Persiana Americana Lyrics in English Soda Stereo

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Verse 1

I prefer you

Out of focus

Unreachable

I prefer you

Irreversible

Almost untouchable

Your clothes fall slowly

I'm a spy, a spectator

And the fan tearing you apart

I know that it excites you to think how far I'll go

Chorus 1

It's hard to believe

I think that I'll never be able to know

Or: I think I'll never know

Only like this I'll see you

Through my American blind

Verse 2

It's a pleasant sentence

The previous moment

It's like an erosion

Or: It's like wear and tear

A necessity

More than a wish

We're on the edge of the ledge

Almost about to fall

You don't feel afraid

You continue smiling

I know that it excites you to think how far I'll go

Chorus 2

Hard to believe

I think that I'll never be able to know

Only like this I'll see you

Through my American blind

Verse 3

Your clothes fall slowly

I'm a spy, a spectator

And the fan tearing you apart

Meaning: And the fan undressing you

I know that it excites you to think how far I'll go

Chorus 3

It's hard to believe

I think that I'll never be able to know

Only like this I'll see you

Through my American blind

Verse 4

Of what can happen

Don't spend strength to understand

Or: Don't waste your strength to understand

Only like this I'll see you

Through my American blind

Chorus 4

Hard to believe

I think that I'll never be able to know

Only like this I'll see you

Through my American blind

Chorus 5

Hard, hard to believe

I think that I'll never be able to know

Only like this I'll see you

Through my American blind

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SONG MEANING

Persiana Americana feels like peeking through a barely opened window into a private world of obsession and secret thrills. The narrator is a self-confessed spy who prefers to love from a distance, watching clothing fall in slow motion while a fan whips up both air and tension. The venetian blind becomes a powerful symbol: a thin barrier that keeps the lovers apart yet fuels a tantalizing game of “look but do not touch.” Every slat of the persiana lets in just enough light for him to imagine, wonder, and push the limits of his own curiosity.

Under its driving rock beat, the song explores that electric moment “al borde de la cornisa”—right on the edge—where desire is stronger than fear. It celebrates the adrenaline of the almost, the sweet torture of wanting what you cannot quite reach. By the end, we realize the narrator may never truly know or possess the person he watches, yet the act of watching itself becomes his “agradable condena,” an addictive sentence he happily serves each time he peers between the blinds.

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