La Salvaje Lyrics English Translation by Paula Mattheus
Her bicycle on the stairs, I race you again, the last day of school
Nights at the beach, six in the morning, imagining the future
Summers of three months, Friday like always, the kiss by the doorway
Staying just to see each other, living like nothing could touch our luck, and it’s intense
Everything spins so fast, today I’m dizzy again
Someone hit the brakes on this highway, today I need to get off
I’ve gone back to the wild one, I’m trying to find myself, turn my fear into waves,
And my mistakes into art
I wanted to leave my mark with mud on my shoes
She showed me the corners of the Cantabrian coast
Her face was tan all year, her hair streaked with salt
She was made of rivers, and she didn’t know the world
That’s why every corner felt endless to her
She loved with all her bones, she listened to the silence
I’ve gone back to the wild one, I’m trying to find myself, turn my fear into waves,
And my mistakes into art
I’ve gone back to the wild one, I’ve seen it through the landscape, though we’re not the same today,
It’s too soon to be too late
Ten years later, I’ve finally written her a song
Now she has a daughter who shares my name
I’ve gone back to the wild one, I’m trying to find myself, turn my fear into waves,
And my mistakes into art
I’ve gone back to the wild one, I’ve seen it through the landscape, though we’re not the same today,
It’s too soon to be too late.