Meu Medo Lyrics in English by Gusttavo Lima
Desejo translates to "desire" or "wish." It's a fundamental human emotion, but in this song, it carries a strong sense of longing and passion.
Gusttavo Lima uses desejo to express a deep, almost burning, physical and emotional yearning for a lost love. He sings, "Na solidão meu corpo queima de desejo" (In loneliness, my body burns with desire), highlighting the intensity of his feelings and the pain of separation. This word encapsulates the raw emotion at the heart of the song.
Gusttavo Lima's "Meu Medo" ("My Fear") is a sertanejo ballad about the paralysis that follows a breakup — not the heartbreak itself, but the fear of moving past it. He opens watching his own life stall out, admitting "Vejo tudo se perder, e eu perdendo o meu tempo" ("I see it all get lost, and I waste my time"), and describes numbing himself in front of the television rather than face what happened, "Em anúncios de tv disfarçando pensamento" ("In tv ads disguising thought").
The chorus turns that numbness into a confession: he still wants to knock on her door at any hour, "Minha vontade é abrir aquela porta / Meia noite, qualquer hora não importa" ("My will is to open that door / Midnight, any time doesn't matter"), pulled by a longing he can't shake, "Na solidão meu corpo queima de desejo" ("In solitude my body burns with desire"). The "erro" and "medo" he names — the mistake, the fear — are the same thing: knowing exactly what he wants and being too afraid to go get it.
