I Dream of Snakes (feat. Chico Buarque)

Sueño con serpientes (part. Chico Buarque)

There are men who fight for a day and they're goodHay hombres que luchan un día y son buenos
There are others who fight for a year and they're betterHay otros que luchan un año y son mejores
There are those who fight for many years and they're really goodHay quienes luchan muchos años y son muy buenos
But then there are those who fight their whole livesPero hay los que luchan toda la vida
Those are the ones you can't do withoutEsos son los imprescindibles

I dream of snakes, of sea snakesSueño con serpientes, con serpientes de mar
With a certain sea, oh, I dream of snakesCon cierto mar, ay, de serpientes sueño yo
Long, transparent, and in their bellies they carryLargas, transparentes, y en sus barrigas llevan
What they can snatch away from loveLo que puedam arrebatarle al amor

Oh, I kill it and a bigger one appearsOh, la mato y aparece una mayor
Oh, with much more hell in its bellyOh, con mucho más infierno en digestión

I can't fit in its mouth, it tries to swallow meNo quepo en su boca, me trata de tragar
But it chokes on a clover from my templePero se atora con un trébol de mi sien
I think it's crazy: I give it a dove to chew and poison it with my loveCreo que está loca: Le doy de masticar una paloma e la enveneno de mi bien

Oh, I kill it and a bigger one appearsOh, la mato y aparece una mayor

This one swallows me, and while I slide down its esophagusEsta afin me enguye, y mientras por su esofago
I think about what’s coming nextPaseo, voy pensando en qué vendrá
But it falls apart when I reach its stomachPero se destruye cuando llego a su estomago
And I lay down a truth with a verseY planteo con un verso una verdad

Oh, I kill it and a bigger one appearsOh, la mato y aparece una mayor