Eco Lyrics in English Carolina Deslandes

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Eco by Carolina Deslandes from Portuguese to English.
Silence
From silence I make a scream
And my whole body aches
Let me cry a little
Don't write empathy
If you don't wanna know
Look at Palestine
And at the houses burning
Look at Colombia
And at the call for freedom
At the police, at the militia
At the aggression
And you wanna talk about what?
The store that closed
The party somebody canceled
The clothes you didn't buy
And you're talking about what?
The friends you didn't see
When sadness insists
On painting the city?
It won't help you
If the soul is small
There's no cardinal who can save
Or steal the spotlight
Blood runs through the streets
Bombs falling from the sky
From families like yours
That nobody helped
Don't listen to me
Don't follow me if you don't care
I came to kick every door open
I came to talk about genocide
About racism on the mic
Some hide behind cynicism
I blow the whistle
And I pray to God, light a candle and ask
Why did you give us the earth
If you didn't rule the world?
Why did you give us war
And the desire to want everything?
Why does the sufferer scream
And the ruler is deaf?
I hug my kids tightly tonight
I thank the peace and the food on the table
And I only think of those left with nothing
At the soup for the poor, the soup of sorrow
Don't write empathy just to show up
Being empathetic is showing up
It's hurting from seeing someone hurt
It's the wound on the other's body that keeps aching
That keeps aching
That keeps aching
That keeps aching
Silence
From silence I make a scream
And my whole body aches
Let me cry a little
Silence
From silence I make a scream
And my whole body aches
Let me cry a little
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SONG MEANING

Eco turns silence into a powerful cry for justice. In a torrent of vivid images, Portuguese singer-songwriter Carolina Deslandes points our gaze at burning homes in Palestine, the struggle for freedom in Colombia, the blood on city streets and the deafness of those in power. She contrasts these global crises with the small worries that often fill our daily conversations, revealing how easily we can miss the echo of other people’s pain. The title itself suggests that every whispered sorrow reverberates, growing louder when we choose to listen.

Carolina’s message is clear: writing the word empathy online means nothing unless we show up, feel the wound that “insists on hurting” and act. She kicks down doors “ao pontapé,” calls out racism and genocide, and even questions a God who granted us earth yet tolerates war. Amid the rage she pauses to hug her children, grateful yet haunted by those who have nothing. Eco is both lament and rallying anthem, inviting us to transform passive sympathy into real, compassionate presence.

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