La Estrategia Lyrics in English Cali Y El Dandee

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song La Estrategia by Cali Y El Dandee from Spanish to English.

I know that it's never good to show up

That I shouldn't call her

That it has to seem that I'm fine like this

That I already managed to forget her

Still I know that it was her decision and I must respect it

And I must suppress this hope of loving her again

If I do everything right maybe someday I'll make her cry

And it's not that I want her to suffer

It's that I want her not to ignore me

That even though I did it without guilt

Maybe my fears beat me

If I do everything right maybe someday she'll come back and fall in love

Do everything without mistakes to see if I captivate you

And look for the perfect excuse

So that you know that I'm still alive

And to make that call

That shows that I still exist

The strategy is the least of it

I just want to hear your voice

I don't want to keep playing

Letting my friends be

The ones who decide what I do

The truth is I'm drowning

By swallowing my words

And not saying that I miss you

And not saying that I love you

Your departure hurts so much

That I beg for anesthesia

A heart bleeds out

While yours has amnesia

It doesn't remember that night

That we swore to be eternal

That we were going to give it all to love each other

That parallel universe

In which you still love me

Is the cure at times

For that which hurts me so much

Abandonment hurts so much

I gave you everything that you have

And the more love I give you

The more you sharpen it and wound me

I don't want to keep playing

Letting my friends be

The ones who decide what I do

The truth is I'm drowning

By swallowing my words

And not saying that I miss you

And not saying that I love you

I've been told that you forgot me and that you're not sad anymore

That there's someone else and that you don't care anymore

About what you felt for me one day

And I don't lose hope and I dream that you lied to them

And that you use the same strategy that I used when you left

I don't want to keep playing

Letting my friends be

The ones who decide what I do

The truth is I'm drowning

By swallowing my words

And not saying that I miss you

And not saying that I love you

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ALEJANDRO RENGIFO, ALEJANDRO GONZALEZ, MAURICIO RENGIFO

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SONG MEANING

La Estrategia plunges us into the bittersweet mind-game of heartbreak. The Colombian duo Cali y El Dandee sing from the perspective of someone who is desperately in love yet forced to act indifferent. He crafts a “strategy”: stay silent, look happy, wait for her curiosity to spark. Underneath that cool façade, though, he is drowning in memories, replaying the night they swore to be “eternos,” and begging for any sign that she still thinks of him.

The song captures the tug-of-war between pride and longing: wanting her to miss him but, above all, wanting to hear her voice. Each verse swings between hope and sorrow, revealing how pretending not to care can hurt more than rejection itself. In short, La Estrategia is a heartfelt anthem for anyone who has ever tried to hide their love behind a clever plan, only to realize that sincerity is the only winning move.

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Cali Y El Dandee La Estrategia Lyrics