Me Ensina
José Augusto Lyrics


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Quando eu olho no teu corpo sou paixão
Quando eu olho nos teus olhos, ilusão
Quando eu sinto teu perfume
Me transformo em sonhador
Quando morro de ciúme
Estou vivendo o meu amor
Meu desejo se desperta prá você
O que eu mais quero da vida é te querer
E essas coisas tão bonitas não merecem solidão
Tem que ser de coração prá coração
Eu faria qualquer coisa prá você gostar de mim
Pra saudade não chegar tão perto assim
Mas às vezes a distância já começa no olhar
O meu grito não te alcança
Você está longe pra voltar

Me ensina, não sei viver assim
Sem ter você em mim eu já não sei recomeçar
Me ensina, como não te querer




Como eu vou te esquecer se o coração não quer
Ele chora e pede pra você voltar

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to José Augusto's "Me Ensina" express the intense feelings of love and longing that the singer feels for a particular person. The song begins by stating that the singer feels passionate when he looks at the other person's body, but also acknowledges that looking into their eyes is just an illusion. When he smells their perfume, he becomes a dreamer and when he experiences jealousy, he is living through his love. The singer admits that his desire for the other person awakens something in him and he claims that what he wants most in life is to want them.


The singer then goes on to say that beautiful things like love should never be experienced alone and that they should be shared from heart to heart. The lyrics continue to express the singer's desperation to make the other person like him and to keep the distance between them from growing too great. The singer acknowledges that sometimes distance can begin in the way one looks at another person, and that his cries of longing cannot reach the other person as they are too far away.


Ultimately, the singer begs the other person to teach him how to live without them, stating that he cannot begin again without their presence. The singer cries out for the other person to show him how to stop wanting them and to forget them, but the heart wants what it wants and his heart continues to cry out for their return.


Line by Line Meaning

Quando eu olho no teu corpo sou paixão
When I look at your body, I feel passion


Quando eu olho nos teus olhos, ilusão
When I look into your eyes, it feels like a dream


Quando eu sinto teu perfume Me transformo em sonhador
When I smell your perfume, I become a dreamer


Quando morro de ciúme Estou vivendo o meu amor
When I'm jealous, I'm simply expressing my love


Meu desejo se desperta prá você
I feel a strong desire for you


O que eu mais quero da vida é te querer
My biggest desire in life is to be with you


E essas coisas tão bonitas não merecem solidão
These beautiful things don't deserve to be experienced alone


Tem que ser de coração prá coração
It has to be from heart to heart


Eu faria qualquer coisa prá você gostar de mim
I would do anything for you to like me


Pra saudade não chegar tão perto assim
So that I can avoid feeling too much longing for you


Mas às vezes a distância já começa no olhar
Sometimes, distance starts with just a look


O meu grito não te alcança Você está longe pra voltar
My shouting doesn't reach you, you're too far away to come back


Me ensina, não sei viver assim Sem ter você em mim eu já não sei recomeçar
Teach me, I don't know how to live like this, without you within me, I don't know how to start over anymore


Me ensina, como não te querer Como eu vou te esquecer se o coração não quer Ele chora e pede pra você voltar
Teach me, how not to want you, how can I forget you if my heart doesn't want to? It cries and begs for you to come back




Writer(s): Paulo Sergio Kostenbader Valle, Jose Augusto Cougil

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