Translation of Volver a Ser from Spanish to English
Life, you who are time
Let me be
A child again
Life, you who are time
Let me be
A child again
Several years have passed since I was born
How to forget the streets where I grew up
How to forget the memories of my childhood
And how I ended up in this vagrancy
That I changed everything to be a vagabond
Now look at me who I am at 24 years old
That I am no longer that correct person
For being crazy with marijuana and beer
I'm not a kid anymore, I've lost my innocence
Now they say I'm just a headache
That I should pay attention, my boss tells me
But no matter how hard I try, life doesn't straighten up
And that's life and I have it a bit crooked
And I want to continue on the street living a crazy street life
To be able to go crazy, to be able to smoke and fly in the clouds
Even though I know that one day death will come for me
But while it arrives, I'm going to wait for it here
With a touch of the herb to celebrate
That I'm not going to be in this shitty world anymore
Where things are not all they seem
I close my eyes and time goes back
And my heart explodes with sadness
I look at the sky and ask the stars
To do me the favor since God doesn't answer me
Life, you who are time
Let me be
A child again
Life, you who are time
Let me be
A child again
Year of 1991
That's the date when I stepped into this world
I still remember the days of yesterday
I didn't have a fucking idea how to love a woman
I look at my photos with a pacifier and diapers
And now all my photos are beer bottles and buddies
When I used to come home with my ball full of mud
Now I come home with a girlfriend and crazy in the early mornings
I didn't like studying with books and principals
I better made one with my microphone and my computer
I wish all this time would come back and tell him how much I miss him
Tell him that all this time I will remember him
As a kid running around causing mischief
And now for being a thug the police follow me
Before well changed with my hair to the side
Now I walk well shaved walking in the neighborhood
Life, you who are time
Let me be
A child again
Life, you who are time
Let me be
A child again
It seems like it was yesterday when I was a child
A lot of memories that have been forgotten
The best I would say in this twisted life
Having the blessing of those who are already above
Well, I have changed thoughts with time
Only photos and memories that I have left of moments
That there is nothing left of the happy child
That world of colors now turned gray for me
I walk the streets with memories of yesterday
Remembering the happiness I had at birth
Happiness that didn't last because the old man left
But always next to me and inside my heart
Today I toast to my childhood, good or bad
Even if life is crooked and I can't fix it
Cheers for the family, the friends, and life
Cheers for those who are below and also above
If I could go back
I would like to be in that place
I light my joint and start to remember
That everything was less difficult, you could say an easy life
Even though my mom and dad were separated
Even though I saw how my mom was beaten
And that for being small I couldn't do anything
A stepfather who mistreated her, poor thing
And my father involved in the crazy and addicted life
But still, I miss my childhood, my innocence
The age when everyone had patience with me
There was no problem, there was no danger
Or at least that's the thought of a child
Today I take him by the hand, sometimes I even hug him
Each step has to be heavy
Worries haunt me
The teenage boy leads an addictive life
But I know that time cannot be turned back
Anyway, let's celebrate, bastards
Good or bad here we are
There's no point in regretting
The past is the past
And just as there were bad times. There were good times
A toast to that, dogs
Life, you who are time
Let me be
A child again
Life, you who are time
Let me be
A child again