POR EL CONTRARIO (DEMO) Lyrics in English Becky G

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Verse 1

If I'm supposed to have already forgotten you, that what we had already rests in peace

Tell me what I'm doing here in my loneliness thinking about how you are

Tell me if there's another mouth that kisses you, if I still stay in your head

I want to know if with another tattoo you covered my name

With another name

Chorus 1

I, on the other hand, almost lose my soul

To not feel your goodbye that disarms me

I tried to negotiate it with karma

And it told me: 'Everything gets paid, everything gets paid'

I, on the other hand, almost sell my soul

In exchange for living without feeling anything

They say that it's noticeable in my gaze

That your memories hurt me, but they still don't kill me

Verse 2

I wanted to talk with karma

And ask it that it let me forget your face

Verse 2

That it forgive me

Because I feel that you aim, but you don't shoot

I shout to God, 'Why do you abandon me?'

Sometimes I lie to see if I feel

That I can breathe without you

Verse 2

But you know that's not so

I know that you're fine without me

Chorus 2

I, on the other hand, almost lose my soul

To not feel your goodbye that disarms me

I tried to negotiate it with karma

And it told me: 'Everything gets paid, everything gets paid'

I, on the other hand, almost sell my soul

In exchange for living without feeling anything

They say that it's noticeable in my gaze

That your memories hurt me, but they still don't kill me

Outro

That your memories hurt me, but they still don't kill me

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SONG MEANING

“Por el Contrario (Demo)” finds Becky G caught in that messy middle ground between wanting to forget someone and being completely unable to do it. Over an intimate, almost confession-like melody, she paces through her empty room asking questions no text message can answer: Are you kissing someone else? Did you cover my name with a new tattoo? The more she wonders, the deeper she feels the sting of a goodbye that still echoes in her chest.

What makes the song so gripping is Becky’s dramatic tug-of-war with the universe itself. She tries to bargain with karma, nearly “selling her soul” just to stop feeling anything, while memories keep flashing in her eyes like neon signs she cannot switch off. The lyrics stack vivid images of loss, regret, and stubborn hope, painting heartbreak as a deal you can’t simply walk away from—because, as karma reminds her, “todo se paga, todo se paga” (everything has its price). The result is a raw, relatable anthem for anyone who has ever whispered I’m over you… only to discover that the heart still has a few chapters left to write.

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