A Canção Do Elevador Lyrics in English Afonso Dubraz

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song A Canção Do Elevador by Afonso Dubraz from Portuguese to English.

I live on the ground floor

Overlooking the reception desk

To see if luck knocks so I can see her arrive

Lady on the first floor right

Who gives me an ache in my chest

With that flaw of hers of not being on my floor

So I sketch a big plan

That I forget or mess up

Whenever I see her like that

Standing there

In the middle of the entrance hall

Because she won't take the stairs

Just to see me

That's how our love story starts

The two of us, plus the buttons of this elevator

The floor goes up, clothes come down and the heat

Is enough to warm our life, whatever floor it's on

Oh, there should already be a vaccine

To cure my fate

That darn neighbor

Keeps on cursing

What's the use of being so close

Being an almost certain love

If there's always a ceiling between the two of us getting in the way

I slip out right away

To cross her path

And be able to see her like that

Standing there

In the middle of the entrance hall

Because she won't take the stairs

Just to see me

That's how our love story starts

The two of us, plus the buttons of this elevator

The floor goes up, clothes come down and the heat

Is enough to warm our life, whatever floor it's on

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SONG MEANING

Welcome to the most romantic lift ride you will ever take! In A Canção Do Elevador, Portuguese singer-songwriter Afonso Dubraz turns an everyday apartment block into a stage for a playful love story: the narrator lives on the ground floor, secretly admiring the woman on the first floor, and the building’s elevator becomes their private theater of glances, rising floors, and rising temperatures. Each press of a button brings them closer, clothes metaphorically slipping while the cabin climbs, capturing that thrilling mix of anticipation and shyness we feel when love is literally just one floor away. Yet despite the closeness, a ceiling and some bad luck keep them apart, echoing the bittersweet humor of trying to bridge small but stubborn gaps. Dubraz’s lyrics wrap this flirtatious cat-and-mouse game in upbeat melodies, reminding us that sometimes the simplest journeys—just a few meters up—can carry the biggest dreams.

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Afonso Dubraz A Canção Do Elevador Lyrics