Era Uma Vez Lyrics in English Kell Smith

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Era Uma Vez by Kell Smith from Portuguese to English.

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Once upon a time

The day when every day was good

Delicious taste and good taste

Of clouds being made of cotton

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You could be a hero

The same day you'd choose to be a villain

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And it all ended in a snack

A hot bath

And maybe a scratch

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You could see

The naivety

Innocence singing in tune

Millions of worlds

And universes as real

As our imagination

All it took was a lap

A caress

And the cure was a kiss and protection

Everything was new again the next day

Without much worry

It's that we wanna grow up

And once we do we wanna start over

Because a skinned knee

Hurts way less than a broken heart

It's that we wanna grow up

And once we do we wanna start over

Because a skinned knee

Hurts way less than a broken heart

You can live

Even after finding out

That the world went bad

Just don't let the world's evil

Seem normal to you

So you don't lose the magic of believing

In real happiness

And grasp that it lives along the way

And not at the end

It's that we wanna grow up

And once we do we wanna start over

Because a skinned knee

Hurts way less than a broken heart

It's that we wanna grow up

And once we do we wanna start over

Because a skinned knee

Hurts way less than a broken heart

Once upon a time

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SONG MEANING

“Era Uma Vez” (Once Upon a Time) invites you to hop onto a time-machine made of cotton-candy clouds and slide back into the carefree days of childhood. Kell Smith paints scenes where you could decide to be a hero or a villain before lunch, heal any scratch with a warm bath and a kiss, and fall asleep knowing tomorrow would be brand-new. The chorus playfully reminds us that while we rush to grow up, we later discover that a scraped knee hurts far less than a broken heart.

Beneath the nostalgia, the song delivers an encouraging wink: even after realizing the world can be harsh, you can still refuse to see cruelty as “normal.” Keep the childlike sparkle alive, believe in real happiness along the way, and remember that true joy is found on the journey, not only at the finish line.

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Kell Smith Era Uma Vez Lyrics