Te Llevo para Que Me Lleves – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Gustavo Cerati
• Album: Amor Amarillo

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the profound emotional landscape of Gustavo Cerati's "Te Llevo para Que Me Lleves." This track offers a glimpse into themes of deep connection and mutual reliance, allowing listeners to explore the nuances of love and companionship through its evocative Spanish lyrics.

[English]

I know you from another life

Today you'll leave through the window

Like a dagger

Tearing through the darkness

If I take you

It's so you can take me, oh-uh-oh

Without talking, just touches

I want to see your red eyes

I'll count to three

And I'll knock on your door

I take you

So you can take me, oh-uh-oh

The shifting waters

And I take you so you can take me

From one life

To another life

From one life

To another life

So you can take me, oh-uh-oh

...

[Spanish]

Te conozco de otra vida

Hoy saldrás por la ventana

Como un puñal

Rasgando las tinieblas

Si te llevo

Es para que me lleves, oh-uh-oh

Sin hablar, solo roces

Quiero ver tus ojos rojos

Contaré hasta tres

Y llamaré a tu puerta

Yo te llevo

Para que me lleves, oh-uh-oh

Las aguas movedizas

Y te llevo para que me lleves

De una vida

A otra vida

De una vida

A otra vida

Para que me lleves, oh-uh-oh

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
conozco /koˈnos.ko/ A2	verb - I know
vida /ˈbi.ða/ A1	noun - life
saldrás /salˈdɾas/ B1	verb - you will go out, you will leave
ventana /benˈta.na/ A2	noun - window
puñal /puˈɲal/ B2	noun - dagger
rasgando /rasˈɡan.do/ B2	verb - tearing, ripping
tinieblas /tiˈnje.βlas/ C1	noun - darkness, shadows
hablar /aˈβlaɾ/ A1	verb - to speak, to talk
roces /ˈro.ses/ B1	noun - touches, brushes
quiero /ˈkje.ɾo/ A1	verb - I want
ojos /ˈo.xos/ A1	noun - eyes
rojos /ˈro.xos/ A1	adjective - red
puerta /ˈpweɾ.ta/ A1	noun - door
aguas /ˈa.ɣwas/ A2	noun - waters
movedizas /mo.βeˈði.sas/ B2	adjective - shifting, treacherous

Key Grammar Structures

• Te conozco de otra vida

  ➔ Preterite vs. Imperfect

  ➔ While seemingly simple, the choice of the present tense "conozco" implies a recognition that persists into the present from a past life. Using the preterite could imply a recognition that happened and ended in the past.

• Hoy saldrás por la ventana

  ➔ Future Simple (conditional)

  ➔ The use of "saldrás" indicates a prediction or a plan for the future. It is also used in the Conditional type 1: If present simple, future simple.

• Como un puñal

  ➔ Simile

  ➔ The sentence uses "como" (like) to create a simile, comparing the act of leaving through the window to a dagger.

• Si te llevo / Es para que me lleves

  ➔ Subjunctive Mood (purpose clause)

  ➔ The phrase "para que me lleves" requires the subjunctive because it expresses a purpose. The "para que" construction always necessitates the subjunctive in Spanish.

• Sin hablar, solo roces

  ➔ Gerunds and Nouns

  ➔ "Hablar" is used here as a noun and "roces" is also a noun, emphasizing the absence of words and the presence of physical touch.

• Quiero ver tus ojos rojos

  ➔ Infinitive after a verb of desire

  ➔ "Ver" is in the infinitive because it comes after the verb "Quiero" (I want), expressing desire. This is a common construction in Spanish.

• Contaré hasta tres / Y llamaré a tu puerta

  ➔ Future Simple, sequence of actions

  ➔ Both "contaré" and "llamaré" are in the future simple, indicating a sequence of actions that will happen in the future. The "Y" connects them, showing the order.

• Las aguas movedizas

  ➔ Adjective agreement

  ➔ "Movedizas" is an adjective that agrees in gender and number with the noun "aguas" (waters). Because aguas is feminine plural, movedizas must also be feminine plural.