Manos al aire [English translation]

You, when you lose control

you talk in a loud tone

you wound my heart1.

Me, trying to listen

can't figure it out,

what a strange sensation.

You don't want to understand me

and you silence me2, telling me

that I shouldn't be surprised

because that's the reality

of our love, and I...

I don't have the strength3 to confront you

I put my hands, my hands in the air4

I only care about loving you

in body and soul like I did yesterday.

You, who lost control

let yourself be carried away by insecurity,

I, who have grown together with you5

can imagine that everything will change.

Even if today everything remains the same

and you silence me, telling me

that you have to be the one in change

or it'll be the end of us and I can't go on like this.

I don't have the strength to confront you

I put my hands, my hands in the air

I only care about loving you

in body and soul like I did yesterday.

1. with the things you say2. nice way of saying 'you shut me up'.3. lit. 'the weapons'4. the sign for surrender5. this one is a little puzzling, lit. 'I, who have seen/watched you grow up/older', they've either known each other since childhood or she means that since they've been together she's seen him grown older or has come to know what kind of person he is.

• Artist:Nelly Furtado
• Album:Mi plan (2009)