Brutal Paraíso Lyrics English Translation by Luísa Sonza
Blood, life, body, hand
I use that excuse to save myself from my inhuman acts, mm
And I settle in the rubble
I sing a few songs and try to invent something good once in a while
I try so hard
And you know lately I’ve been remembering
The fence, the wall, the neighbors next door
Flowers and palm trees
Everyday fights
But despite a few sorrows
How good it was, my parents smiling together on the long journey
And if it gives me the longing
And in first love came the intensity
It will follow in this song
It’s from my heart, I won’t pretend it’s not
At 15 I kissed for the first time
And died of passion, if everything was half even while being whole
Discovering pleasure and beauty
Letting myself get hurt for the first time
Trying to pull away, even without knowing how to get to where it is
Wanting to fit in somewhere
Trying to get it right for the first time
Ah, the intensity, we taste it in adolescence
So much instinct and so little awareness
Tasting the world for the first time, mm
I listen, he knocks at the door
Different from the other stories
The most real terror is now
I already keep some memories
I don’t feel so great anymore
I don’t see us as a couple anymore
College sounds trivial to me
Everything seems like chaos
I don’t fit in a suit and tie
And now I’m far from home
From the red and wet earth
Nature, waterfall baths
My God, what a big city
For sure I have a chance
How fancy the escalator is
But the dream still seems far away, mm
But the dream seems far away to me
At least love seems certain
I feel so much better with him near
If something goes wrong, I’ll fix it
With all my body and soul I give myself
And you know, the now is forever
Nothing will get in the way of what we feel
Hard to bear with so many people
I’ve also been feeling you so absent
And it was the second end of my forevers
I felt alone again
You were there and I was so needy
Off I went trying to face everything head-on
I gave up quickly, I lost the fight
It’s obvious I didn’t know
Anything about myself
I never looked at myself
My wounded souls, witnessed pains
Mind of a girl thought:
“Why be like this? Everything is so bad”
I was lost, it didn’t sink in
That my dream had finally arrived
It finally arrived
It finally arrived
It arrived for me
And I’m just grateful for singing since childhood
Learning and working in that band
I was lucky too, I had hope
And nowadays I see the good side of all the memories
Of all the memories
And it was on a rainy morning day
That I sank into a wool blanket
And even feeling like the villain
I got lost and didn’t change tomorrow
And I said: “Luísa, grow up or else disappear!
Where was my head at?”
I get along with what I could
I saw myself leaning over the table
I wasn’t the same anymore
But in my worst moment, I wasn’t alone
I had some friends, I had my beloved little dogs
And even loves I cultivated one day
They were pulling me out
Of all this folly
Of all this folly
And then I went off again
And threw myself into the crowd
Forgot the suffocations
Suffered, but payback came
And I was slowly coming back
Yes, I dated again
Okay, I have a few screws loose
But I came back to myself
Me again at last
And this is the story of my early 20s
They’re nothing more than this poor human being
And I know, this is an excuse, that I’m using again
But anyway, that’s it, I take care of myself and let it slide
And enough of making excuses
And today it’s for myself that I sing
For myself, that I sing