Gilberto Gil — Febril song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Febril" by Gilberto Gil.
Lyrics
Veio gente me pedir uma esmola
Veio gente reclamar uma escola
Veio gente me aplaudir
Veio gente vaiar
Veio gente dormir nas cadeiras
Veio gente admirar meu talento
Veio gente adivinhar meu tormento
Veio gente me xingar
Veio gente me amar
Veio gente disposta a se matar por mim
E eu cantava aquela música, aquela música
Alucinação
Como se eu fosse um punhado de gente
E aquela gente ali, não
Como se o salão repleto fosse um deserto
E eu fosse mil
Mil troncos de árvores velhas
Árvores velhas de pau-brasil
Tanta gente, e estava tudo vazio
Tanta gente, e o meu cantar tão sozinho
Todo mundo, mundo meu
Meu inferno, meu céu
Meu vizinho
Lyrics translation
People came to ask me for alms
We came to complain about a school
People came to applaud me
People came booing
People came to sleep in the chairs
People came to admire my talent
Came people guess my torment
People came to curse me
People came to love me
People came willing to kill themselves for me
And I sang that song, that song
Hallucination
Like I'm a handful of people
And those people over there, no.
As if the crowded hall were a desert
And I was a thousand
A thousand old tree trunks
Old wood trees-Brazil
So many people, and it was all empty
So many people, and my singing so alone
Everybody, my world
My hell, my heaven
My neighbor