Macaé Lyrics in English Clarice Falcão

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Macaé by Clarice Falcão from Portuguese to English.
If I have the courage to say I kinda like you
Will you run away on foot?
And if I say you’re everything I always wanted to be happy
Will you go to the opposite side from where I am?
I wish so much you wouldn't run from me
But if it were me, I'd run
Hey, will it look bad if I say I printed out your whole birth chart?
Will you run off as soon as you can when you know?
And if I say I memorized your ID just in case
Will you go to a cabin in Macaé?
I wish so much you wouldn't run from me
But if it were me, I'd run
Hey, if I say it was for love that I hacked into your computer
Will you catch a plane?
And if I say at once how I found your card PIN
Will you run off to Japan this summer?
I wish so much you wouldn't run from me
But if it were me, I'd run
Hey, if I tell you how I felt tapping your cellphone
Will you go to a precinct?
And if I show you the cyanide I bought for us to kill ourselves
Will you have me arrested at dawn?
I wish so much you wouldn't run from me
But if it were me, I'd run
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SONG MEANING

Macaé is a darkly funny confession of hopeless crush territory. Clarice Falcão sings as someone who claims to “kinda” like a person, yet she has already printed their astrological chart, memorized their ID number, hacked their computer and even bought cyanide for a lovers’ pact. Each new revelation is followed by the anxious question: will you run away if I admit this? The simple coastal town in the title shows how far the crush imagines the other will flee once her secrets spill.

Behind the playful melody sits a clever commentary on romantic obsession and the fear of rejection. The narrator knows her actions are over the top; she repeats, “If it were me, I’d run.” By exaggerating every boundary a lover could cross, the song pokes fun at how love can blur lines between devotion and invasion of privacy. It invites listeners to laugh, cringe and reflect on where admiration ends and fixation begins.

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