Colasse is the imperfect subjunctive form of the verb colar, which means 'to glue' or 'to stick'. In this song, it's used in a hypothetical sense, meaning 'if I glued' or 'if I mended'.
It's a poignant word because the singer asks, "E se eu colasse o que parti?" (And what if I glued what I broke?). This line beautifully expresses regret and the desperate wish to repair a broken relationship, making it a powerful and memorable image within the lyrics.
This song drops you right into the middle of a very fresh breakup. The singer is miserable, admitting, "Há três dias que foste embora / Abro o WhatsApp a toda a hora" (It's been three days since you left / I open WhatsApp all the time). It's a super modern and relatable way to show someone is hoping for a message that isn't coming. They're wondering if they should try to fix things, asking, "E se eu colasse o que parti / Gritasse que ainda penso em ti" (And if I glued back what I broke / Shouted that I still think of you).
As the song goes on, the singer moves from just missing their ex to making a firm decision. They declare, "Eu já escolhi, agora és só tu" (I've already chosen, now it's only you). They're haunted by memories, like a specific tattoo and a message they can't forget. The line "Eu aqui e tu aí, olhando o mesmo céu / Mas tu levaste as estrelas contigo" (Me here and you there, looking at the same sky / But you took the stars with you) perfectly describes how empty their world feels. It's a song about realizing you've lost the one person who matters and deciding you're not going to let them go.
David Carreira is one of Portugal's biggest pop stars. Born in Dourdan, France, in 1991 and raised in a famously musical family as the son of the singer Tony Carreira, he broke through in 2011 with the album "N.1", which went straight to number one at home. Since then he has moved easily between radio pop, ballads and dance rhythms, and in 2019 he became the youngest Portuguese artist ever to sell out the Altice Arena in Lisbon.
On "Menta" he shares the microphone with Djodje, a Cape Verdean singer, songwriter and producer born in Praia in 1989 and now based in Lisbon. Djodje grew up surrounded by music, started out as a teenager in the group TC, and has become one of the leading voices of kizomba and Afropop across the Portuguese speaking world. His warm, laid back delivery, part of it sung in Cape Verdean Creole, is what gives this song its island heat.