Bachata pop · TWOLODY ORIGINALS
The Bicycle Race to Nowhere
“The Bicycle Race to Nowhere” brings together English and Portuguese. Its musical genre is Bachata pop.
Lyrics & translation ↓
English ↔ Portuguese
About this song
The first paired lines are “You brought the bicycle with squeaking brakes.” and “Trouxeste a bicicleta com travões a chiar.”. Read the complete lyrics in both languages below, then follow the same phrases in the player.
Friends race bikes without a finish line and rediscover carefree childhood rivalry. Bachata pop, 116 BPM, requinto guitar, guira, bongos, warm male lead, bittersweet original refrain
Learn with this song
Listen to each line and compare its translation. Use Twin to switch to the same phrase in the other language; use Echo to recall its meaning before revealing the translation.
Two languages. One melody.
Lyrics & translation
Verse 1
You brought the bicycle with squeaking brakes.
Trouxeste a bicicleta com travões a chiar.
I packed the biscuits in an old tea tin.
Guardei os biscoitos numa velha lata de chá.
The village road forgot to draw a finish.
A estrada da aldeia esqueceu-se de desenhar uma chegada.
Chorus
No ribbon waits beyond the crooked hedges.
Nenhuma fita espera além das sebes tortas.
The first to laugh will lose and win the race.
Quem rir primeiro vai perder e ganhar a corrida.
Our gears turn years back into running laughter.
As nossas mudanças transformam os anos em gargalhadas a correr.
We ride until the road runs out of names.
Pedalamos até a estrada ficar sem nomes.
Verse 2
You pass me where the orchard bends to sunlight.
Ultrapassas-me onde o pomar se inclina para a luz do sol.
I catch you when you stop to wave at sheep.
Apanho-te quando paras para acenar às ovelhas.
The lead keeps changing like a clumsy handshake.
A liderança muda como um aperto de mão desajeitado.
Our knees remember arguments we never settled.
Os nossos joelhos lembram discussões que nunca resolvemos.
A little hill takes both our boasting voices.
Uma pequena colina leva as vozes com que nos gabávamos.
Chorus
No ribbon waits beyond the crooked hedges.
Nenhuma fita espera além das sebes tortas.
The first to laugh will lose and win the race.
Quem rir primeiro vai perder e ganhar a corrida.
Our gears turn years back into running laughter.
As nossas mudanças transformam os anos em gargalhadas a correr.
We ride until the road runs out of names.
Pedalamos até a estrada ficar sem nomes.
Outro
We lean the bicycles beside a fallen gate.
Encostamos as bicicletas a um portão caído.
You open up the tin as if it were a trophy.
Abres a lata como se fosse um troféu.
No one knows which wheel crossed first today.
Ninguém sabe qual roda passou primeiro hoje.
We eat the proof and leave the scores unwritten.
Comemos a prova e deixamos os resultados por escrever.
