More songs by Ana Mena
Description
The room contains an improvised arsenal of emotions: an unused axe, a bottle of poison in the bar, and a pistol that is lovingly cleaned as if it were a fluffy toy. All of this is displayed on a shelf next to a soft pillow for hugging - a contradiction that simultaneously tickles and stings. The mood of the song is theatrical and ironic, like an evil lullaby sung in a half-sleep.
The words contain a neat playlist of cruelty: the plan for revenge is described sensually and humorously, and the photo on the wall becomes a target for darts. Jealousy turns into home decor, destruction into ritual, and the promise of ten thousand ways into hyperbole, in order to talk about one's own resentment in a humanly funny and slightly scary way.
This feeling is like a diary entry where sarcasm coexists with warmth, and the desire to disappear from another's sight is wrapped in melodramatic packaging. The song seems to smile through gritted teeth: painfully, sharply, and with the quiet joy of liberation.
Lyrics and translation
Original
Tengo un hacha sin usar
Tengo veneno en el bar
Y una pistola que he aprendido a limpiar
Una almohada pa abrazar
Que me ayuda a calmar las ganas de ahogarte
Y no está bien desearle la muerte a nadie
Pero quisiera que te faltara el aire
Abrirte el corazón y sacar mi parte
Tengo diez mil maneras para matarte
Si tú quieres, lárgate, lárgate
Que yo no puedo verte de frente
Verte con otra me vuelve criminal
Mejor que ya no te encuentre
Y si tú quieres, lárgate, lárgate
Que nuestro amor no fue suficiente
Tengo diez mil maneras para matarte, amor, amor
Y así ya no verte
Tengo diez mil maneras para matarte
Y así ya no verte
Colgué tu foto en la pared pa los dardos
Yo quiero tu casa llenarla de petardos
Rompiendo cada copa y que te cortes los labios
Te escribí una canción aunque no suene en la radio
Y yo me enamoré de un infeliz
Que nunca soportó verme feliz
Si este amor me dejó una cicatriz
La tuya va a ser de muerte
Y si tú quieres, lárgate, lárgate
Que yo no puedo verte de frente
Verte con otra me vuelve criminal
Mejor que ya no te encuentre
Y si tú quieres, lárgate, lárgate
Que nuestro amor no fue suficiente
Tengo diez mil maneras para matarte, amor, amor
Y así ya no verte
Tengo diez mil maneras para matarte
Y así ya no verte
Que nuestro amor nunca fue suficiente
Tengo diez mil maneras para matarte, amor, amor
Y así ya no verte
English translation
I have an unused ax
I have poison in the bar
And a gun that I have learned to clean
A pillow to hug
That helps me calm the desire to drown you
And it's not right to wish death on anyone.
But I wish you were out of breath
Open your heart and take out my part
I have ten thousand ways to kill you
If you want, leave, leave
That I can't see you from the front
Seeing you with another makes me criminal
Better that I don't find you anymore
And if you want, go away, go away
That our love was not enough
I have ten thousand ways to kill you, love, love
And so I won't see you anymore
I have ten thousand ways to kill you
And so I won't see you anymore
I hung your photo on the wall for darts
I want your house to fill it with firecrackers
Breaking every glass and cutting your lips
I wrote you a song even though it doesn't play on the radio
And I fell in love with an unhappy man
Who never could stand to see me happy
If this love left me a scar
Yours is going to be death
And if you want, go away, go away
That I can't see you from the front
Seeing you with another makes me criminal
Better that I don't find you anymore
And if you want, go away, go away
That our love was not enough
I have ten thousand ways to kill you, love, love
And so I won't see you anymore
I have ten thousand ways to kill you
And so I won't see you anymore
That our love was never enough
I have ten thousand ways to kill you, love, love
And so I won't see you anymore