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Máquina do Tempo
Banda Calypso Lyrics
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Insiste em ficar comigo
É o meu martírio,
Foi o meu castigo
Por não te entender.
Hoje estaria em seus braços
Se eu tivesse aceitado
Te guardado dentro
Do meu coração.
Porque o homem já não inventou
A máquina do tempo e me levou
De volta ao passado,
Quando estava ao seu lado
Pra te amar e sorrir outra vez.
Você levou a minha liberdade
Minha felicidade
Levou o meu sorriso
Levou os meus sentidos
E só me deixou aqui,
Todos os meus sentimentos
E os meus pensamentos
E choro quando lembro
De todos os momentos
Felizes com você
The lyrics to Banda Calypso's song Máquina do Tempo are filled with nostalgia and longing for a past love. The singer of the song is expressing their deep sadness over not being able to let go of the memories and feelings they still have for someone who is no longer with them. The singer mentions that their feelings of saudade (a Portuguese term for a deep longing for something or someone that is gone) have never left them and continue to torment them. This saudade is "o meu martírio" or their torment and "o meu castigo" or their punishment.
The singer suggests that if they had just accepted their former love's ways and kept them close in their heart, they would still be in their arms today. This deep regret is made even more poignant by the desire for a machine that could transport the singer back in time to when their former love was still with them. The singer says that a time machine is the only thing that could give them the chance to be with their former love again and "amar e sorrir outra vez" or love and smile once more.
Overall, the lyrics to Máquina do Tempo are about the pain of longing for a past love and the regret that comes with not fully appreciating them while they were still around. The desire for a time machine adds a sense of whimsy and impossibility to the song, but also underscores the strength of the singer's longing.
Line by Line Meaning
Saudade que não vai embora
This feeling of longing for you never leaves me.
Insiste em ficar comigo
It persists in staying with me.
É o meu martírio,
It is my torture,
Foi o meu castigo
It was my punishment
Por não te entender.
For not understanding you.
Hoje estaria em seus braços
Today I would be in your arms
Se eu tivesse aceitado
If only I had accepted
Tudo do seu jeito
Everything your way,
Te guardado dentro
Kept you inside
Do meu coração.
Of my heart.
Porque o homem já não inventou
Because man hasn't yet invented
A máquina do tempo e me levou
A time machine to take me
De volta ao passado,
Back to the past,
Quando estava ao seu lado
When I was by your side
Pra te amar e sorrir outra vez.
To love you and smile again.
Você levou a minha liberdade
You took away my freedom
Minha felicidade
My happiness,
Levou o meu sorriso
Took away my smile,
Levou os meus sentidos
Took away my senses
E só me deixou aqui,
And left me here alone,
Todos os meus sentimentos
With all my feelings
E os meus pensamentos
And my thoughts
E choro quando lembro
And I cry when I remember
De todos os momentos
All the moments
Felizes com você
Happy moments with you.
Contributed by David B. Suggest a correction in the comments below.