Otra Vez Lyrics in English Natalia Lafourcade

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Otra Vez by Natalia Lafourcade from Spanish to English.
Again, I'm going to be with you
Again, maybe I'll suffer a bit more
How ridiculous that my obsession is to chat and play
How manic that my obsession is to start something else
Again, I'll paint my eyes
Again, I'll wear perfume on my shoulders
How ridiculous that my obsession is to imagine suffering more
How manic that my insistence is on not trying something else
I have to get my strength back
To get to know you more, while
I have to go buy candles
For your ideal night here next to me
Again, we'll have to restart a routine for the reconquest
Just look how much time will pass, without passing
Just look at what we'll do to be, without being
And then you'll leave and you'll forget my name but
I have to recover
To get to know you more, while
I have to go buy candles
For your ideal night here next to me
I have to get my strength back
To get to know you more, while
I have to go buy candles
For your ideal night here next to me
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SONG MEANING

Have you ever promised yourself you were over someone, only to find yourself fixing your makeup, spritzing perfume, and lighting candles for their “noche ideal” all over again? That is exactly where Natalia Lafourcade places us in “Otra Vez”. With playful self-mockery, she confesses how “ridícula mi obsesión” and “maniática mi insistencia” pull her back into a romance that may bring more hurt than joy. Each repetition of “otra vez” feels like pressing the replay button on a love story that never really ended.

Lafourcade turns the ordinary rituals of getting ready—painting her eyes, buying candles—into symbols of the cyclical dance between hope and heartbreak. She wants to “recuperar fuerzas” to know her lover better, even though she predicts he will soon leave and “olvidar mi nombre.” The result is a bittersweet anthem for anyone caught between the instinct to protect their heart and the irresistible pull of what-if love. "Otra Vez" invites us to sway along with that tug-of-war, celebrating the messy courage it takes to risk loving… once again.

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