Onde Quero Estar Lyrics in English Paulo Sousa

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Onde Quero Estar by Paulo Sousa from Portuguese to English.
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Verse 1
If it were easy to speak
I would say it singing
That I can't deny
That I'm a river, you're the sea
I can't even write
How I want to see you
Whenever it gets dark
Whenever it dawns
Chorus 1
Say that it's today that you're going to save me
Kiss me, I don't want to suffocate
And, please, never let me escape
Between your arms where I just want to be
Verse 2
If I could steal
The whole sky to give it to you
I would go without hesitation
Without time to think
Chorus 2
So say that today you will save me
Kiss me, I don't want to suffocate
And, please, don't let me escape
Between your arms where I just want to be
Between your arms where I just want to be
Verse 3
So, fly
Fly to me
And then, sing
Sing just for me
And then, dance
Dance until the end
And then, stay
Stay just for me
Chorus 3
Say that it's today that you're going to save me
Kiss me, I don't want to suffocate
And, please, never let me escape
Between your arms where I just want to be
Between your arms where I just want to be
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SONG MEANING

Onde Quero Estar is a shimmering Portuguese pop love letter where Paulo Sousa turns raw emotion into music. He compares himself to a rio (river) that longs to merge with its mar (sea), showing how irresistible the pull toward his beloved is. Every sunrise and sunset becomes a reminder of that magnetism, and the chorus turns into a heartfelt plea: “Beija-me, não quero sufocar”—kiss me, do not let me drown in loneliness. The song paints love as both rescue and refuge, the safe harbor “between the arms where I only want to be.”

Yet this is not a passive yearning. Sousa’s lyrics invite action and adventure: he would steal the sky without hesitation, and he urges his partner to fly, sing, dance, stay. The message is clear: true love is fearless, energetic, and absolutely certain of where it wants to land. Listeners are left with an infectious sense that love, when it is real, feels like an endless pop anthem echoing between two hearts.

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