Seventeen

Diecisiete

Seventeen

Ella compró un boleto en un tren de medianoche,She bought a ticket on a midnight train,
A un lugar del que nunca se iría.To a place she’d never leave again.
Ella lo culpó de los pecados de su papá,She blamed it on her daddy’s sins,
Yo lo culpé todo de mí.I blamed it all on me.

Solo era un chico tonto,I was just a foolish boy,
Era suficiente amor para llenar el vacío.It was love enough to fill the void.
Dijo las palabras para escuchar el ruido,Said the words to hear the noise,
Era ensordecedor.It was deafening.

Nunca supe que las cosas cambiarían,I never knew that things would change,
Lo que éramos entonces, lo que nos convertimos,What we were then, what we became,
Éramos diecisiete.We were seventeen.

La encontraron allí tarde esa noche,They found her there late that night,
En una cama bajo luces de hotel.On a bed under hotel lights.
Tratando de arreglar un par de cosas malas,Trying to make a couple wrong things right,
Empezar de nuevo limpio.Start over clean.

Ella nunca dijo adiós,She never did say goodbye,
Yo nunca me disculpé.I never did apologize.
Conocía las palabras, pero no podía mentir,I knew the words, but I could not lie,
Solo la vi irse.I just watched her leave.

Nunca supe que las cosas cambiarían,I never knew that things would change,
Lo que éramos entonces, lo que nos convertimos,What we were then, what we became,
Éramos diecisiete.We were seventeen.
Perdimos tiempo, perdimos lágrimas,We wasted time, we wasted tears,
Dijimos adiós a los años dorados,We waved goodbye to golden years,
Éramos diecisiete.We were seventeen.

Bajo los escombros hay una razón, una razón,Beneath the wreckage there’s a reason, a reason,
Algo por lo que buscaron tanto ver.Something they looked so hard to see.
Tomé y puse la culpa, pero aún siento lo mismo,I took and placed the blame, but still I feel the same,
Alguien solo diga que no fui yo.Someone just say it wasn’t me.

No pienso en ella como debería,I don’t think about her like I should,
Solía intentarlo pero no servía de nada.I used to try but it did no good.
Ella me perdonaría si pudiera,She’d forgive me if she only could,
Éramos diecisiete.We were seventeen.