Boa Sorte Lyrics in English Vanessa da Mata , Ben Harper

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Boa Sorte by Vanessa da Mata from Portuguese to English.
Verse 1
That's it
There's no way out
It's over
Good luck
Verse 1
I have nothing to say
They're just words
And what I feel
Won't change
Everything you want to give me
Is too much
It's heavy
There's no peace
Everything you want from me
Unreal
Expectations
Disloyal
Verse 2
(That's it
There's no way out
It's over
Good luck
I've nothing left to say
They're only words
And what I feel
Won't change)
Everything you want to give me
Is too much
It's heavy
There's no peace
Everything you want from me
Unreal
Expectations
Disloyal
Verse 3
Even if you hold back
I want you to heal
From that person
Who advises you
There's a mismatch
See it from this angle
There are so many special people
(So even if you hold yourself
I want you to heal
From that person giving you advice
There's a mismatch
Look from this viewpoint
There are so many special people in the world
So many special people in the world, in the world
Everything you want, everything you want)
Everything you want to give me
Is too much
It's heavy
There's no peace
Everything you want from me
Unreal
Expectations
Disloyal
(Now we're falling, falling
Falling, falling
Into the night, into the night
Falling, falling
Falling, falling
Into the night) A good meeting takes two
(Now we're falling, falling
Falling, falling
Into the night, into the night
Falling, falling
Falling, falling
Into the night)
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SONG MEANING

“Boa Sorte (Good Luck)” feels like reading the last page of a love story, but with the ink still wet. Vanessa da Mata and Ben Harper trade lines in Portuguese and English, blending tenderness with honesty as they admit the romance is over. The chorus “é só isso… acabou… boa sorte” is a gentle goodbye: no angry outbursts, just a sincere wish for the other person’s happiness. Yet beneath the calm tone lies a heavy truth—the relationship became suffocating, loaded with demais… pesado… irreais expectativas. Their duet turns the breakup into a soulful conversation, showing that even sweet words cannot fix feelings that refuse to change.

Hope flickers in the darkness of the goodbye. The singers encourage each other to heal, to notice “tantas pessoas especiais” waiting beyond this failed connection. The repeated image of “falling into the night” captures that scary but exciting plunge into the unknown once love ends. In the end, the song reminds us that a good breakup means accepting limits, wishing the other well, and trusting that a “bom encontro” will eventually happen for two people ready to meet halfway. It is a bittersweet anthem for anyone brave enough to close a chapter with grace and step into the night searching for new light.

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