| Aparte del incendio algo nos reunía allí
| Apart from the fire something gathered us there
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| Tal vez era el silencio entonces roto por las mil
| Perhaps it was the silence then broken by the thousand
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| Sirenas antirrobos, alarmas que al sonar
| Burglar sirens, alarms that sound
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| Formaban el acorde que define a esta ciudad
| They formed the chord that defines this city
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| Era como un festival inesperado en la noche estival
| It was like an unexpected festival in the summer night
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| El papel incandescente caía como lluvia sideral
| The incandescent paper fell like astral rain
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| Una carta ardiendo aún
| A letter still burning
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| Me cayó muy cerca, entonces tú
| I fell very close, then you
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| Tú, precisamente tú
| you, exactly you
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| La apagaste de repente
| you turned it off suddenly
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| Me dijiste algo insolente
| you said something rude to me
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| Y volviste a desaparecer
| and you disappeared again
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| Me condenan por asalto, me condenan por robar
| I'm convicted of assault, I'm convicted of stealing
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| La condena es un anhelo que no puedo precisar
| Conviction is a longing I can't pin down
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| Me atrapa, me consume, me nubla la razón
| It catches me, it consumes me, it clouds my reason
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| A mí, que saqué notable en arte y manipulación
| To me, who got remarkable in art and manipulation
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| Esa noche el resplandor borró la luz del día y su terror
| That night the brightness blotted out the light of day and its terror
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| Los muchachos se embravaban
| The boys got angry
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| Las chicas parecían estar en flor
| The girls seemed to be in bloom
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| Oí la música sonar y acepté la única invitación
| I heard the music play and I accepted the only invitation
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| Tú, precisamente tú
| you, exactly you
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| Con tus modos indolentes
| With your indolent ways
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| Me escribiste tu nombre en la frente
| You wrote your name on my forehead
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| Y volviste a desaparecer
| and you disappeared again
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| Los rascacielos arden, todo debería arder
| Skyscrapers burn, everything should burn
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| Te gusta echar de menos pero no sabes querer
| You like to miss but you don't know how to love
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| Te empeñas en atarme y luego echas a correr
| You insist on tying me up and then you start running
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| Si el monstruo te da miedo ¿por qué le das de comer?
| If the monster scares you, why are you feeding it?
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| El diablo se lamenta y dice ¿pero cuál es mi función?
| The devil laments and says, but what is my function?
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| ¡el de arriba es ya tan torpe
| the one above is already so clumsy
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| Que no hay manera de hacerlo peor!
| That there is no way to make it worse!
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| Y se pincha un Lexatin
| And a Lexatin is pricked
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| Con la punta de su tenedor
| With the tip of your fork
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| Tú, precisamente tú
| you, exactly you
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| En tu caos, tan diligente
| In your chaos, so diligent
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| La maldad suele ser inconsciente
| Evil is usually unconscious
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| Y vestirse de fatalidad
| And dress in doom
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| Tú, precisamente tú
| you, exactly you
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| Con tu amor intermitente
| With your intermittent love
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| Del pasado saltas al presente
| From the past you jump to the present
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| Y de nuevo, a desaparecer | And again, to disappear |