Me Pasa (Piscis) Lyrics in English by Bomba Estéreo, Rawayana, ASTROPICAL
An arepa is a popular type of food made of ground maize dough, a staple in Colombia (where Bomba Estéreo is from) and Venezuela. It's a word that will immediately connect you to the everyday culture of the region.
In this song, the line "Prendidos en fuego mientras resolvemos de quién es la arepa" (On fire while we figure out whose arepa this is) paints a wonderfully quirky and intimate picture. It contrasts a moment of intense passion with a playful, domestic debate, showing how love is found in even the silliest moments. It's this kind of unique, cultural detail that makes learning with music so fun.
Ever felt an attraction so sudden that it completely knocks you off balance? That is the exact cosmic spiral happening in "Me Pasa (Piscis)" by Colombia's Bomba Estéreo alongside Rawayana and ASTROPICAL. The track starts with a one-way invitation into the stratosphere: "Te vas a ir de viaje y no vas a volve'" ("You're going on a trip and you're not coming back"). From there, the crush turns downright supernatural. The singer insists "Te conozco de otra vida" ("I know you from another life") and gets goosebumps just making eye contact, tumbling into the dizzy chorus: "¿Qué me pasa? Tú me pasas / El piso me mueves, me tumbas la casa" ("What's happening to me? You're happening to me / You move the floor under me, you knock my house down"). When someone "moves the floor" for you in Spanish (mover el piso), they have completely swept you off your feet.
What makes the ride so fun is how it blends high-concept space imagery with very laid-back, earthy references. One minute the singers are floating weightless like comets, and the next they are dancing champeta (a fast, rhythmic Afro-Colombian dance style) across planetary systems. There is playful bickering mid-flight about "de quién es la arepa" ("whose arepa it is"), shouting out the beloved South American corn cake. They compare their romance to "John Lennon, Yoko en los 70's" and drop a nod to Dominican star Juan Luis Guerra's classic love jam with "flotando burbujas de amor / Juan Luis y sus 440" ("floating love bubbles / Juan Luis and his 440"). By the end, the spaceship lands right back on solid ground: a terrace, a cup of coffee by the beach, and simple company.
