Addicted To You Lyrics in English Shakira

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Addicted To You by Shakira from Spanish to English.

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Verse 1

It must be the perfume that you use

Or the water that you bathe with

But every little thing that you do

To me seems like a feat

Or: To me seems amazing

You kissed me that night

As if it were the only day of your mouth

'Cual si fuera' = 'As if it were'. 'Cual si fuera' and 'como si fuera' are interchangeable, with the former being more poetic and the latter being more common

Every time that I remember

I feel in my chest the weight of a rock

Prechorus 1

It's your brown eyes

That greenish line

A 'veta' is a line or stripe/band that is distinguished from the rest of the material by its color or other characteristic. In this case: 'a greenish line in the brown eyes'

It's your boyish face

Or: It's your childlike face / baby face

And that nervous laugh

Chorus 1

Because your skin is a vice

This sentence is poetic, normally it would be: Porque tu piel es un vicio

Chorus 1

I want you to let yourself be loved

Chorus 1

Because your skin is a vice

Chorus 1

I want you to let yourself be loved

Verse 2

For the pure pleasure of floating

Now yes the current took me

Or: Now the current has finally taken me away

I can't sleep anymore nor eat

Like decent people do

Or: How normal people do

Your memory has remained like this

Like a brooch pinned to my pillow

And you in return have goldfish memory

Or: And you, on the other hand, have the memory of a fish

You don't remember anything

Prechorus 2

It's your hands of a man

Or: It's you manly hands

And the smell of your back

What doesn't have a name

Or: What has no name

Your gaze achieved it

Or: Your eyes accomplished / It was achieved by your gaze

Chorus 2

Because your skin is a vice

Chorus 2

I want you to let yourself be loved

Chorus 2

Because your skin is a vice

Chorus 2

I want you to let yourself be loved

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Armando Christian Perez, Edward E Bello, John Graham Hill, Luis Ochoa, Shakira Isabel Mebarak

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SONG MEANING

Shakira’s “Addicted To You” bottles the rush of an irresistible crush. From the very first line, the Colombian superstar lists every tiny detail that hooks her: the perfume he wears, the water he bathes in, even the mischievous nervous laugh he can’t hide. Each sense—smell, sight, touch—turns into an intoxicating spark, and she admits that his kisses feel so epic they could be the only ones she will ever need.

The chorus flips the idea of addiction into a playful love confession. Instead of fighting the “vice,” she begs him to “let himself be loved.” Meanwhile, her sleepless nights and lost appetite prove this is no casual fling; it’s a full-on sensory takeover. With Latin-flavored pop beats driving the message, Shakira paints love as a dizzying high that leaves her floating downstream and pinning memories to her pillow while he swims on, goldfish-like, forgetting everything. The result is an energetic ode to the sweet, maddening side of passion—catchy enough to make listeners feel hooked too.

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