COSAS QUE BRILLAN Lyrics English Translation by Ébano & A.Dense
They’re just things that gleam,
From pink houses to the hood scene.
The checks shine, spare change in between,
Shackles gleam, if you’re caught, unseen.
From the golden mile to Plaza Castilla’s dream,
Yamahas roar, Aprilias in between.
Shine the jewels, the family team,
Yesterday’s dreams were a nightmare it seemed.
They only gleam,
A couple of tubes in the pack it seems.
A couple of dudes, they live like a scheme,
Even golden bullets jam the scene (Mwah).
Bags, pink and yellow pills, it’s the theme.
Smoke released through the car’s stream.
I wish things were as simple as they seem.
Stars in the sky, in the night they beam,
But like Aaliyah, they’re gone like a dream.
Life can be nearly perfect, it’s extreme, girl.
A marvel, it seems,
Money slips like butter, it’s not mainstream.
Burns your fingers but it’s like a dream.
I just want to see you on your knees,
Fill the ashtray with cigarette gleams.
The syringes gleam,
Piercing the skin, where the ribs convene.
I touch wood, and splinters intervene,
See how hunger gleams,
When it gets all dolled up, it seems.
From Gaza wire to Melilla’s marine,
Bodies gleam on the shore’s routine.
Tears gleam on my cheek, the unseen.