O Que Fomos Lyrics in English Nuno Ribeiro , David Carreira

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song O Que Fomos by Nuno Ribeiro from Portuguese to English.

I try to move on

So you'll grow indifferent to me

But I can't forget

What I feel for you

I try to move on

So you'll grow indifferent to me

But I can't forget

What you were to me

I remember that morning coffee

Together, wrapped up on the couch

And what we were, the two of us

You said this was where you wanted to be

But you left without thinking

About what we were, the two of us

I can't take it anymore

I can't stay like this anymore

I try to move on

So you'll grow indifferent to me

But I can't forget

What I feel for you

I try to move on

So you'll grow indifferent to me

But I can't forget

What you were to me

I looked somewhere else for signs of you

I've tried to erase it, but I haven't forgotten

What we were, the two of us

You said this was where you wanted to be

But you left without thinking

About what we were, the two of us

I can't take it anymore

I can't stay like this anymore

I try to move on

So you'll grow indifferent to me

But I can't forget

What I feel for you

I try to move on

So you'll grow indifferent to me

But I can't forget

What you were to me

I feel there's still time

To start over

I never thought our story

Would end

I won't take anyone else

To that place of ours

That I can't forget

I can't take it anymore

I can't stay like this anymore

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SONG MEANING

O Que Fomos invites us into the bittersweet mind-movie of someone who is desperate to move on yet still glued to yesterday. Nuno Ribeiro and David Carreira paint quick snapshots we can all recognize – morning coffee for two, lazy cuddles on the sofa, promises that felt permanent. The singer repeats his mantra of trying to “seguir em frente” (go forward), but every city corner and every new face keeps replaying the same highlight reel of what the couple used to be. The chorus hammers the struggle: he wants indifference, he gets heart-pinches instead.

In the end the song feels like a tug-of-war between hope and resignation. He swears he will not take anyone else to “that place of ours,” hinting that the door is still cracked open for a reunion. Yet each time the memories surge, he admits “já não dá mais” (I can’t take it anymore). This mix of stubborn love and painful acceptance turns the track into an emotional sing-along for anyone who has ever loved hard, lost suddenly, and discovered that forgetting is the hardest verb to conjugate.

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Nuno Ribeiro O Que Fomos Lyrics