Pesadilla Lyrics in English Estopa

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Pesadilla by Estopa from Spanish to English.

Verse 1

I woke up in the middle of a crowd

I opened my eyes and knew that something was wrong

My knees trembled

Like in a nightmare

Verse 1

One of those that it's so hard to move forward

I was in a dark courtyard

I didn't understand, I was out of place

Four walls were trapping me

Five cops were getting closer

If it was a dream I wanted to wake up

Chorus 1

And I don't know, what am I doing here?

It can't be, what did I do yesterday?

That I'm handcuffed

I'm sure that everything has an explanation

They took me to a room

They asked me questions with no answer

Yelling in protest I stayed

And I ended up asking for absolution

I don't remember, officer, I'm distraught

I've always followed a straight path

I'm sure that someone has hypnotized me

Robbed or something like that

Chorus 1

I don't understand how I could've forgotten

I've got a blank in my memories

I'm sure that someone has hypnotized me

Verse 2

But my biggest surprise was

When I tried to remember what I did yesterday

And it was impossible even though it seems unbelievable

I was inside the jail of a barracks

Suddenly I woke up

The nightmare seemed to be coming to an end

With frightened eyes I looked up and to the sides

And I realized that

Chorus 2

I don't know, what am I doing here?

It can't be, what did I do yesterday?

That I'm handcuffed

I'm sure that everything has an explanation

They had taken me to a room

They had locked me up without mercy

Inside this jail I appeared

From here I sing this song to you

I don't remember, officer, I'm distraught

I've always followed a straight path

I'm sure that someone has hypnotized me

Drugged or something like that

Chorus 2

I don't understand how I could've forgotten

I've got a blank in my memories

I'm sure that someone has hypnotized me

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SONG MEANING

Pesadilla plunges us into that terrifying-yet-comic moment when you wake up and have no idea what happened the night before. Our unlucky narrator opens his eyes surrounded by strangers, knees shaking, only to realize he is handcuffed in a gloomy courtyard while five policemen close in. He swears he has always walked the straight and narrow, blames hypnosis, drugs or theft for the memory gap, and desperately looks for an explanation that never comes.

Over Estopa’s trademark rumba-rock groove, the song turns a blurry blackout into a fast-paced adventure that feels half dream, half bad joke. As the singer bounces between panic, denial and pleading for absolution, Pesadilla reminds us how a single wild night can flip reality upside down—and how, sometimes, the scariest nightmares are the ones we live wide awake.

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