Tigre de Bengala

I found myself naked in the middle of the desert
Mistook its dunes for sea waves
Trying an old merengue step
I forgot that I forgot how to dance

Peering over the cliffs of the night
Submerged in the hat of a disguise
The creatures stared at me
And told me: Boy, go back to your place
Ah
They told me boy go back to your place
Ah
They told me boy go back to your place

The sirens kissed me sweetly
My desires for truth intoxicated me
And I still don't know if I wasn't right
Or if what I wanted was to fail

I came across a love that I thought I had forgotten
Its reflection made me see clearly
Successes are mistakes of the past
And mistakes a path to embrace

Ah
Mistakes a path to embrace
Ah
Mistakes a path to embrace

Now you are a child of dawn
And you discover your truth in the mist
I know she hides her poisoned candy
I know she keeps her beauty behind her tar curtain

Now the stars of the night guide me
They give me advice when I see them shine
You need a very tall ladder
To climb to the sky you want to reach
Ah
To climb to the sky I want to reach
Ah
To climb to the sky you want to reach

And if the Bengal tiger (is saved)
And if Tom Hanks adrift (is saved)
If David with a sling (is saved)
Why wouldn't I save myself?

(And if the never-ending lightning) reaches you
(And if a blinding light) reaches you
(And if a snow shot) reaches you
And if the giant's blow knocks you down
Up and up

Why wouldn't I save myself?
Why wouldn't you save yourself?
Up and up
La ra ra ra ra ra ra ra ra
Why wouldn't I save myself?