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Verse 1

I need eagerness to not want to win

And if one day I lost my fear of losing

It hurts me to have run to not arrive

Now I know that the way is also the goal

Or: Now I know that the way is also the finish line

Fears have already grown which I never educated

Or: Fears which I never educated have already grown

And I know the answers for not asking

I already felt like nobody else when I had the good

Or: I have already experienced feelings like no one else has

And I cried like everyone else when something goes away

Prechorus 1

Nobody teaches you to be strong but they force you to

Nobody ever wanted a weak person to trust

Nobody teaches you the steps in a world

That forces you each day to be able to get up and walk

Where you were so happy you'll always go back

Although you confuse pain with happiness

Or: Although you might confuse pain with happiness

And you might not even be yourself anymore

But you think of yourself, and that will kill you

Or: But you might think about yourself, and that will kill you

Chorus 1

And I hope they never embrace you for the last time

There are many with whom to be temporarily but not with whom to be permanently

In Spanish, 'ser' and 'estar' are both translated as 'to be', but 'ser' refers to a permanent trait of being while 'estar' refers to a transient state of being

We are just roads that frequently twist

Thousands of loose complexes that we must defeat

Or: Thousands of unconnected insecurities that we must overcome

I hope they would accept you for the first time

And they would understand that we all deserve good

That there doesn't exist one person who shouldn't have

Or: That there is no person who shouldn't have

Since we are circumstances that we never choose to be

Or: Since we all are circumstances we never choose to be

Verse 2

Trust never came back with time

Confianza' can be translated as 'trust', 'confidence', etc

And the fruit of my life isn't based on what I have

And if all the moments could go by more slowly

If perhaps you would doubt this time in the attempt

And if we understood that yes we are perfect

Or: And if we understood that we are indeed perfect

Despite the smudges that want to stain the canvas

Or: Despite the stains that may want to stain the canvas

Everything is a sum even if the rest may not think so

One thing is what I am

And another only what I show

That I don't fear to lose anymore, but rather to give something up for lost

That I don't want to win anymore, but rather to be convinced

And that long before being happy, I must be with myself

That I'm going to look at the rope to tell it I continue

Or: I will look at the rope to tell it 'I must go on'

That I'm going to stop demanding all that I ask from myself

Or: I will stop demanding from myself all that I ask from myself

And I'm going to learn to accept what I can never get

I will stop blaming myself, lying to myself, failing myself

Telling myself late truths that I need

Because I also dedicated time

To whom no longer even remembers me

I also glued the pieces of the same thing which I later broke

I have also not understood myself and I have understood that it will be so

I have not been confused, I have been fused with the worst in me

I have moved into problems and I wanted to be happy there

Or: I have moved to where problems live and I have wanted to be happy there. 'Mudarse' is almost always connected with moving houses.

And I have gone around in circles

So that I wouldn't take you off centre

I have asked everyone so that I am able to define myself

How to tell a river to stop and stop flowing

Or: How to tell a river to stop and to cease its course

Prechorus 2

Nobody teaches you to be strong but they force you to

Nobody ever wanted a weak person to trust

Nobody teaches you the steps in a world

That forces you each day to be able to get up and walk

Where you were so happy you'll always go back

Although you confuse pain with happiness

Or: Although you might confuse pain with happiness

And you might not even be yourself anymore

But you might think about yourself, and that will kill you

Chorus 2

And I hope they never embrace you for the last time

There are many with whom to be temporarily but not with whom to be permanently

We are just roads that frequently twist

Thousands of loose complexes that we must defeat

Or: Thousands of unconnected insecurities that we must overcome

I hope they would accept you for the first time

And they would understand that we all deserve good

That there doesn't exist one person who shouldn't have

Or: That there is no person who shouldn't have

Since we are circumstances that we never choose to be

Or: Since we all are circumstances we never choose to be

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Francisco Javier Alvarez Beret, Manuel Sanchez Rodriguez

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SONG MEANING

“Ojalá” (which means “I wish” in Spanish) is Beret’s heartfelt pep-talk to himself and anyone who has ever felt lost in their own expectations. Over a smooth pop groove, the Sevillian singer unpacks the tug-of-war between chasing success and simply being okay with who we are. He admits he once sprinted toward distant finish lines only to discover that the journey itself was the real prize. The lyrics overflow with relatable confessions: fearing failure, patching up broken dreams, and returning to places that once made us happy even when they now hurt.

Beret’s central wish is simple yet powerful: that we learn to accept ourselves and each other without waiting for a “last hug.” He spotlights how society pushes us to be strong without teaching us how, how we mistake pain for happiness, and how we often have plenty of people to be with but very few to be ourselves with. By the end, the song feels like a friend urging you to drop impossible standards, forgive your own missteps, and remember that everyone deserves goodness. It is a melodic reminder that confidence does not come from winning, but from embracing every imperfect brushstroke on the canvas of life.

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