Transoceánica Lyrics in English by Jorge Drexler
"Transoceánica" is a love song written at 35,000 feet. Jorge Drexler opens with "Voy en este vuelo transoceánico, oyendo tus versos melancólicos" (I'm on this transoceanic flight, listening to your melancholic verses), so the whole thing happens in a plane seat, far from the person he misses, with their voice in his headphones.
The details are lovely and a little strange. "Me regalaste tus somníferos" (You gave me your sleeping pills) and "me diste tu oráculo sintético" (you gave me your synthetic oracle): gifts for the trip that are half practical, half mysterious. He calls it all an "extraño método de ahogar la sed" (strange method of quenching thirst), lejos de tu lágrima (far from your tear). The chorus is the big thought: one never remembers how much one was born for this, or all the love one has access to.
Listen for how much he enjoys long, rhyming words ending in -ico: melancólicos, enérgico, somníferos, sintético, magnífica, lúcidas. And "Dame calma y dame vértigo" (Give me calm and give me vertigo) is a perfect line for anyone who has ever wanted someone to be peace and a rollercoaster at once.
