Afuera - Jorobado de Notre Dame

The world is cruel
The world is mean
And no one in it has sincerity to offer you
You can trust me

I who keep you safe with love
Only I look at you without fear
How can I protect you well if it’s not like this?
Keeping you safe right here

You’re deformed (I’m deformed)
And you’re really ugly (and I’m really ugly)
For those crimes, the world doesn’t forgive
Can’t you understand? (You’re the one who defends me)
Outside they’ll see you as a big monster (I’m a monster)

They’ll despise you, they’ll mock you (just a monster)
Let’s avoid their slanders and insults
You’re safe here, be loyal to me (I’m loyal to you)
And thank me (I give thanks)
Learn to obey here (I’m right here)

Behind these windows and walls, I’m always here
Hiding where they can’t see me
One day getting out has been my fascination
To meet all those people

I always memorize their faces well
And they’ll never know me
I’ve always imagined what it feels like to pass one day
Down there, among them

Outside, living with the sun
Just one day outside, to enjoy, to have forever
Outside, they have so much without knowing
I’d give anything to live outside for a day

There workers and women come and go
I can see them between the rooftops
All day shouting their problems they’ll tell
Used to their good luck
I, on the other hand, would never forget each moment

Outside, strolling by the river
Enjoying outside, like a normal being
Happy among the people just for one day and swear
That I’ll never forget, that even though I was born this way
I’ll know how to forgive and forget, to live outside one day