Patito

The fire's quickly struck
The embers uncontrolled
And watching it unfold
There stands a tiny duck
A vision cleft in twain
A triangle bisects
The tines that disconnect
Beyond the newborn flame

And so it burned
There were sparks on the water
There were sparks on the hill
And the weight of the world on his bill

A chance like this is rare
Let blazes torch it to the ground
And from the ashes new life can evolve
A fowl, unmoving stare
A quiet, disharmonious sound
I guess we're gonna leave it unresolved

It's malfunctioning
Beside the moonlit pool
But like a flightless fool
We try to flap our wings
There's not much left to say
At least not with our words
Cause when life gives you birds
You make some fresh pâté

And the duck's eating popcorn
As he watches our doubts
Guess he knows that it just won't work out

The chance it sits there black
The blazes crackling in the night
There's too much time and energy involved
Will happiness come back?
Maybe it won't, maybe it might
It's probably best we leave it unresolved

Dicen que el patito
Que va por el río
Salvado y perdido
No mira para atrás
Ese infeliz patito
Que va por la playa
Que triunfa y que falla
Se queda sin ná

There were sparks on the water
And sparks on the grass
But they're sparks better left in the past

A chance like this is rare
Let blazes torch it to the ground
And with it any future can dissolve
There's nothing to repair
Nothing that could get broken down
It seems we'll have to leave it unresolved

There's nothing anywhere
The duck that was has long since drowned
I'm glad we're gonna leave it

Pobre patito
Que va por el río
Salvado y perdido
No mira para atrás (La triste historia del patito)
Ese infeliz patito
Que va por la playa (Ya no lo quiere nadie)
Que triunfa y que falla
Se queda sin ná (Y solo va)

Dicen que el patito (Y solo va el patito)
Que va por el río (Solo va el patito)
Salvado y perdido
Le duele el corazón
El cuento del patito
Que va por la playa
Que triunfa y que falla
Aquí se acabó