Crimen Lyrics in English Gustavo Cerati

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Crimen by Gustavo Cerati from Spanish to English.
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Intro
Lately the days and nights look too similar
If I learned something in this city
It's that there are no guarantees
Nobody gifts you anything
Everything could end terribly wrong
But this case had to be solved
Verse 1
The wait exhausted me
I don't know anything about you
You left so much in me
In flames, I lay down
And, in a slow dance, I faded
I knew that I lost you
Chorus 1
What else can I do?
If I don't forget, I'll die
And another crime will remain
Another crime will remain
Unsolved
Verse 2
A quick betrayal
And we fell out of love
Maybe I asked for it
My ego is going to explode
There, where you're not
Jealousy again
Chorus 2
What else can I do?
If I don't forget, I'll die
And another crime will remain
Another crime will remain
Unsolved
Outro 1
I don't know
How much is left, I don't know
If it's too late, I don't know
If I don't forget, I'll die
What else can I do?
Outro 2
What else can I do?
Now I know what it is to lose
Another crime will remain
Unsolved
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SONG MEANING

“Crimen” feels like walking through a neon-lit Buenos Aires at 3 a.m., trench coat collar up, trying to solve a mystery that keeps slipping through your fingers. Cerati turns a breakup into a noir thriller: sleepless nights blur into days, the city offers “no guarantees,” and love’s collapse is treated like a case file filled with clues, betrayals, and dead ends.

Behind the detective imagery lies raw heartbreak. The singer is consumed by memories—“If I do not forget, I will die”—yet the investigation goes nowhere because the real culprit is intangible: ego, jealousy, and the painful knowledge of having lost someone for good. In the end, the sirens fade, the city keeps buzzing, and another crimen (an unresolved love) is left in the cold case drawer of his mind.

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