Yo Me Vi – Lyrics Meaning in English – Ricardo Arjona
This song is about a man visualizing all the different paths his life could take and various scenarios that he sees himself in, in the future.
Singer: Ricardo Arjona
Yo me vi
Marginal y reprimido
Izquierdoso y vengativo
Y hoy parezco un maniquí
I saw myself
Marginal and repressed
Left and vindictive
And today I look like a mannequin
Yo me vi
“Viva el Che” en la camiseta
Y un milico en bayoneta
Persiguiéndome a morir
I saw myself
“Long live Che” on the t-shirt
And a soldier in a bayonet
Following me to death
Yo me vi
De transporte colectivo
De bandera alternativo
Y el futuro un bisturí
I saw myself
Of collective transport
Of alternative flag
And the future a scalpel
Yo me vi
De agremiado socialista
De esos que hoy son anarquistas
Y van a Vail a hacer esquí
I saw myself
A socialist member
Of those who today are anarrchists
And to Vail to ski
Yo me vi
Convertido en nuevo rico
Y esta mierda, testifico
No es del todo para mí
I saw myself
Becoming a new rich
And this shit, I testify
Is not at all for me
Yo me vi
De portada en la revista
Yo que fui telegrafista
Hoy voy de divo a lo Dalí
I saw myself
On the cover of magazine
I was a telegraphist
Today I go from divo to Dali
Yo me vi
De Ferrari en Monte Carlo
Todo un Yupi pa’ envidiarlo
Y un amor para elegir
I saw myself
In a Ferrari in Monte Carlo
All a Yupi to make him jealous
Ana a love to choose
Yo me vi
Apostándole al mercado
Yo que estaba desahuciado
¿Qué carajos hago aquí?
I saw myself
Betting on the marker
I was hopeless
What the hell am I doing here?
Yo me vi
De proletario y vanguardista
Al jet set de los artistas
Y en el medio me perdí
I saw myself
As a proletariat and avant-garde
In a jet full of artists
And in the middle I got lost
Yo me vi
Triste y tan decepcionado
Hoy, que sé que los dos lados
Se aprovecharon de mí
I saw myself
Sad and so disappointed
Today, I know that both the sides
Took advantage of me
