More songs by Fito y Fitipaldis
Description
The old photo in my wallet is almost falling apart, but I can't bring myself to throw it away. It's like a little portal to where the sun is still shining, even if the light is going against it. It seems someone here has survived a disaster with an amazing sense of dignity - it's like everything has collapsed, but a dragon with a handkerchief is peeking out from under the rubble, still able to cry and joke about itself. The song sounds like a conversation with the past, where resentments have faded away, leaving only a slight smile: yes, everything was untimely, inappropriate, ridiculous - but, damn it, it was so human. And this sincerity makes you feel warm inside, as if someone has gently placed a comma where there used to be a period.
Lyrics and translation
Original
Una vieja foto en la cartera que se fue rompiendo de tanto mirar.
Soy el dragón que llora siempre a su princesa, que cerró los ojos para imaginar.
Que estabas tú, yo siempre a contraluz.
Duró solo un instante, pero te pude ver.
Si acaba mal, me puedo acostumbrar.
Ya sé que fue un desastre, pero me vino bien.
Sé que lo que nada cuesta no vale la pena.
Todo es tan vacío, tan vulgar.
Solo se salvó esta foto, tú dejaste huella.
Cerraré los ojos para recordar.
Que estabas tú, yo siempre a contraluz.
Duró solo un instante, pero te pude ver.
Si acaba mal, me puedo acostumbrar.
Ya sé que fue un desastre, pero me vino bien.
La mentira que brotó de una promesa.
Un momento inoportuno de sentirse bien.
Si alguien me pregunta ahora qué es lo que tuve que hacer, aprendí a poner las comas, eso tuve que aprender.
Que estabas tú, yo siempre a contraluz.
Duró solo un instante, pero te pude ver.
Si acaba mal, me puedo acostumbrar.
Ya sé que fue un desastre, pero me vino bien.
Que estabas tú, yo siempre a contraluz.
Duró solo un instante, pero te pude ver.
Si acaba mal, me puedo acostumbrar.
Ya sé que fue un desastre, pero me vino bien.
English translation
An old photo in my wallet that started to fall apart from looking at it so much.
I am the dragon that always cries for its princess, who closed his eyes to imagine.
That you were there, I was always in the backlight.
It only lasted a moment, but I could see you.
If it ends badly, I can get used to it.
I know it was a disaster, but it was good for me.
I know that what costs nothing is not worth it.
Everything is so empty, so vulgar.
Only this photo was saved, you left your mark.
I will close my eyes to remember.
That you were there, I was always in the backlight.
It only lasted a moment, but I could see you.
If it ends badly, I can get used to it.
I know it was a disaster, but it was good for me.
The lie that sprang from a promise.
An inopportune feel-good moment.
If someone asks me now what I had to do, I learned to put commas, that's what I had to learn.
That you were there, I was always in the backlight.
It only lasted a moment, but I could see you.
If it ends badly, I can get used to it.
I know it was a disaster, but it was good for me.
That you were there, I was always in the backlight.
It only lasted a moment, but I could see you.
If it ends badly, I can get used to it.
I know it was a disaster, but it was good for me.