Etapas Raras

Strange Stages

Etapas Raras

My friend, if I were to tell youAmigo mío si yo te contara
Everything we did was uselessTo lo que hicimos no sirvió de nada
At this point, nothing can stop itA estas alturas ya nada lo para

Past times, were strange stagesÉpocas pasadas, fueron etapas raras

If I told youSi te contara
If the walls could speak to usSi las paredes nos hablaran
They would shout the lies in your faceTe gritarían las mentiras a la cara

Strange stagesEtapas raras
Grandma took care of usLa abuela nos cuidaba
Dad never stopped working and mom is sickPapá no paraba de trabajar y la mama está mala

If they hung youSi te colgaran
You would say goodbye to the traitors, to the harpy who played you that dayTe despedirías de los Judas, de la arpía que ese día te hizo la jugada
If the dead who are not here finally came down (yeah)Si los muertos que no están aquí al fin bajaran (ya)
A well-prepared excuseUna excusa bien prepara

I'm from the toughest island this country has given birth toSoy de la isla más cabrona que ha parido el país
Don't come and tell me that crime is wrongNo me vengan a decir, que está mal el delinquir
If those above use their power for their futureSi los de arriba meten brazo pa su porvenir
Below, drugs are sold to surviveAbajo se vende la droga pa poder vivir

All those who were where they are, cousin, I don't knowTodos los que estaban donde están primo, no lo sé
Mom, give me a kiss, only you know what I went throughMamá dame un beso, solo tú sabes lo que pasé
I still remember that rose-colored lipstick (aha)Aún recuerdo ese carmín de color rosé (ahá)
And those songs on cassetteY esas canciones en cassette

Here we are not afraid of fearAquí no tenemos miedo al miedo
Here I reap what I sow and then waterAquí recojo lo que siembro y después riego
We have cried and laughed laterHemos llorado y hemos reído luego
I have been fire and still long for those icy kissesHe sido fuego y aún anhelo esos besos de hielo

When you drag the chainsCuando arrastras las cadenas
They sound on the ground, they sound on the groundPor el suelo suenan, por el suelo suenan
When the sentence weighs on youCuando te pesa la condena
We have suffered so much, suffered so muchHemos pasado tanta pena, pasado tanta pena

For the children, for the jailPor los niños, por la trena
The sirens sound, the sirens soundSuenan las sirenas, suenan las sirenas
When you hate the systemCuando odias el sistema
We have seen a thousand problems, seen a thousandNos hemos visto en mil problemas, visto en mil

Twenty-one grams that day we took offVeintiún gramos que ese día nos quitamos
A fake 'I love you' and then we shoutedUn te quiero falso y luego nos gritamos
I was your craving and you were my callYo era tu ansia y tu eras mi reclamo
You were my burden and I your search manTu eras mi fardo y yo tu busquimano

It's a difficult world of intense lifeÈ un mondo difficile di vita intensa
Here things are so tense that you act or think and it's not worth itAquí la cosa está tan tensa que se actúa o se piensa y no compensa
In the end, it's not worth itAl final no nos compensa
Working to live or die in the meantime (me)Currar para vivir o morir de mientras (yo)

Year 2007 the tapes don't moveAño 2007 las cintas no se mueven
I saw the CDs and at nineteenVeía los cd's y al tate diecinueve
My grandfather dies, my mother was operated onMi abuelo se muere, mi madre la operaban
How do they expect me not to be upset, it was expensiveComo quieren que ese no se altere, salió cara

The limit that separates good from evilEl límite que separa el bien del mal
The line that divides yin from yangLa línea que divide el ying del yang
The cross, the faceLa cruz, la cara
I... Waiting for her to shout at meYo... Esperando a que ella me gritara
She... Waiting for me to leaveElla... Esperando a que yo me marchara

My friend, if I were to tell youAmigo mío si yo te contara
Everything we did was uselessTo lo que hicimos no sirvió de nada
At this point, no one can stop itA estas alturas ya nadie lo para
Past times, were strange stagesÉpocas pasadas, fueron etapas raras

When you drag the chainsCuando arrastras las cadenas
They sound on the ground, they sound on the groundPor el suelo suenan, por el suelo suenan
When the sentence weighs on youCuando te pesa la condena
We have suffered so much, suffered so muchHemos pasado tanta pena, pasado tanta pena

For the children, for the jailPor los niños, por la trena
The sirens sound, the sirens soundSuenan las sirenas, suenan las sirenas
When you hate the systemCuando odias el sistema
We have seen a thousand problems, seen a thousandNos hemos visto en mil problemas, visto en mil