Trégua Lyrics in English Tiago Bettencourt

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Trégua by Tiago Bettencourt from Portuguese to English.

When the rain insists on persisting

In a universe where rain is normal

It wets the place you don't want to leave

You change spaces but it remains the same

There's something strange piercing through

But that skin no longer knows how to feel

It has no nerve to move from its place

You lack the strength to stop sleeping

And you sleep without drawing attention

And I sleep watching you sleep

Maybe there's no heart beating inside

Maybe the rain insists on persisting

But if the world threatens my ground

I know I won't want to give up

Because inside my heart beats strongly

And it will beat until I fall

While it beats, reason doesn't blind me

I won't descend beneath myself

That's why my heart beats strongly

It beats, beats inside me

If the day screams but you can't hear

Because it's in the dark that you feel better

It almost wakes you up but you can't feel

It almost burns you but you don't feel the heat

There's something that makes you doubt

And you suspect what's coming next

The world flies but you prefer to stay

The light wakes up but you decide to sleep

And you sleep without drawing attention

And I sleep watching you sleep

Maybe there's no heart beating inside

Maybe the rain insists on persisting

But if the world threatens my ground

I know I won't want to give up

Because inside my heart beats strongly

And it will beat until I fall

While it beats, reason doesn't blind me

I won't descend beneath myself

That's why my heart beats strongly

It beats, beats inside me

While it beats, reason doesn't blind me

I won't descend beneath myself

That's why my heart beats strongly

It beats, beats inside me

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SONG MEANING

Trégua paints a cinematic battle between numbness and vitality. Tiago Bettencourt watches someone he loves retreat beneath a never-ending “rain” – a metaphor for sadness, doubt, or depression – where sleep, darkness, and silence feel safer than facing the day. The narrator feels that person’s cold distance (“Talvez por dentro não bata um coração”) yet refuses to surrender to the same lethargy. Instead, he listens to the drum-like thump of his own heart and vows to stand his ground, trusting its rhythm to keep him clear-headed, upright, and alive.

The song’s title means “Truce,” hinting that the singer is not looking for outright victory over despair but a pause, a breathing space where hope can sneak in. Rain may keep falling, doubts may keep whispering, but every “bate, bate dentro de mim” is a reminder that life still pulses with stubborn resilience. In short, “Trégua” is an anthem for anyone trying to shake off inertia: it invites us to call a temporary cease-fire with our struggles, feel our heartbeat, and rise before we hit the ground.

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Tiago Bettencourt Trégua Lyrics