Cuando Sea Grande

I don't want to complain from ear to ear
To notice if the one who surpasses me is moving away
To deny the reflection I leave in my mirror
Nor to harbor resentment between my eyebrows

I don't want to keep so many secrets
Nor to be confronted in a grotesque picture
Like the Montagues and the Capulets
I don't want to be obsolete at your age

Nor lose vigor, nor say without rigor
That all past times were always better
Nor arrive home confused and upset
I don't want to be tired of taking myself down

And although this truth may hurt
I have to say it, without pleasing
But if I offend, I apologize
When I grow up, I don't want to be like you

I don't want to make the same mistakes as you
Nor believe that everyone is a swindler
I don't want to handle your same values
Nor have every day be the same as the previous ones

I don't want to be unable to control my anger
Nor carry that sadness in my eyes
Wet and red, worn out and loose
I don't want to resign myself to be my remains

Nor vehemently blame others
For what is my concern and responsibility
Nor try some idiocy
What I couldn't do when I was 23

And although this truth may hurt
I have to say it, without pleasing
But if I offend, I apologize
When I grow up, I don't want to be like you

I don't want anything to bring me pleasure anymore
Not even when pain touches me, evoke the past
Nor look at old photos and start crying
Or hear someone's name and start trembling

I don't want to lead that battered life
With suspicions of harm and shattered illusions
Nor curse believing I'm Apollo
Nor be bothered to be alone on a date

And although this may be misinterpreted
I don't want them to think it's just to criticize
And I hope it's just a statement
Because I don't even know if I want you to want to be like me

And although this truth may hurt
I have to say it, without pleasing
But if I offend, I apologize
When I grow up, I don't want to be like you

And although this truth (I don't want to be like you)
May hurt
I have to say it, (I don't want to be like you)
Without pleasing
But if I offend, (I don't want to be like you)
I apologize
When I grow up