Corcovado
Everything But the Girl Lyrics


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Um cantinho e um violão
Este amor, uma canção
Pra fazer feliz a quem se ama

Muita calma pra pensar
E ter tempo pra sonhar

Da janela vê-se o Corcovado
O Redentor que lindo

Quero a vida sempre assim com você perto de mim
Até o apagar da velha chama

E eu que era triste
Descrente deste mundo
Ao encontrar você eu conheci
O que é felicidade meu amor





O que é felicidade, o que é felicidade

Overall Meaning

These lyrics, from Everything But the Girl's cover of Antonio Carlos Jobim's classic song "Corcovado," evoke a sense of romantic bliss and tranquility. The first two lines describe a simple scene: a corner and a guitar, a love and a song. The purpose of the song is to make those that we love happy, and the rest of the lyrics describe the ideal situation in which we can do so. There is a need for calmness and the freedom to dream, as one gazes out of the window and sees the iconic Corcovado mountain, and the statue of Christ the Redeemer that looms over Rio de Janeiro. The singer wishes to spend life like this, always with their loved one close, until the old flame dies out.


These lyrics are about finding joy through love and simplicity and celebrating the beauty of nature. There is a sense of contentment and peace in these words, as the singer has found their happiness through loving someone else. The final lines, "O que é felicidade, o que é felicidade" ("What is happiness? What is happiness?"), are a rhetorical question that suggest that true happiness is found in the simplicity of love and nature.


Line by Line Meaning

Um cantinho e um violão
A secluded spot with a guitar


Este amor, uma canção
This love, a song


Pra fazer feliz a quem se ama
To make happy the person you love


Muita calma pra pensar
A lot of calm to think


E ter tempo pra sonhar
And have time to dream


Da janela vê-se o Corcovado
From the window, you can see Corcovado


O Redentor que lindo
The beautiful Redeemer


Quero a vida sempre assim com você perto de mim
I want life to always be like this with you near me


Até o apagar da velha chama
Until the old flame dies out


E eu que era triste
And I who was sad


Descrente deste mundo
Disbelieving of this world


Ao encontrar você eu conheci
By finding you, I learned


O que é felicidade meu amor
What happiness is, my love


O que é felicidade, o que é felicidade
What happiness is, what happiness is




Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Antonio Carlos Jobim

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Comments from YouTube:

Herbert Donnell Gray III

This is magical. Thorn is such a special lead vocalist. The way she sings this is the most elegant way a song could possibly be sung. I love the woman.

Slaphead

I so love her singing skills. So pure. So subtle yet powerfully moving and touching.

Herbert Donnell Gray III

@Slaphead Underrated

D.S.O.

Ben Watt is an amazing multi instrumentalist musician, i think he created the most chill out sounds that came out in the 90s from Radio to dance clubs

Wesley Vieira Fonseca

Somente uma grande artista como Tracey Thorn para poder conseguir imprimir uma tanta emoção em uma música cantada em português, um idioma que é extremamente difícil para os britânicos e pra grande maioria do restante do mundo.
Ficou sensacional.

adriano saldanha

ela arrasou no portugues

Klaatu Barada Nikito

Fantástica‼️🥰

Robert Whitelaw

🔥😎👍

Marcelo Bello Mollik Bello

Uma verdadeira artista a nível mundial, parabéns sempre.
Voz que encanta desde a década de 90. Voces são divinos 🍀💯🎁🥇🍾🥂🏆👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

La Chechi

Qué belleza oir a Tracey cantando este himno de Brasil. Amé está versión.

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