La estrategia perdida – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Pxndx
• Album: Sinfonía soledad

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the emotive world of Mexican alternative rock with Pxndx. 'La estrategia perdida' is a perfect track for learners to practice conversational Spanish related to emotions, conflict, and relationships, all set to a powerful pop-punk beat.

[English]

I don't understand how the subconscious

Still remembers the things I discarded

You are winning, but I will try

To remember it somehow

And I keep losing

All those games that

I swore that I

That I would never, never give in again

Ah, ha-ha

I must say that all this time

I have been avoiding this moment

It feels like fiction

It feels like you are fiction

I know, I am not enough

I've already forgotten how to handle it

Let the show begin

Enjoy the show

I don't know what to do with these hands anymore

When I talk to you, I don't know what to do

You don't know where to look

So you look at my hands to free my eyes

I confess, in your dream

That I was watching you

While you slept, touching your face

But it's just another sign that I'm not okay

Ah, ha-ha

I must say that all this time

I have been avoiding this moment

It feels like fiction

It feels like you are fiction

I know, I am not enough

I've already forgotten how to handle it

Let the show begin

Enjoy the show

I must say that all this time

I have been avoiding this moment

It feels like fiction

It feels like you are fiction

I know, I am not enough

I've already forgotten how to handle it

Let the show begin

Enjoy the show

[Spanish]

Yo no entiendo cómo el subconsciente

Aún recuerda las cosas que yo descarté

Vas venciendo, pero trataré

De alguna manera lo recordaré

Y sigo perdiendo

Todos aquellos juegos que

Yo aseguré, que nunca

Que nunca volvería, volvería a ceder

Ah, ha-ha

Comento que todo el tiempo

He evitado este momento

Se siente que es ficción

Se siente que eres ficción

Yo sé, soy insuficiente

Ya olvidé cómo hacerle

Que empiece la función

Disfruten la función

Ya no sé qué hacer con estas manos

Cuando hablo contigo no sé qué hacer

Tú no sabes a dónde mirar

Entonces mi manos ves para mis ojos librar

Confieso, en tu sueño

Que yo te estaba viendo

Mientras dormías, tu cara tocar

Pero es solo otra prueba de que ando mal

Ah, ha-ha

Comento que todo el tiempo

He evitado este momento

Se siente que es ficción

Se siente que eres ficción

Yo sé, soy insuficiente

Ya olvidé cómo hacerle

Que empiece la función

Disfruten la función

Comento que todo el tiempo

He evitado este momento

Se siente que es ficción

Se siente que eres ficción

Yo sé, soy insuficiente

Ya olvidé cómo hacerle

Que empiece la función

Disfruten la función

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
subconsciente subconsciente C1	noun - the subconscious
recuerda recuerda B1	verb - to remember
descartar descartar B1	verb - to discard, to reject
vencer vencer B2	verb - to overcome, to defeat
intentar intentar B1	verb - to try, to attempt
perder perder A2	verb - to lose
juego juego A1	noun - game
asegurar asegurar B1	verb - to assure, to guarantee
volver volver A2	verb - to return
ceder ceder B2	verb - to yield, to give up
comentar comentar B2	verb - to comment
evitar evitar B1	verb - to avoid
momento momento A1	noun - moment
sentir sentir B1	verb - to feel
ficción ficción B2	noun - fiction
insuficiente insuficiente B2	adjective - insufficient
olvidar olvidar B1	verb - to forget
función función B2	noun - function, show, performance

Key Grammar Structures

• Aún recuerda las cosas que yo descarté

  ➔ Relative clause with 'que'

  ➔ The pronoun "que" is used here to connect the noun 'cosas' with the action that was performed on them.

• Que nunca volvería a ceder

  ➔ Conditional tense (Volvería)

  ➔ The "-ía" ending expresses a hypothetical action or a future from the perspective of the past.

• He evitado este momento

  ➔ Present perfect tense (Pretérito perfecto compuesto)

  ➔ The auxiliary verb "he" plus the past participle denotes an action that started in the past and has relevance to the present.

• Se siente que es ficción

  ➔ Passive 'Se' (Impersonal/Passive voice)

  ➔ The "se" here is used to express an impersonal feeling, meaning 'it is felt that...'.

• Ya olvidé cómo hacerle

  ➔ Interrogative adverb 'cómo' in an indirect question

  ➔ The word "cómo" introduces the way or method of doing something, acting as a connector for the clause.

• Que empiece la función

  ➔ Subjunctive mood (Empiece)

  ➔ The subjunctive "empiece" expresses a wish, command, or desire for the action to happen.

• Cuando hablo contigo no sé qué hacer

  ➔ Temporal clause with 'Cuando'

  ➔ "Cuando" serves as a temporal conjunction to indicate the specific moment an action takes place.

• Mientras dormías, tu cara tocar

  ➔ Infinitive as a direct object

  ➔ The infinitive "tocar" functions as the direct object of the action seen in the previous clause.