A Pesar De Todo

I want to tell you a story, not about me
But it has a message I definitely want to convey
Every word and feeling in this song is completely real
I don't know what impact it will have on you, but I invite you to listen

He was just a regular boy, living oblivious to problems
He just wanted toys and fun
He didn't have luxuries or everything he wanted
But even with little, he always showed happiness

And one day his laughter suddenly disappeared
He experienced every child's nightmare
Even though he didn't want it or deserve it
His parents announce their separation

He stays with his mother and everything gets worse...
She hits him daily without compassion
He doesn't receive love, only pain
Until one day he couldn't take it and ran away from home...

And he's welcomed by his loving grandparents
The only ones who gave him all their love
Especially his grandmother who loved him like no one else
And he saw her as the mother he always dreamed of

I don't think I deserve all the love
That my grandparents have given me
For the first time I know what it's like
To have sincere love
I never showed my love to others
They are the ones I love the most
I'll always be there and take care of them
They are all I have

But (but... but)
His happiness
Was not going to last long
It would soon be back to zero
And (that... that)
His grandmother leaves
To where they can never
Tell her 'I love you'

He doesn't want to accept that the one he loved won't come back
There are no more smiles, just a sea of tears when he blinks
He can't bear more blows without end
He just wants to escape from that damn reality

He looks for a refuge outside the real world
Video games and music are like a new home...
And even though these two worlds couldn't touch
They helped him regain what happiness was

You're not here anymore and even though it's true
I want to say 'I love you'
I can't admit that I lost you
Tell me it was a bad dream
Life without you is no longer living
Come back, I'm scared
The house without you is not happy
Ask my grandfather

Time passed and he grew up with his addiction...
Video games hooked him so much that he stopped
Going to school, seeing it as a prison
That caged him without reason, he didn't find his passion there

Months later his parents realized
That he was skipping classes to play games...
So they forbid him from going back
To the cyber café where he played every morning and afternoon

And he suffered... They forced him to go back
To school, his parents and he would fail again
Because he didn't feel supported by anyone
Not by teachers or classmates

His parents insulted him on every occasion
Telling him he would be nobody, that there was no solution
But none of that softened his heart
Until he saw his grandfather cry in disappointment

I know I failed you time and time again
I'm so sorry, grandfather
I know I deceived you, I never thought
It would hurt so much to do it
But you must know that I will fight
That I will take flight
I will be your pride, I will succeed
I promise I will do it

Frustration
(Panic and pain)
He felt
(Desperation)
That night when his grandfather
Suffered a pre-heart attack
He thought he could lose him
And that changed everything

He returns to the cyber café not for games but to work
To study how to start an online business
His parents didn't believe him, they just mocked him
But he was determined to show them he would achieve his dream

No one believed he could make it, but it didn't matter
He believed in himself and it didn't matter if anyone else did
He was going to fight tirelessly to change his reality
He no longer planned to go hungry and he was going to prove it

After a while his earnings exceeded
What he initially imagined he could earn
And suddenly the world loses all hostility
Even past enemies now respect him

Nothing like leaving that dark past behind
And he changed it by shifting his mindset
Nothing like leaving excuses and the like behind
And using the bad to progress

You're not here anymore, and even though it's true
I want to say that after
I lost you, I continued for you
To achieve a dream
Yes, I suffered a lot without you
But I lost my fear
My grandfather is here, I'm going to tell him
A sincere message

I know I failed you time and time again
Never again, grandfather
I know I deceived you and hurt you
I will never do it again
I want you to know that I did take off
To take flight
And you must know that I succeeded
I promised I would do it