América – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Porter

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into "América" by Porter, a captivating Alternative and Latin Rock song that offers a profound reflection on the complex history and identity of the Americas. Through its evocative Spanish lyrics, you can explore nuanced themes of conflict, appropriation, and cultural introspection, making it a unique gateway to understanding deeper cultural messages in the language.

[English]

Hummingbird's vision

America

It became its land

I discovered too late

That America

Has not always been at war

Neighbor of a country

America

That has always been at war

It already patented corn

America

It already claimed the land

You never wanted to give explanations

For your betrayal and your contradictions

...

Crazy

Relax a bit

Come down now

Your rigidity

Here

Me, always faithful

Ready

To whatever the king says

You never wanted to give explanations (you never wanted to give explanations)

To your pressure and your contradictions (to your pressure and your contradictions)

You never wanted to give explanations (you never wanted to give explanations)

To your pressure and your contradictions (to your pressure and your contradictions)

...

Hummingbird's vision

America

It became its land

Neighbor of a country

America

That has always been at war

...

[Spanish]

Visión del colibrí

América

Se convirtió en su tierra

Muy tarde descubrí

Que América

No siempre ha estado en guerra

Vecino de un país

América

Que siempre ha estado en guerra

Ya patentó el maíz

América

Ya se apropió la tierra

Nunca has querido dar explicaciones

A tu traición y tus contradicciones

Loco

Relájate un poco

Baja ya

Tu rigidez

Acá

Yo, siempre fiel

Listo

A lo que diga el rey

Nunca has querido dar explicaciones (nunca has querido dar explicaciones)

A tu presión y tus contradicciones (a tu presión y tus contradicciones)

Nunca has querido dar explicaciones (nunca has querido dar explicaciones)

A tu presión y tus contradicciones (a tu presión y tus contradicciones)

Visión del colibrí

América

Se convirtió en su tierra

Vecino de un país

América

Que siempre ha estado en guerra

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
visión biˈsjon A2	noun - vision
colibrí koliˈβɾi A1	noun - hummingbird
convirtió konβirˈtjo A2	verb - became
tierra ˈtjera A1	noun - land
descubrí deskuˈβɾi A2	verb - discovered
guerra ˈɣera A1	noun - war
vecino beˈθino A1	noun - neighbor
patentó patenˈto B1	verb - patented
maíz maiθ A1	noun - corn
apropió apropˈjo B1	verb - appropriated
explicaciones eksplikaˈθjones A2	noun - explanations
traición traiˈθjon A2	noun - betrayal
contradicciones kontɾaðiˈθjones B1	noun - contradictions
relájate relaˈxate A2	verb - relax
rigidez riˈxides B1	noun - rigidity
fiel ˈfjel A2	adjective - faithful
listo ˈlisto A1	adjective - ready
presión preˈsjon A2	noun - pressure