Flashback Lyrics in English Javiera Mena

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Flashback by Javiera Mena from Spanish to English.

It can't be done

Nor return to the simplicity

that takes away my sadness

There's nobody like you

Sharing songs with me

But mistakes are more

than illusions

How do I get out

if I love this loop

I live in the past and it's not right

It's good and it's not right

Flashback

Those times when nothing weighed

My desire your dream and the dawn

A deserted instant

that comes and goes

Flash

Flashback

Flash

And after so much time

it's impossible to find

that initial glow

But let's talk about the present

Maybe it doesn't shine the same anymore

But it always stays

It stays

It remains

Even though I'm still in this loop

I live in the past and it's not right

It's good and it's not right

Flashback

Those times when nothing weighed

My desire your dream and the dawn

A deserted instant

that comes and goes

Flash

Flashback

Flash

Flashback

Those times when nothing weighed

My desire your dream and the dawn

A deserted instant

that comes and goes

Flash

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SONG MEANING

Flashback is Javiera Mena’s glittery confession of being stuck in a mental time machine. Over smooth electro-pop beats, she recalls “esos tiempos que nada pesaba,” the weightless days when her dreams met her lover’s at dawn and music made everything feel simple. Those memories strike like a camera flash, lighting up the present with nostalgia yet pulling her into a loop she admits she can’t quite leave.

In the second half of the song she faces the truth: the first-spark “brillo del comienzo” is impossible to recreate. Still, even if it “ya no brilla igual,” something of that magic remains. “Flashback” is both a celebration and a cautionary tale — a reminder that while it’s tempting to hide in yesterday’s glow, real life happens in the here and now.

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Javiera Mena Flashback Lyrics