Tempo pra Quê [English translation]

Why did you ask for a time-out?

If time passes and I realize I don't want to be without you

Why did you ask for a time-out?

Now swear you're lying when you're saying

That you're better off like this, hm

That you're better off like this, yeah

Far away from me, like this

That you're better off like this, yeah, yeah oh

I want to have you here with me

I already told you: let's try this again

I know that I used to be your drug

Come on now, no need to be cautious

So now live like this is the first time, no

When you thought I failed you, it didn't work

You criticized me for not being at your side, but I

Know that it's not the right thing, you must confess

I know that you'll eventually make the right choice

I only think of every touch, every hug, I don't forget

You left and turned my world upside down

Yeah I know, you didn't have bad intentions

We had a blank sheet without a final point

But you risked it and scratched everything we had

All while knowing that it's me who knows your secrets

Without looking in my eyes so you won't get lost in them

If you're better off like this, don't call me so often

Why did you ask for a time-out?

If time passes and I realize I don't want to be without you

Why did you ask for a time-out?

Now swear you're lying when you're saying

That you're better off like this, hm

That you're better off like this, yeah

Far away from me, like this

That you're better off like this, yeah, yeah oh

If I told you everything that I felt

Everything that I faked, everything that I tried

But you want space, you don't need me

You only need you, you only need time

You're my strong suit, I'm your Achilles heel

I dotted the I's, you put the dots aside

I'm not pressuring you, I know nothing lasts forever

But I'm sorry for thinking that it'd be different with you

Now all that's left is indifference, it remains in my mind

That on the lines of your body, I wrote my essence

You'll go look for me in other guys, you have that tendency

You insist that I be patient in this time

And I wait and I dispair and nothing happens

I'm writing and scratching poems and you don't deserve it

And there you are, going around in my head, because something in me says that you don't want me to forget you

Why did you ask for a time-out?

If time passes and I realize I don't want to be without you

Why did you ask for a time-out?

Now swear you're lying when you're saying

That you're better off like this, hm

That you're better off like this, yeah

Far away from me, like this

That you're better off like this, yeah

I made the music to your ears, I'm the man behind the staff

Whispering softly, only the melody lacks

It seems like a cold in a hot body, I don't miss her anymore

I took you to the moon because I thought nothing beats an astronaut

You asked for space and time, I gave you time and space

But in stead of space in time, you lost time in space

Don't promise you'll stick to your word, the climate's getting colder here

And even when the sun shines, the days are grey

I never thought that it would be mission impossible for you to love me

But don't beg for forgiveness for being so predictable

If lying is bad, honey, then you're horrible

These tears that run down your face are black with eyeliner

I don't even feel you at a distance, I always lose my fears

I don't want to know the truth, everyone has secrets

I feel your five fingers in everything that moves in me

All the songs I hear, it's like they're talking about you

Some tell me to act, others tell me to leave it

Some tell me to smile, others tell me to cry

But it's easy to deceive me, so just let me think

That it's easier to make you come here than to make you come back

Why did you ask for a time-out?

If time passes and I realize I don't want to be without you

Why did you ask for a time-out?

Now swear you're lying when you're saying

That you're better off like this, hm

That you're better off like this, yeah

Far away from me, like this

That you're better off like this, yeah, yeah oh