16 Lyrics in English Kurt , Luis Fonsi

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song 16 by Kurt from Spanish to English.

Hi, son, how are you?

We haven't heard anything from you in a long time

Your dad and I miss you a lot

Call us when you can

Sometimes I wonder where I am

If I could have reached a better place

If reality reflects

What I once dreamed when I was a kid

If this life was for me

If I took the right flight to be happy

If the right decision

Was the one that put me on this path

Time runs after me

And the moments I lived don't come back anymore

I wish I could be free again

With the chance to mess up once and a thousand times

I want to go back

To those moments where nothing mattered

To those days when dreaming didn't cost me anything

To those places that I love to remember

I want to go back

To those moments where everything was possible

Where there were sunny days and fewer gray days

To be able to go back to those years again

When I was 16

I remember, I didn't want to leave there

I saw my house so huge that I'd want to run away

From those summer afternoons

Listening there to my favorite records

Time runs after me

And the moments I lived don't come back anymore

I wish I could be free again

With the chance to mess up once and a thousand times

I want to go back

To those moments where nothing mattered

To those days when dreaming didn't cost me anything

To those places that I love to remember

I want to go back

To those moments where everything was possible

Where there were sunny days and fewer gray days

To be able to go back to those years again

When I was 16

I want to go back

To those moments where nothing mattered

To those days when dreaming didn't cost me anything

To those places that I love to remember

I want to go back

To those moments where everything was possible

Where there were sunny days and fewer gray days

To be able to go back to those years, again

When I was 16

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SONG MEANING

✨ 16 is a heartfelt postcard to the past. Kurt, joined by Luis Fonsi, looks back at the wide-eyed age of sixteen, when the world felt endless and mistakes were just part of the adventure. Over gentle guitars they replay sun-soaked afternoons, favorite records spinning, and that big, safe house that once seemed impossible to leave. A tender voicemail from Mom opens the song, instantly placing us in the space between who we were and who we are now.

Rather than simply mourning lost time, the lyrics ask a bigger question: Did I choose the right flight to happiness? They celebrate freedom, possibility, and the courage to dream before life piled on responsibilities. By the final chorus, the nostalgia becomes an invitation—listeners are encouraged to rediscover their own sixteen-year-old spark, dare to mess up, and believe in brighter days again.

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