressing a command.

• La paranoia no la calma ni el más puro CBD

  ➔ Double negative with 'ni' and feminine singular article 'la'

  ➔ The double negative 'ni...ni' is used again, and 'la' is the feminine singular article referring to 'paranoia.'