Born Too Late
Os Cariocas Lyrics


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Born too late for you to notice me
To you, I'm just a kid that you won't date
Why was I born too late?

Born too late to have a chance to win your love
Oh why, oh why was it my fate
To be born too late?
I see you walk with another
I wish it could be me
I long to hold you and kiss you
But I know it never can be

For I was

Born too late for you to care
Now my heart cries
Because your heart just couldn't wait
Why was I born too late?

Born too late for you to care
Now my heart cries
Because your heart just couldn't wait
Why was I born too la-a-a-a-ate?
Why was I born too late?




Too late
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Overall Meaning

In Os Cariocas's song "Born Too Late," the lyrics describe a person's longing for love that will never be reciprocated. The singer is lamenting their timing, feeling as though they were born too late for the person they love to even notice them. The singer is resigned to the fact that the person they love is with someone else, and they will never have a chance to be with them. The lyrics express the singer's sadness and heartbreak as they wonder why they were born at the wrong time.


The song is a depiction of unrequited love and the pain that it can cause. The singer in the song is grappling with their inability to pursue the person they love, who they see walking with someone else. The song's melancholic melody adds to the mood of the song and the sense of loss that the singer is experiencing. "Born Too Late" is a timeless song that touches on a universal theme of love and loss that many people can relate to.


Line by Line Meaning

Born too late for you to notice me
I was born at the wrong time for you to pay attention to me, to you I am just a young and immature person you wouldn't want to date.


Born too late to have a chance to win your love
I was born in the wrong era for it to be possible to win your love, it's heartbreaking that it was my fate to be born at the wrong time.


I see you walk with another
I see you walking and being with someone else, a person that is not me.


I wish it could be me
I desire and dream of being the person with whom you are walking and being with.


I long to hold you and kiss you
I yearn with an intense feeling to hold and kiss you, to be intimate and romantic with you.


But I know it never can be
Despite my desires and yearning for you, I know it's impossible for my dream to become a reality, for us to be together.


Born too late for you to care
It's so painful knowing that because of the time in which I was born, you are unable to care for me, to have feelings for me.


Now my heart cries
My heart is filled with sadness and despair having to endure the pain of not being able to have you, it cries with frustration and disappointment.


Because your heart just couldn't wait
I am suffering because your feelings for me couldn't wait, they didn't emerge at the right time, and now it's too late.


Why was I born too la-a-a-a-ate?
I question the universe and wonder why I had to be born so late, why my fate had to be this cruel.


Why was I born too late?
I am filled with an agonizing pain, and I want answers about why my birth had to be such that I cannot have the love that I crave and desire.


Too late
It's too late for me to have the happiness I want, to reverse the time and be born in a different era.




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