Ciudad De Papel Lyrics in English Malu

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Ciudad De Papel by Malu from Spanish to English.

Verse 1

Leave, give me space, give me time

Close the curtains tight

I'm tired of being strong

Of running over mines

I want a pause, I want shade

Today the light pollutes

I search in silence for my refuge

I follow its coordinates

For now I need

A little bit of nothing

Of memories of the future

Or of past lives

Chorus 1

I have scratches, my skin burns

I feel glass under my feet

I keep a hell to love

Fire that insists on inhabiting a paper city

I have storms that I must spill

Open doors to close

The heart in the crosshairs

I want to dance with my pain

Let me burn in my paper city

Verse 2

Come back, give me air, give me sky

Open the curtains wide

I'm already strong as always

Another day has arrived

And it's that sometimes, to arm myself

I need my ruins

Chorus 2

I have scratches, my skin burns

I feel glass under my feet

I keep a hell to love

Fire that insists on inhabiting a paper city

I have storms that I must spill

Open doors to close

The heart in the crosshairs

I want to dance with my pain

Let me burn in my paper city

Bridge

I have scratches, my skin burns

I feel glass under my feet

I keep a hell to love

So much to give, today I want to give

Chorus 3

I have storms that I must spill

Open doors to close

The heart in the crosshairs

I want to dance with my pain

Let me burn in my paper city

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SONG MEANING

Ciudad de Papel paints a vivid picture of a woman who feels like she is living in a fragile paper city, torn between blazing passion and the cuts of her own vulnerability. At first she begs for distance – closing the curtains on a world that exhausts her – so she can sit with her bruises, her “cristales bajo los pies,” and the storms swirling inside. That quiet pause is not weakness; it is a strategic retreat where she can let her inner fire burn safely, nurse the scratches on her skin, and find strength in the silence.

When she finally throws the curtains open again, she emerges fiercer than ever. Malú turns the ruins she once hid behind into bricks for a stronger self, ready to “bailar con su dolor” and love with the same fire that once threatened to consume her delicate city. The song celebrates vulnerability as part of resilience: acknowledging hurt, letting it burn, then using the flames to rebuild. It is an anthem for anyone who needs a moment of stillness before returning to the dance floor of life, emboldened by every scar.

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Malu Ciudad De Papel Lyrics