Flaca Lyrics in English Andrés Calamaro

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Flaca by Andrés Calamaro from Spanish to English.

Chorus 1

Skinny

Don't stab me

Chorus 1

With your daggers

In my back

Chorus 1

So deep

They don't hurt me

Chorus 1

They don't harm me

Far

Chorus 2

In the center

Of the earth

Chorus 2

The roots

Of love

Chorus 2

Where they were

Will remain

Among the forget-me-nots

I left our forgotten Aprils

At the bottom of the closet

Of the guest room

They were golden times

Of a better past

Though I'm almost mistaken

And I tell you little by little

Don't lie to me

Don't tell me the truth

Don't stay silent

Don't raise your voice

Nor ask me for forgiveness

Though I almost confess to you

That I've also been a companion dog

An ideal dog that learned to swim

And to come back home

So I could eat

Skinny

Don't stab me

With your daggers

In my back

So deep

They don't hurt me

They don't harm me

Far

In the center

Of the earth

The roots

Of love

Where they were

Will remain

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SONG MEANING

“Flaca” is Andrés Calamaro’s bittersweet postcard to a past love. Speaking directly to the flaca (skinny girl), the singer begs her not to stab him in the back again, hinting at betrayals that once cut deep. Yet, he immediately disarms the drama by claiming the wounds no longer hurt, showing a mix of bravado and lingering pain. As he digs “in the center of the earth” to where “the roots of love” remain, we sense he is excavating shared memories that refuse to die, even if the romance itself is buried.

The lyrics jump between nostalgia and self-defense: golden days stored “at the back of the guest-room closet,” half-forgotten Aprils, and confessions that he too was a flawed partner — a loyal perro who could swim back home when called to dinner. Calamaro’s storytelling blends raw honesty, irony, and tenderness, painting a portrait of two people stuck between letting go and holding on. In the end, the roots stay put, suggesting that some loves remain underground, feeding our history long after the surface has changed.

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Andrés Calamaro Flaca Lyrics