Noites Cariocas

I know that to my heart there is only to choose
The paths that pain subtly traced
To imprison it
It's not up to dream about what withered
I'll scold myself to no longer get involved
In these love plots
I know well that we are quite unequal
Why hammer, insist, replay
It doesn't matter, it's all the same
I gave up on myself, tired of running away
I decreed that I failed, so what?
I swore to myself never to put again
My hands in my feet

But how many lies I've been telling
Supposing maybe to deceive myself
But how much cruelty
If in me the certainty is greater than anything else
Every time I dream
It's you who steals the fairness of my sleep
It's you who sneakily and cowardly invades
The nights when I try to sleep somewhat peacefully

I know sooner or later
I'll have to expel all the evil
That you wished upon me
No matter the cost
I'll clear up all the pain you caused me
I'll redeem myself and exist, but without having to hear
The craziest lies
That anyone has ever told in this world to me

I know sooner or later
There will be a coward asking for forgiveness
But I also know that my heart
Won't want to bow just out of humiliation