Água-viva Lyrics in English Anavitória

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Água-viva by Anavitória from Portuguese to English.
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Verse 1
The arms of your glasses are on the table
Your thumbs fog up the lenses
Our past stares at me from the photos
I swear, I once felt sure
My longings so inconsistent
One day, concrete, the next, everything's so fleeting
If I can have one more wish
Keep the best we had
The confidences, even if banal
I'll keep in secret
Not everybody has the luck we had together
And it's so good to know that somebody
Who knows me this well exists
Verse 2
The seat in my car reclines
But you don't lie on it
I drive past your street
But I don't turn on the blinker
And the habits we drew
I unlearn every day
The misses hurt less, that's what you'd say
If I can have one more wish
Keep the best we had
The confidences, even if banal
I'll keep in secret
Not everybody has the luck we had together
And it's so good to know that somebody
Who knows me this well exists
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SONG MEANING

In “Água-viva,” Anavitória paints a tender portrait of a relationship that has drifted into the past yet still shimmers in the mind like a jellyfish gliding through water, equal parts beautiful and untouchable. The lyrics linger on everyday relics—fogged-up glasses, an empty car seat, familiar streets—to show how ordinary moments become emotional landmarks once love has moved on. Rather than mourning outright, the singer asks to preserve only “o melhor que tivemos,” celebrating the rare luck of having shared secrets, routines, and total understanding with someone who still exists out there. It is a bittersweet but uplifting reminder that while habits can be unlearned and absence can soften, the glowing core of genuine connection remains safely stored in memory.

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