Siempre a Lo Mismo
Ricardo Arjona
Always the Same
With nothing else to do, I turn on the TV,
it makes me cry with a comedy show,
I turn on the radio and the ads
sell me a book, a fridge,
and even pills that stop aging.
The morning news says "There’s no solution,"
the evening news talks about pollution,
a boxer with cramps,
a kid dying of hunger,
others talk about disarmament.
In the kitchen, the rice caught fire,
that dog barked all night long,
the world keeps stumbling,
everyone on their own path,
and in the meantime, I’m
Always the same,
trying to survive without you,
fighting not to feel this way,
I go to the club,
a rock concert,
or to the same library.
Always the same,
trying to survive without you,
fighting not to feel this way,
so desperate, begging to forget you,
yet I end up loving you even more.
Always the same...
I feel bad and then, even worse,
your absence doesn’t do me any favors,
how do I explain to my brain to tell my heart
that it should forget you right now, please...
Through the window, the moon peeks in,
I think it’s laughing at my bad luck,
I hear the neighbor yelling at his wife,
she throws a frying pan at him, and in the meantime, I...
Always the same, trying to survive without you,
fighting not to feel this way,
I go to the club,
a rock concert,
or to the same library.
Always the same, trying to survive without you,
fighting not to feel this way,
so desperate, begging to forget you,
yet I end up loving you even more.
Always the same...