“Melhor Eu Ir” (“I’d Better Leave”) is Péricles’s soulful confession that sometimes the bravest form of love is letting go. Over a smooth pagode groove, the narrator realizes he has been dreaming of “us” while his partner was keeping her options open. The moment of clarity hurts, yet it sparks a decision: saying good-bye is healthier than clinging to an illusion. He contrasts his wish for lasting amor with her appetite for late-night fun, accepts that their timing was off, and decides that walking away is “better for me and for you too.”
The song mixes tenderness with self-respect. We hear a heart that still wants to stay (“Meu coração… se faz de bobo”) but a mind that knows the truth (“Todo esse tempo eu perdi em vão”). Péricles turns this personal breakup into a universal reminder: if the love you give is not the love you receive, choose yourself, wish the other well, and step into a freer tomorrow.