Alma Perdida

Lost Soul

Alma Perdida

Oh my little sailboatAy mi barquito de vela
Drifting aimlesslyNavega a la deriva
This is for a lost soulEsto es pa' un alma perdida
This is for a lost soulEsto es pa' un alma perdida

I was walking on the beach, all aloneAndaba por la playa, a solas
She was beautiful and pureEra bella y pura
You can hear her naked soul scream because she criesSe oye gritar su alma desnuda porque llora
With her feet in the sand, walking along the edge where the waves of the sea reachCon los pies en la arena, andando por el borde donde las olas del mar llegan

Sometimes she gets wetA veces se moja
And then she thinksY entonces piensa
I wish a boat would pass byOjalá pasara un barco
But she only sees stars go byPero solo ve pasar estrellas

She dreams of a little sailboat that won't succumb to stormsSueña con un barquito de vela que no sucumba tormentas
And takes her off this deserted islandY la saque de esta isla desierta
But she's fed up, she doesn't wait anymorePero ya está harta ya no espera
She's written a letter and put it inside a bottleHa escrito una carta y la ha puesto dentro de una botella

The title of the letterEl título de la carta
This is for a lost soulEsto es pa' un alma perdida
She dries her tears, throws it awaySe seca las lágrimas, la tira
But she finds it everywhere on the islandPero se la encuentra en todos los lados de la isla

Could it be that she is the lost soul?¿Será que será ella el alma perdida?
Or is it that the sea always tends to go to the shore?O será que el mar tiende a ir siempre hacia la orilla
A girl who was half music, half poetryUna tía que era mitad música mitad poesía
Her eyes like they were meant to make a flagSus ojos como pa' hacerle una bandera

There was more blood on those lips than in my heartHabía más sangre en esos labios que en mi cora'
Hair down to her hipsEl pelo hasta las caderas
Fangs and vampire skinColmillos y piel de vampira
Not even the Mona Lisa comparesNi la Mona Lisa se compara

Cousin, have you seen that face?¿Primo has visto esa cara?
It drives me crazy, she cries goldEs que me da locura, llora oro
But she touches the ground and turns to waxPero toca el suelo y se hace cera
Her skin like silkSu piel seda
But if she gets mad, it's like broken glassPero si se enfada un cristal roto

She knows she screams and the sea tremblesElla sabe que grita y el mar tiembla
The sky roars in the form of a stormEl cielo ruge en forma de tormenta
The ground is ruled by the steps she takesEl suelo se rige por los pasos que ella da
Trapped by the sea, she leaves a trail of footprintsEncerrada por el mar deja un camino de huellas

Even though she knows no one will follow themAunque sabe que nadie los seguirá
Because she's alone and forgets her name and her lifePorque está sola y se olvida de su nombre y su vida
She writes poetry with a stick in the sandEscribe con un palo en la arena poesías
But the wind erases them with caressesPero el viento las borra con caricias

Because not even the wind listens to people when they're emptyPorque ni el viento escucha a las personas cuando están vacías
Desperate, without a plan to escapeDesesperada, sin un plan de huida
She starts to see stars but in lilacEmpieza a ver estrellas pero de color lila
Thinks it's her end, falls to her kneesPiensa que es su final cae de rodillas

She looks up and sees a person shining half a mile awayLevanta la vista y ve una persona brillando a media milla
And starts to run desperately to reach itY empieza a correr desesperada por llegar
But she only sees moonlight bouncing off a shining glassPero solo ve luz lunar rebotando contra un cristal que brilla
And it was a bottle with a letter calledY era una botella con una carta llamada
This is for a lost soulEsto es pa' un alma perdida