Abrazos de Cristal

Crystal Hugs

Abrazos de Cristal

So many years, had to liveTantos años, tenía que vivir
It was written in his destinyEstaba escrito en su destino
Things that always happen to people but not to youCosas que siempre ocurren a la gente pero a ti no
And never matter too much until they happenY nunca importan demasiado hasta que ocurren
Other people's problems will be boring topicsLos problemas de los demás serán temas que te aburren
That slip away, that last drop that runs out with the hoursQue escurren, esa ultima gota que se agota con las horas

That speck in the eye that enters when you cryEsa mota en la mirada que te entra cuando lloras
Because you miss, you don't value what you havePorque añoras no valoras lo que tienes
Until you lose it and it doesn't come back, you understand meHasta que lo pierdes y no vuelve, ya me entiendes
That's why tell me now that you have me that you love mePor eso dime ahora que me tienes que me quieres
Said the mother to the son in a hug about to breakLe dijo la madre al hijo en un abrazo de romperse
If they were made of glass in a thousand tiny piecesSi fueran de cristal en mil pedazos pequeñitos
So many years had to live, it was writtenTantos años tenía que vivir, estaba escrito

But father, tired of lovePero padre, cansado del amor
From a housewife woman without dressesDe una mujer ama de casa y sin vestidos
He forgot about those eyes and shared momentsSe olvido de aquellos ojos y momentos compartidos
Disgusted by those childrenAsqueao de aquellos niños
And the routine screams meltedY los gritos de rutina derretido
By the noise of heavy conformismPor el ruido del pesado conformismo
Yes, he looked for his place among failureSi, buscó su sitio entre fracaso
And alcoholism between himself and pessimismY alcoholismo entre si mismo y pesimismo
And a thousand issues being unemployedY mil movida estando en paro
Ships were looking for that portBarcos buscaban ese puerto

But the lighthouse was already deadPero ya muerto estaba el faro
Like that Moon that survives the day in this villageComo esa Luna que, sobrevive al día en esta aldea
That parades conceitedly so some fool can see herQue pasea presumida pa que algún chalao la vea
Out of place is how she feltFuera de su sitio así es como se sentía ella
Without her navy blue background and without the shine of her starSin su fondo azul marino y sin el brillo de su estrella
That afternoon, she went to bed earlier than usualAquella tarde, se acostó antes que de costumbre
She didn't hear the phone or the doorbellNo escuchó el teléfono ni el timbre
She dreamed of being free and having a heart to be stolenSoñaba con ser libre y con tener un corazón pa que le roben
She dreamed that she didn't grow up and would forever be youngSoñaba que no crecía y para siempre seria joven
50 and something winters, full of dry leaves50ypico inviernos, llenos de hojas secas

And her 25 freckles summed up in a dream she would never wake up fromY sus 25 pecas resumidas en un sueño si del que nunca despertara
No matter how many roosters crowed, sadness embraced herPor más gallos que cantaran la tristeza le abrazaba
And the son who cried like you if it happened to meY el hijo que lloraba como tu si me pasara
Antonio or Sara, guiltyAntonio o Sara, culpables
That I am alive and that I write what I writeDe que yo este vivo y de que escriba lo que escribo

That I always love them, as I have always wantedDe que siempre yo les quiera, como siempre yo he querido
As I have always wanted, as I have always wantedComo siempre yo he querido, como siempre yo he querido
As I have always wanted, as I have always wantedComo siempre yo he querido, como siempre yo he querido
As I have always wanted, as I have always wantedComo siempre yo he querido, como siempre yo he querido