Lejos Estamos Mejor – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Eden Muñoz

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

(Sonidos Incidentales)

(Incidental Sounds)

(Música)

(Music)

♪ El subconsciente me traicionó ♪

My subconscious betrayed me

♪ No sé de dónde diablos te sacó ♪

I don't know where the hell it pulled you from

♪ Años luz un corazón del otro ♪

Light years away, one heart from the other

♪ Con lo poco que queda de nosotros ♪

With the little that's left of us

♪ Pregunté cómo te irá ♪

I wondered how you're doing

♪ Espero allá contigo todo bien ♪

I hope everything's going well for you over there

♪ Si me preguntas por acá, muy bien, también ♪

If you ask me how things are here, very well, too

(Música)

(Music)

♪ No sé si a ti también te esté pasando ♪

I don't know if you're going through it too

♪ Lo bueno y malo se nos va olvidando ♪

The good and bad are fading from our memories

♪ Ya no duele si me dejas de importar ♪

It doesn't hurt anymore if you stop caring about me

♪ Y sin ningún afán de reprochar ♪

And without any intention of reproach

♪ Pasó porque tenía que pasar ♪

It happened because it had to happen

♪ Era el camino pa' llegar aquí ♪

It was the path to get here

♪ Sin duda alguna, la mejor versión de mí ♪

Without a doubt, the best version of me

♪ La vida sola se empezó a encargar ♪

Life itself started to take charge

♪ De a cada quién poner en su lugar ♪

To put everyone in their place

♪ Cómo se mira desde acá el amor ♪

How love looks from here

♪ El tiempo vino a darme la razón ♪

Time came to prove me right

♪ Que lejos estamos mejor ♪

That we're better off far apart

(Música)

(Music)

♪ Y sin ningún afán de reprochar ♪

And without any intention of reproach

♪ Pasó porque tenía que pasar ♪

It happened because it had to happen

♪ Era el camino pa' llegar aquí ♪

It was the path to get here

♪ Sin duda alguna, la mejor versión de mí ♪

Without a doubt, the best version of me

♪ La vida sola se empezó a encargar ♪

Life itself started to take charge

♪ De a cada quién poner en su lugar ♪

To put everyone in their place

♪ Cómo se mira desde acá el amor ♪

How love looks from here

♪ El tiempo vino a darme la razón ♪

Time came to prove me right

♪ Que lejos estamos mejor ♪

That we're better off far apart

(Música)

(Music)

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
subconsciente /suβkonsˈθjente/ B2	noun - subconscious adjective - subconscious
traicionó /tɾai̯.sjoˈno/ B2	verb - betrayed
diablos /ˈdjaβlos/ B2	noun - devils
luz /lus/ A2	noun - light
corazón /koɾaˈθon/ A1	noun - heart
poco /ˈpoko/ A1	adjective - little
pregunté /pɾe.ɣunˈte/ A2	verb - I asked
bien /bjen/ A1	adverb - well
bueno /ˈbweno/ A1	adjective - good
malo /ˈmalo/ A1	adjective - bad
duele /ˈdwiele/ A2	verb - hurts
importar /impoɾˈtaɾ/ B1	verb - to matter
afán /aˈfan/ B2	noun - eagerness
reprochar /re.pɾoˈt͡ʃaɾ/ B2	verb - to reproach
camino /kaˈmino/ A2	noun - road
versión /beɾˈsjon/ B1	noun - version
vida /ˈbiða/ A1	noun - life
encargar /eŋ.kaɾˈɣaɾ/ B2	verb - to entrust
lugar /luˈɣaɾ/ A1	noun - place
amor /aˈmoɾ/ A1	noun - love
tiempo /ˈtjempo/ A1	noun - time
razón /raˈθon/ A2	noun - reason
lejos /ˈlexos/ A1	adverb - far
mejor /meˈxoɾ/ A1	adjective - better

Key Grammar Structures

• El subconsciente me traicionó

  ➔ Preterite (Simple Past)

  ➔ The verb "traicionó" is in the preterite, indicating a completed action in the past. It shows that the subconscious betrayed the speaker at a specific point in time.

• No sé de dónde diablos te sacó

  ➔ Indirect Question with "de dónde"

  ➔ This is an indirect question embedded within a statement. Instead of asking "¿De dónde te sacó?" directly, it's phrased as "No sé de dónde diablos te sacó." The word order changes (subject-verb inversion is removed).

• Si me preguntas por acá, muy bien, también

  ➔ Conditional Clause (Si + Present Subjunctive Implied)

  ➔ While using the indicative "preguntas", there is an implicit conditional here. The full form would be like "Si me preguntaras (subjunctive) por acá, estaría muy bien." The indicative is commonly used in colloquial speech in place of the subjunctive in these types of sentences.

• Lo bueno y malo se nos va olvidando

  ➔ Passive "se" with reflexive pronoun and progressive aspect

  ➔ The "se" here indicates a passive voice construction. The things are being forgotten, rather than someone actively forgetting them. "Va olvidando" shows the progressive aspect, indicating it's happening over time. The pronoun "nos" indicate it is happening to a group of people (they are forgetting).

• Ya no duele si me dejas de importar

  ➔ Conditional "si" clause with the indicative and impersonal verb "doler"

  ➔ This sentence combines a "si" clause (conditional) with the indicative mood and the impersonal verb "doler". The verb "doler" is impersonal because it is used to express pain or suffering in a way that does not directly assign blame to a subject. Rather, the pain happens "to" someone, which is expressed via an indirect object pronoun ("me" in this case).

• Era el camino pa' llegar aquí

  ➔ Imperfect Tense indicating description of a past situation

  ➔ The imperfect tense "era" describes the past state or condition of being the path. It emphasizes what the path *was* like, offering background information or description about that time.