A Espera
Pó d'Escrer Lyrics


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Quando a dor desperta o medo
Agora é sempre cedo
E a espera faz sofrer
Num sentido que eu não sei descrever

Agora e entretanto
Abrando o passo enquanto
Cicatrizo em silêncio
Num silêncio que eu não sei descrever

Quantas horas vou viver?
Quantos versos vou escrever?
O que há para perder?
Não há quem possa dizer
Fico à espera para ver
Quantas horas? Quantas?

Agora mato o tempo
Porque o tempo mata lento
E anseio por saber
O que o tempo anseia responder

Quantas horas vou viver?
Quantos versos vou escrever?
O que há para perder?
Não há quem possa dizer
Fico à espera para ver
Quantas horas? Quantas?

Faz-me acreditar

Quantas horas vou viver?




O que há para perder?
Fico à espera para ver

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of "A Espera" by Pó d'Escrer are about waiting and the different emotions that come with it. The first verse talks about how fear is awakened when there is pain and how waiting can make the pain even worse. The second verse talks about how one learns to live with the pain, but in a way that is indescribable. The chorus questions the purpose of living, writing verses or even waiting, without anyone being able to answer. The last verse talks about how time kills slow and how one longs to know what time wants to reveal.


The song describes the feeling of uncertainty and the struggle to comprehend the waiting period. It shows how difficult it is to cope with the unknown and how time, which has its own pace, can bring more pain to the existing one. Through the lyrics, the singer tries to grasp the purpose of life and waiting, but no answers come through. The song captures the essence of waiting in a melancholic tone that leaves the listener pondering the same questions the singer has throughout.


Line by Line Meaning

Quando a dor desperta o medo
When pain awakens fear


Agora é sempre cedo
Now is always early


E a espera faz sofrer
And waiting causes suffering


Num sentido que eu não sei descrever
In a way that I cannot describe


Agora e entretanto
Now and yet


Abrando o passo enquanto
Slowing down my pace while


Cicatrizo em silêncio
Healing in silence


Num silêncio que eu não sei descrever
In a silence that I cannot describe


Quantas horas vou viver?
How many hours will I live?


Quantos versos vou escrever?
How many verses will I write?


O que há para perder?
What is there to lose?


Não há quem possa dizer
No one can say


Fico à espera para ver
I'll wait and see


Quantas horas? Quantas?
How many hours? How many?


Agora mato o tempo
Now I kill time


Porque o tempo mata lento
Because time kills slowly


E anseio por saber
And I yearn to know


O que o tempo anseia responder
What time desires to answer


Faz-me acreditar
Make me believe




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