Vertigem Lyrics in English Salvador Sobral , Agir

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Vertigem by Salvador Sobral from Portuguese to English.

I've got a shadow that pulls me

That follows me

That ties me up and tortures

Raids my mind without warning

It keeps saying I'm gonna lose you

That you're gonna leave me

I let it in

I let it spread

I lose control of myself

I get distance in the end

Because I'm in you

Strength, root

In the hard asphalt it arose

We're both

Driving force

Under the trapdoor

It's coming up

The fears and ghosts that follow me

That drag me

That push me away, that blind me

They insist your body tastes of another

And that the other knows how to make you give in

Desire calling the shots

I let them in

I let them scare

You lose faith in us

I lose strength in my voice

Because I'm in you

Strength, root

In the hard asphalt it arose

We're both

Driving force

I lock that trapdoor

I see you here

I feel the dust that settles on us

Calm makes me see

That my worst undid the knot

Because I only made you suffer

And it ends like this

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SONG MEANING

Feel like you are spinning in an emotional roller-coaster? "Vertigem" captures that dizzy state when love meets insecurity. Salvador Sobral and Agir paint a vivid picture of a mind haunted by shadows: fears of abandonment, jealous fantasies, and the nagging voice that whispers "you will lose them." The singer lets these dark thoughts in, and they spread like cracks through concrete, threatening to pull the couple apart.

Yet buried beneath the panic is an unbreakable connection. The lyrics speak of a força motriz (driving force) and raiz (root) that keep the lovers anchored even when doubts storm overhead. By the end, after locking away those ghosts behind a trapdoor, the narrator sees the dust settle and admits his own flaws: his worst self tightened the knot that made his partner suffer. "Vertigem" is both a confession and a reminder that recognizing our inner monsters is the first step to silencing them and letting calm return.

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Salvador Sobral Vertigem Lyrics