Si Pudiera Volver a Soñar

If I Could Dream Again

Look at yourself
Today you're trembling and feeling
That your heart beats stronger and stronger
Because you're about to start
In college, but neither your body nor your mind project happiness
Because you don't know if you're where you should be
Since your parents told you what you were going to study
Because they say what you're most
Passionate about in this world doesn't make money
Blame you for choosing that proposal
You just wanted to avoid fights and protests
Without being aware of how that decision affects you
Four or five years of learning things you're not interested in
And all for what? Because you care more about what
People think of you than doing what interests you the most
Do you think that when you finish you will finally do what you truly like?
As if time stops when someone gives an excuse

I wish I could go back in time
And not leave my destiny in someone else's hands
If I could dream again
I could achieve what I never made real

Look at yourself
Today you've graduated
You think your debt to your parents has finally ended
But when you look closer in their eyes you notice something strange
And there's disappointment inside and also a lot of anger
And don't you know why? You've deceived them
Making them think you liked what you studied
When in reality you weren't going to work
In that profession they spent so much on

That's why it's normal for them to tell you they're done
Educating you and supporting you with the money they earned
Because now it's your turn to know
What a job is and also to become independent
So you value it well
And also to keep you away from what they believe
It would condemn your future if you studied it too
You have no choice, in your situation
You say hello to work and goodbye to the previous dream

I wish I could go back in time
And not leave my destiny in someone else's hands
If I could dream again
I could achieve what I never made real

Look at yourself
The years go by
Before dreaming was easy when alone at home
But now you have a family and it surpasses
In importance any old dream that has lived in your head for years
And you lie, every time you say you don't regret
For changing your own dream for someone else's
And you don't accept that you weren't brave
And instead say you earn more than many people

Look, you're right, I'm not saying you're not
But how much money replaces a great passion?
A million a month or two? Is that your situation?
You earn an average salary and hate your profession
It steals all your time and life without compassion
Almost 50 hours a week without fun
You're a slave and you don't know it, what a situation!
Could have been a huge genius in your other passion

I wish I could go back in time
And not leave my destiny in someone else's hands
If I could dream again
I could achieve what I never made real

Look at yourself
Today there are wrinkles all over your body
And it's more than evident that there's regret in your being
You wish to go back or at least buy more time
But it's just a dream to dream awake
Be brave once and bring out what you have inside
Don't lie to the mirror, it no longer believes your tales
Admit for the first time what you've been silent about all this time
Before time runs out and takes your breath away

Sorry, for not choosing well
For not fighting for my passion
I didn't know, a father too
Could be wrong
Fear was my downfall
Why didn't anyone warn me
That simple decision
Would take me where I am?

I wish I could go back in time
And not leave my destiny in someone else's hands
If I could dream again
I could achieve what I never made real