Adiós Lyrics in English Gustavo Cerati

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Adiós by Gustavo Cerati from Spanish to English.
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Verse 1
They both sighed the same way
Or: They were both yearning for the same thing
And today they're part of a distant rain
Don't get it wrong, resentment isn't helpful
They are spasms after the goodbye
Chorus 1
You put on sad songs to feel better
Your essence is more visible
Or: Your true self shows more clearly
From the same pain
A new dawn will come
Verse 2
Maybe they fulfilled the need
But there are voids that they cannot fill
They didn't know the depth
Until one day it just couldn’t go on anymore
Chorus 2
You were left waiting for echoes that won't return
Floating among rejections
From the same pain
A new dawn will come
Outro
To step outside the species
For something greater
It's not arrogance, it's love
It's not arrogance, it's love
Being able to say goodbye
It's to grow up
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SONG MEANING

“Adiós” is Cerati’s poetic take on the moment when love dissolves and two people must accept that the storm has rolled past them. The song opens with shared sighs that evaporate into una lluvia lejos, setting a wistful mood while reminding us that resentment is useless. Instead, Cerati urges listeners to acknowledge the pain, put on those melancholic tracks, and watch how a new dawn quietly waits behind every heartbreak.

What could feel like pride in saying farewell is actually an act of amor for both sides. By floating through rejection and confronting the voids no partner can fill, we realize that to say goodbye is to grow. “Adiós” turns a breakup anthem into a rock-tinged life lesson: closure is less about endings and more about the courage to evolve.

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