Distância Lyrics in English ATOA

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Distância by ATOA from Portuguese to English.

It's hard to understand, you gotta show your face

Is what unites us stronger, or what separates us

Luck is nil, longing is rare

And in this case, distance cost us dearly

And in this case, the distance

Looking back and seeing that time passed

Between the past and the present, why did everything change?

Deep down I believed in the plans we laid out

In a future with two houses and two kids raised

But no! It never came true

You're not what you were before, and the dream flew away

You say that everything changed, and it's somehow different

Nothing around us changed, only we did

It's hard to understand, you gotta show your face

Is what unites us stronger, or what separates us

Luck is nil, longing is rare

And in this case, distance cost us dearly

And in this case, the distance

No, I can't take it like this

Are dozens of meters stronger than the feeling?

It was a range of ruined emotions

By sets of IPs and highways

We stayed friends, without direct contact

Friendship after dating is a quieter goodbye

But I don't give up and dive into the fight

Because victory smiles on the children of struggle

I believed, trusted, did everything right but deep down I know I was wrong

Nowadays I still think about being with you again

If the future hadn't betrayed us, how would it have been?

It's hard to understand, you gotta show your face

Is what unites us stronger, or what separates us

Luck is nil, longing is rare

And in this case, distance cost us dearly

And in this case, the distance

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And in this case, distance cost us dearly

Luck is nil, longing is rare

And in this case, distance cost us dearly

It's hard to understand, you gotta show your face

Is what unites us stronger, or what separates us

Luck is nil, longing is rare

And in this case, the distance

It's hard to understand, you gotta show your face

Is what unites us stronger, or what separates us

Luck is nil, longing is rare

And in this case, distance cost us dearly

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It's hard to understand, you gotta show your face

Is what unites us stronger, or what separates us

Luck is nil, longing is rare

And in this case, distance cost us dearly

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SONG MEANING

“Distância” transports us to that bittersweet moment when love meets the kilometers that keep two hearts apart. The singer looks back at a once-bright future — two houses, two kids, endless plans — and asks a painful question: Is what unites us stronger than what separates us? As memories replay like old movies, luck feels nonexistent, longing appears only in flashes, and every mile between the couple seems to charge an emotional toll.

The lyrics capture the modern tug-of-war between connection and separation. Screens replace touch, highways replace hugs, and “a set of IPs” becomes a poor substitute for real closeness. Friends after a breakup? That is just “a quieter goodbye.” Yet beneath the frustration lies determination: if victory smiles on the fighters, maybe love is still worth the struggle. In short, “Distância” is an anthem for anyone who has felt their relationship stretched by space, reminding us that distance can be costly, but hope keeps us dialing, driving, and dreaming.

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ATOA Distância Lyrics