La Violencia Lyrics English Translation by Zahara
All the violence
That haunts me
Takes up a different space within me.
All the pain I feel and the harm I’ve done
Each find their own place inside me.
I place my triumphs next to my trash,
All my trophies at the same height.
My anxiety has been thrown into the spotlight,
And I still keep the weapons they used to attack.
The party has begun,
And I feel the past in every glance.
I don’t know what they’re thinking when they point at me,
They tell my story, and I don’t know who they’re talking about.
How little space I take up in my own story,
Sometimes it feels like someone else’s.
I drink from the wishing well—
It quenches my thirst, but leaves me poisoned.
I slowly open all my windows,
You see me breathe, and I seem calm.
And I feel my body, maybe more exposed,
Still full of rage, just as insecure.