No Vale la Pena
El Barrio Lyrics
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quererte como te quiero.
tu crees ser una fortaleza
y torres mas altas cayeron.
Mi show ha terminado
creo que he cumplido con Dios.
He querido cuando he estado enamorado
Sencilla nunca fuiste
la paciencia nunca ha sido mi virtud
a mi espalda te burlaste y te reiste
y a mi mente la metiste en el don de la inquietud.
Pero tu, la mas bella, la mas fuerte
haces sentirme indiferente y me tiras a un vacio.
Te recuerdo que hay un dicho muy presente
que el valiente ha sido valiente hasta que el cobarde ha querio.
Mujer(tris) que fuiste concebida para acompañar al hombre
hermana,madre,amiga son algunos de los nombres
que hay que ser de mal nacido pa tenerlo que manchar.
Mujer(tris) mujer que no compadece,
que ni siente,ni padece solo piensa en lastimar.
Ay de mi! (tris) soledad...
No quiero vivir contigo
yo quiero ser como el aire
no quiero ser el cautivo
que vive pendiente del aire.
Pero tu la mas bella, la mas fuerte
haces sentirme indiferente
y me tiras a un vacio.
Te recuerdo que hay un dicho muy presente
que el valiente ha sido valiente hasta que el cobarde ha querio.
No,no vale la pena
quererte como te quiero.
Tu crees ser una fortaleza
y torres mas altas cayeron.
The lyrics of El Barrio's song No Vale La Pena describe the singer's disillusionment in a relationship. He addresses the subject of the song, a woman, challenging her and suggesting that she is not the "fortress" she believes herself to be because even stronger towers have fallen. He declares his show is over and that he has done his duty to God. However, he acknowledges that he has loved in the past, and if he has not loved lately, he asks for love's forgiveness.
The singer then points out how this woman has never been simple, and patience has never been his strong suit. She has ridiculed him behind his back and plunged his mind into turmoil. Yet, to her, he is indifferent and reduced to emptiness. He reminds her, through a well-known saying, that one can only be brave until the coward decides otherwise.
The chorus repeats the line, "No,no vale la pena, quererte como te quiero" translating to "It's not worth it to love you the way I do." The singer declares that he does not want to live with her, he wishes to be as free as the air, and not be a prisoner at the mercy of her whims. The song ends with a heartfelt lament on loneliness.
Line by Line Meaning
No, no vale la pena, quererte como te quiero.
It's not worth loving you the way I do.
Tu crees ser una fortaleza y torres mas altas cayeron.
You think you're strong, but even taller towers have fallen.
Mi show ha terminado, creo que he cumplido con Dios.
My performance is over, I think I've fulfilled my mission from God.
He querido cuando he estado enamorado y cuando no lo he estado que me perdone el amor.
I've loved when I've been in love and when I haven't, may love forgive me.
Sencilla nunca fuiste, la paciencia nunca ha sido mi virtud.
You were never simple, and patience has never been my strong suit.
A mi espalda te burlaste y te reiste y a mi mente la metiste en el don de la inquietud.
You laughed at me behind my back and filled my mind with unease.
Pero tu, la mas bella, la mas fuerte haces sentirme indiferente y me tiras a un vacio.
But you, the most beautiful and strong, make me feel indifferent and throw me into a void.
Te recuerdo que hay un dicho muy presente que el valiente ha sido valiente hasta que el cobarde ha querio.
Remember that there is a common saying, that the brave remain so until the coward desires.
Mujer(tris) que fuiste concebida para acompañar al hombre hermana,madre,amiga son algunos de los nombres que hay que ser de mal nacido pa tenerlo que manchar. Mujer(tris) mujer que no compadece, que ni siente,ni padece solo piensa en lastimar. Ay de mi! (tris) soledad...
Oh woman, who was created to accompany man, sister, mother, friend, are some of your titles. Only someone truly evil would tarnish your name. Oh woman, who does not sympathize or feel pain, only thinks to harm. Alas, my loneliness...
No quiero vivir contigo, yo quiero ser como el aire, no quiero ser el cautivo que vive pendiente del aire.
I don't want to live with you, I want to be like the air. I don't want to be a prisoner who depends on the air to survive.
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