Tóxico – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Samuraï

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the Spanish language with Samuraï's 'Tóxico,' a song that dissects the complexities of a harmful relationship. Explore themes of toxicity and liberation while improving your Spanish vocabulary and understanding modern musical expression.

[English]

Toxic, so toxic

Talking about poison to the queen of the snake

Logical, it's not logical

With you, winters go from January to December

And I hope that when I say goodbye, I never see you again

That if you turn me off, I turn back on

And it's so easy to see everything burn

Better to burn it all

If you don't stop to try

Better to break it all

No, I won't stand that

You keep asking if

I'm not going to make a mistake

No, no, no, no

No, I won't calm down

You drink the disaster

If I'm not going to make a mistake

It's gotten late

How to make just a dream

If I've gone years without sleeping?

And you

Ask me not to leave

Natural disaster, we are pure instinct

Act like I don't exist

We are the same, but different

Your pulse trembles when you shoot

Better to burn it all

If you don't stop to try

Better to break it all

No, I won't stand that

You keep asking

If I'm not going to make a mistake

No, no, no, no (one, two, three!)

No, I won't stand that

You keep asking

If I'm not going to make a mistake

No, no, no, no

No, I won't calm down

You drink the disaster

If I'm not going to make a mistake

It's gotten late

...

[Spanish]

Tóxico, tan tóxico

Hablando de veneno a la reina de la serpiente

Lógico, no es lógico

Contigo los inviernos van de enero hasta diciembre

Y ojalá que al despedirme nunca te vuelva a ver

Que si me apagas, me vuelva a encender

Y es tan fácil verlo todo arder

Mejor quemarlo todo

Si no te paras a intentar

Mejor romperlo todo

No, no voy a aguantar que

Tú sigas preguntando sí

Si no voy a equivocarme

No, no, no, no

No, no voy a calmarme

Tú bebes el desastre

Si no voy a equivocarme

Se ha hecho tarde

¿Cómo hacer solo un sueño

Si llevo años sin dormir?

Y tú

Me pides que no me vaya

Desastre natural, somos puro instinto

Haz como que no existo

Somos lo mismo, pero distinto

Te tiembla el pulso al disparar

Mejor quemarlo todo

Si no te paras a intentar

Mejor romperlo todo

No, no voy a aguantar que

Tú sigas preguntando

Si no voy a equivocarme

No, no, no, no (¡un, dos, tres!)

No, no voy a aguantar que

Tú sigas preguntando

Si no voy a equivocarme

No, no, no, no

No, no voy a calmarme

Tú bebes el desastre

Si no voy a equivocarme

Se ha hecho tarde

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
veneno /beˈne.no/ B1	noun - poison
lógico /ˈlo.ʝi.ko/ B2	adjective - logical, reasonable
invierno /inˈbjeɾ.no/ A2	noun - winter
despedirme /des.peˈdir.me/ B1	verb - to say goodbye
ardir /aˈdiɾ/ B2	verb - to dare
quemar /keˈmaɾ/ B2	verb - to burn
preguntando /pɾe.ɣunˈtan.do/ B1	verb - asking
equivocarse /e.ki.βoˈkaɾ.se/ B2	verb - to make a mistake
calmarse /kalˈmaɾ.se/ B2	verb - to calm down
desastre /desˈas.tɾe/ B1	noun - disaster
existir /eksisˈtiɾ/ A2	verb - to exist
puro /ˈpuɾo/ A2	adjective - pure

Key Grammar Structures

• No voy a aguantar que tú sigas preguntando

  ➔ Future tense with 'voy a' + infinitive to express intention or future action.

  ➔ 'Voy a' is a periphrastic future construction in Spanish indicating intent or planned future action.

• Se ha hecho tarde

  ➔ Reflexive pronoun 'se' with a present perfect form 'ha hecho' to indicate an ongoing or completed action with relevance.

  ➔ 'Se ha hecho tarde' literally means 'It has become late' and uses the present perfect tense with a reflexive pronoun to indicate a change or realization.

• Hablando de veneno a la reina de la serpiente

  ➔ Present participle 'hablando' used as a gerund to describe simultaneous actions or topics, connected with 'de' to indicate the subject of speech.

  ➔ 'Hablando de...' means 'talking about...' and introduces the topic of discussion, with the gerund form emphasizing the ongoing nature.

• Contigo los inviernos van de enero hasta diciembre

  ➔ Preposition 'de' used to specify a range of time ('from' and 'to').

  ➔ The preposition 'de' combined with time expressions specifies a range or span between two points in time.

• Y tú me pides que no me vaya

  ➔ Subjunctive mood 'que no me vaya' expressing a request or desire.

  ➔ The subjunctive 'que no me vaya' is used after expressions of wish, doubt, or desire to express hypothetical or non-real actions.

• Tú sigas preguntando

  ➔ Present subjunctive 'sigas' after 'tú' indicating a doubt, desire, or hypothetical situation.

  ➔ The present subjunctive 'sigas' following 'tú' expresses a non-real or uncertain action, often used in contexts of doubt, desire, or speculation.