E Se Eu Lyrics in English Bárbara Bandeira

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song E Se Eu by Bárbara Bandeira from Portuguese to English.

And what if I

If I say I won't stay

If I'm not able

To keep fighting, fighting

But how do you

Think that that scorn of yours, the way you face everything

Can help you hide from the rest of the world

That you're not confident, not even for a second

And not everything is yours

And now I'm going in circles here, trying to understand you

The past, I'm sorry but I don't forget

That way the feeling slips away

And I don't even think about this much

And although there's no commitment

I know I get sad

Knowing that someone exists

And can steal my world in just one second

And I wasn't born to be in second place, place

And what if I

If I say I won't stay

If I'm not able

To keep fighting, fighting

And what if I

If I say it won't work

Everything I gave you, you can keep

Because for me it won't work

It won't

And I won't judge you

But that game of yours, I won't play

You weren't fair and I don't wanna get in the way

If you're in another world then stay there

Just don't come rushing

Trying to start a chat

If I'm no longer interested in going back, back

And I don't even think about this much

And although there's no commitment

I know I get sad

Knowing that someone exists

And can steal my world in just one second

And I wasn't born to be in second place, place

And what if I

If I say I won't stay

If I'm not able

To keep fighting, fighting

And what if I

If I say it won't work

Everything I gave you, you can keep

Because for me it won't work

It won't

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SONG MEANING

“E Se Eu” invites us into a candid heart-to-heart where Bárbara Bandeira weighs the cost of staying in a love that keeps her in second place. She sings to someone who hides insecurity behind indifference while she circles around memories that hurt to remember. Each “e se eu” (what if I) is a fork in the road: What if I leave? What if I stop fighting? The tension builds as she realizes that even without an official commitment, the idea of someone else stepping into her world still stings.

The chorus becomes her rallying cry for self-respect: she refuses to keep “playing the game,” won’t settle for crumbs of affection, and is ready to walk away with her dignity intact. In the end, the song is a fearless affirmation that love should never feel like a battlefield where you constantly have to prove your worth. It is a modern Portuguese pop anthem about choosing yourself before you let anyone place you anywhere but first in your own life.

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Bárbara Bandeira E Se Eu Lyrics