No Me Compares Lyrics in English Alejandro Sanz

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song No Me Compares by Alejandro Sanz from Spanish to English.

Now that the rocking chair legs creak

And there's snow on the TV

Now that it’s raining in the room and

the candles of a sky that lit me go out

Now that the slow songs race on, spilling folk

And the world, ring, ring, woke up

Now that a fierce silence thunders

Now a cough sets in

Now that we found the time

We can look at each other behind the grudge

Now I show you where I come from

And the broken pieces of the engine

Now that I find my harbor

Now I run into your fierce doubt

Now I show you where I come from

And what my heart is made of

I come from the air

that dried your skin, my love

I am the street

where you bumped into him

Don't compare me

I came down to earth on a paintbrush for you

Unforgivable

that I don't resemble him

nor him nor anyone

Now that the cats leap looking for scraps

You meow the sad song

Now that you've run out of words

You compare, you compare, with such passion

Now we can look at each other without fear

of the reflection in the rearview mirror

Now I show you where I come from

and the wounds that love left me

Now I don't want theatrics

Just a calm chat between us

If you want I'll tell you why I love you

And if you want I'll tell you why not

I come from the air

that dried your skin, my love

I'm from the street

where you bumped into him

Don't compare me

I came down to earth on a paintbrush for you

Unforgivable

that I don't resemble him

nor him nor anyone

that someone wipe me from your skin, my love

that they un-nail us

and erase you from my temple

that you don't talk to me

that someone wipe me from your skin, my love

that they un-nail us

I am your soul, you are my air

Don't compare me, let them separate us if they can

Let them separate us, let them try

I am your soul and you my luck

if they can

let them try

Let them separate us, let them try

I am your soul and you my luck

Let them separate us, if they can

Let them un-nail us, let them try

Let them separate us, let them try

I am your soul and you my luck

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SONG MEANING

Alejandro Sanz, one of Spain’s most heartfelt storytellers, paints a turbulent love scene in No Me Compares. The song opens with vivid, almost cinematic images: creaking rocking-chair legs, snow on the TV screen, and candles sputtering out. These snapshots show a relationship frozen between past and present, where time has finally slowed down enough for the couple to face their buried resentments. Sanz’s narrator takes advantage of this pause to reveal his origins, his scars, and the pieces of a “broken motor” that still drive his heart.

At its core, the song is a plea: Don’t compare me. The singer refuses to be measured against a past lover, insisting that he is made of air, street, and genuine emotion—none of which fit neatly into the shadow of someone else. Between pulsing declarations of identity and love, he challenges his partner to see him for who he truly is, not as a reflection in a rear-view mirror. The repeated refrain about separating them—“que lo intenten” (let them try)—turns the track into a bold promise that their unique bond can withstand outside judgment and lingering ghosts from the past.

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Alejandro Sanz No Me Compares Lyrics