Eldorado
Revolver Lyrics

He pasado mil años viendo cómo mi madre
For a long time, I watched my mother work tirelessly and come home late every day

Trabajaba y llegaba a casa siempre tarde,
She worked hard and always came home late

Una vez, y otra vez, treinta días al mes.
Day after day, month after month, she worked without a break

Cada noche, después de estar yo acostado,
Every night, after I was already in bed,

La sentía abrir la puerta de mi cuarto.
I could hear her open the door to my room

Cambió el verme crecer por comer a diario,
Instead of being there to watch me grow up, she sacrificed to make sure I had food to eat every day

Por comer a diario.
She did it all just so we wouldn't go hungry

Vi a mis padres correr en busca de Eldorado,
I saw my parents trying to find success and happiness

Vi a mis padres luchar, cada uno por su lado.
But they fought separately, each chasing their own dreams

Lo mejor de sus vidas, dónde se ha quedado.
The best years of their lives seem to have passed them by

Quizás yendo detrás del maldito Eldorado.
Perhaps they were chasing after a goal that was ultimately unattainable

Vi a mi padre luchar contra los elementos,
I saw my father fight against the odds

Naufragar con su vida contra el muro del tiempo.
But he struggled against the inevitability of time and lost

No tuvo otra oportunidad.
He didn't have another chance

Y llegaba a casa con las manos cortadas
He came home with his hands cut from building cabinets with his bare hands

De montar con las manos armarios de chapa.
Struggling to make a living, he worked with sheet metal to build cabinets

No tuvo otra oportunidad,
But he never had another chance

Otra oportunidad.
He struggled with what he had

Intenté resolver solo todas mis dudas,
I tried to figure everything out on my own

Y, veinte años después, aún me quedan algunas.
Even now, twenty years later, I still have some questions

La vida sigue y yo también.
Life goes on and so do I

Y aunque dicen que el tiempo no pasa en balde,
They say time doesn't go to waste

Cometí mis errores más bien pronto que tarde.
I made my mistakes early on

No usé su ejemplo en aprender,
I didn't learn from their example

Y en mi propio universo vi a mis padres caer,
In my own life, I saw my parents fail

Vi a mis padres caer.
I saw them fall

Vi a mis padres correr en busca de Eldorado,
I saw my parents chase after a dream

Vi a mis padres luchar, cada uno por su lado.
But they fought alone, each pursuing their own goals

Lo mejor de sus vidas, dónde se ha quedado.
The best years of their lives seem to have passed them by

Quizás yendo detrás del maldito Eldorado.
Perhaps they were chasing an unattainable dream