"¿A que no sabes dónde he vuelto hoy? ................................ Bet you don't know where I went back today:
Donde solíamos gritar. ................................ back to the place where we used to scream.
Diez años antes de este ahora sin edad, ................................ Ten years before this ageless present,
aún vive el monstruo y aún no hay paz. ................................ the monster lives and peace still hasn't come.

Y en los bancos que escribimos ................................ And on the benches on which we wrote,
medio a oscuras, sin pensar, ................................ in the half-light, without thinking,
todos los versos de 'Heroes' ................................ all the lyrics from ‘Heroes’
con las faltas de un chaval, ................................ with the spelling mistakes of ours.
aún están. ................................ Yeah, they're still there.

Y aún hoy ................................ And still now,
se escapa a mi control, ................................ it continues to escape my control,
problema y solución, ................................ the problem and solution,
y es que el grito siempre acecha, ................................ 'cos the scream always lies beneath,
es la respuesta. ................................ yeah, it's the answer.

Y aún hoy ................................ And still now,
sólo el grito y la ficción ................................ only screams and make-believe,
consiguen apagar ................................ succeed in extinguishing,
las luces de mi negra alerta. ................................ the lights of my black alert.

Tengo un cuchillo y es de plástico, ................................ I have a knife that's made of plastic,
donde solía haber metal, ................................ where there used to be metal.
y el libro extraño que te echó de párvulos; ................................ and that strange book that got you expelled from nursery,
sus hojas tuve que incendiar. ................................ I had to burn every page.

Y en los hierros que separan ................................ And on those iron bars that separate us
la caída más brutal ................................ from the most awful fall
siguen las dos iniciales ................................ remain the two intials
que escribimos con compás. . ................................ we scribed with a compass.
Ahí están. ................................ Yeah, they're still there.

Vertical y transversal, ................................ Vertical and transversal,
soy grito y soy cristal, ................................ I'm a scream and I'm crystal,
justo el punto medio, ................................ exactly halfway inbetween,
el que tanto odiabas ................................ the fact you used to hate so much,
cuando tú me repetías que ................................ when you repeated to me that
"te hundirá y me hundirá, ................................ "it'll tear you apart and it'll tear me apart,
y solamente el grito nos servirá." ................................ and we'll only keep it together by screaming."
Decías "es fácil" y solías empezar. ................................ You said "it's easy" and then you used to begin.

Y es que el grito siempre vuelve, ................................ And the scream always returns,
y con nosotros morirá, ................................ and with us it will die,
frío y breve como un verso ................................ cold and brief like a line
escrito en lengua animal. ................................ written in an animal language.
Y siempre está. ................................ And it's always there.

Te hundirá y me hundirá ................................ It'll tear you apart and it'll tear me apart,
y solamente el grito nos servirá. ................................ and we'll only keep it together by screaming,
Y ahora no es fácil; ................................ and now it's not so easy,
tú solías empezar. ................................ 'cos you used to begin.

Vertical y transversal, ................................ Vertical and transversal,
soy grito y soy cristal, ................................ I'm a scream and I'm crystal,
justo el punto medio, ................................ exactly halfway inbetween,
el que tanto odiabas ................................ the fact you used to hate so much,
cuando tú me provocabas aullar. ................................ when you used to provoke me to howl.

Y ya está, ya hay paz, ................................ And that's it, at last there's peace,
oh, ya hay paz. ................................ oh, at last there's peace.
Y ya está, ya hay paz, ................................ And that's it, at last there's peace,
oh, ya hay paz. ................................ oh, at last there's peace.

¿Por quién gritaba? ................................ Who were my screams for?
Lo sé y tú no; ................................ I know, you don't.
no preguntabas. ................................ You never asked,
tú nunca, no. ................................ no, you never did."