Barco A Venus Lyrics in English Mecano

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Barco A Venus by Mecano from Spanish to English.
You say that you're always traveling
But you're lying to me
I know that you're alone and that you don't leave your room
The street lights hurt you when you go out
Because your world is another, much darker
Give it up already
You know that you've never gone to Venus on a ship
You want to float
But the only thing you do is sink
Hey, hey, hey, hey
You know that you pass through life without leaving your lie
That many feed and that grows day by day
The mafia hounds you and the cops grab you
They lock you up and they let you go and everybody tells you
Give it up already
You know that you've never gone to Venus on a ship
You want to float
But the only thing you do is sink
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Give it up already
You know that you've never gone to Venus on a
Give it up already
You know that you've never gone to Venus on a
Give it up already
You know that you've never gone to Venus on a ship
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Nah, nah
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SONG MEANING

“Barco A Venus” invites us into the room of someone who would rather dream than face daylight. In the song, Mecano’s narrator calls out a friend who claims to be forever “traveling” yet never leaves his bedroom. Those streetlights that should guide him only hurt his eyes because his real journey happens in a darker, inner world fueled by addiction and self-deception. The image of sailing to Venus sounds romantic, but the chorus snaps back to reality: he has never even stepped on a boat. Every attempt to “float” ends in sinking, showing how the desire to escape turns into a downward spiral.

Beneath the catchy synth-pop beat, the lyrics paint a vivid picture of dependency: secretive nights, run-ins with the police, and a mounting web of lies that friends, strangers, and even the underworld keep feeding. The repeated plea “Déjalo ya” (“Give it up already”) is both a warning and a lifeline, urging him to break free before the fantasy swallows him whole. In short, “Barco A Venus” is a bright-sounding anthem about a very dark voyage—one that never leaves the harbor but still risks drowning the dreamer.

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