Selección Natural Carmen Lancho Translation Meaning and Lyrics

Song Meaning

'Selección Natural' means 'Natural Selection' in English. It is a name of a song by 'Carmen Lancho' human translated here by a native speaker.

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Original Lyrics: Vuelvo a no comer nada en todo el día

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Verb	Preposition	Adverb	Verb	Pronoun	Adjective	Noun
vuelvo	a	no	comer	nada	todo	día
to return, to revert	to	not	to eat	nothing, zero, zilch	all, every	day (any period of 24 hours)
1st Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb volver			Infinitive
I return	to	not	eat	nothing	all	day

Aligned Translation: I go back to not eating anything all day

Free Translation: Back to eating nothing all day

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Original Lyrics: El estómago cerrado y ganas de vomitar

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Determiner	Noun	Adjective	Conjunction	Noun	Preposition	Verb
el	estómago	cerrado	y	ganas	de	vomitar
Masculine singular definite article; the.	stomach	shut, closed	and	desire, wish, want	of, from (indicating cause)	to vomit, to be sick
						Infinitive
The	stomach	closed	and	desire		to puke

Aligned Translation: A closed stomach and the urge to vomit

Free Translation: Stomach knotted, nausea creeping in

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Original Lyrics: Vuelvo a tener las peores pesadillas

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Verb	Preposition	Verb	Determiner	Adjective	Noun
vuelvo	a	tener	las	peor	pesadilla
to return, to revert	to	transitive to have, possess (literally)	the	Superlative of malo, worst	nightmare
1st Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb volver		Infinitive
I return	to	have	the	worst	nightmares

Aligned Translation: Back to having the worst nightmares

Free Translation: Back to the worst nightmares

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Original Lyrics: No consigo ni dormirme del miedo que me dan

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Adverb	Verb	Adverb	Verb	Preposition	Determiner	Noun	Conjunction	Pronoun	Verb
no	conseguir	ni	dormir	de	el	miedo	que	mí	dan
not	to get, to obtain, to acquire, to find, to gain, to procure, to extract, to get to	not even, even	intransitive to sleep	of, from (indicating cause)	Masculine singular definite article; the.	fear	that	me; (declined form of yo used as the object of a preposition)	transitive to give, to give out
	Infinitive		Infinitive						3rd Person Plural Indicative Present of the verb dar
	I can not find	not even	to sleep	from	the	fear	that		it gives me

Aligned Translation: I can't even fall asleep from the fear that they bring me

Free Translation: I can't even fall asleep from the fear they bring

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Original Lyrics: Y cómo me gustaría volver a las pastillas

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Conjunction	Noun	Pronoun	Verb	Verb	Preposition	Determiner	Noun
y	cómo	yo	gustaría	volver	a	las	pastilla
and	how	(First-person singular pronoun in the nominative case); I.	intransitive (followed by 'a' or preceded by an indirect object) to be pleasing to (usually translated into English as 'like' with exchange of the subject and object)	to return, to revert	to	the	pill
			1st Person Singular Indicative Conditional of the verb gustar	Infinitive
And	how	I	would like	to return	to	the	pills

Aligned Translation: And how I'd like to get back on the pills

Free Translation: And how I'd like to get back on the pills

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Original Lyrics: Dejarme de terapia y volverme a medicar

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Verb	Pronoun	Preposition	Noun	Conjunction	Verb	Preposition	Verb
dejar	mí	de	terapia	y	volver	a	medicar
transitive to leave, to abandon, to dump	me; (declined form of yo used as the object of a preposition)	of, from (indicating cause)	psychology therapy	and	to return, to revert	to	transitive to medicate
Infinitive					Infinitive		Infinitive
Leave	me	of	therapy	and	return	to	medicate

Aligned Translation: Quit therapy and getting back on medication

Free Translation: Quit therapy and getting back on medication

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Original Lyrics: Vuelvo a no poder lavarme ni la cara

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Verb	Preposition	Adverb	Verb	Verb	Determiner	Noun
vuelvo	a	no	poder	lavar	la	cara
to return, to revert	to	not	to be able, can	transitive to wash	the	anatomy face (the front part of the head)
1st Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb volver			Infinitive	Infinitive
I return	to	not	being able	to wash	the	face

Aligned Translation: Back to being not able to wash even my face

Free Translation: Back to being unable to wash my face

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Original Lyrics: Solo pensar en ducharme me hace ponerme a llorar

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Adverb	Verb	Preposition	Verb	Pronoun	Verb	Verb	Preposition	Verb
solo	pensar	en	duchar	mí	hace	poner	a	llorar
only, solely, just	to think	in, at, on	to shower	me; (declined form of yo used as the object of a preposition)	to make (something)	reflexive to put oneself	to	intransitive to cry, to weep
	Infinitive		Infinitive		3rd Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb hacer	Infinitive		Infinitive
Only	to think	in	showering		makes me	put	to	cry

Aligned Translation: Just thinking about taking a shower makes me cry

Free Translation: Just thinking of showering makes me cry

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Original Lyrics: Vuelvo a sentir mis latidos como balas

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vuelvo	a	sentir	mi	latido	como	bala
to return, to revert	to	transitive to feel	before the noun Apocopic form of mío, my	beat, pulsation	like (similar to, reminiscent of)	bullet
1st Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb volver		Infinitive
I return	to	feel	my	heartbeats	like	bullets

Aligned Translation: Back to feeling my heart beats like gunshots

Free Translation: Back to feeling my heart beats like gunshots

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Original Lyrics: Se hacen eco en mi garganta y no puedo respirar

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Pronoun	Verb	Noun	Preposition	Adjective	Noun	Conjunction	Adverb	Verb	Verb
se	hacen	eco	en	mío	garganta	y	no	puedo	respirar
Third person (also used for usted and ustedes) reflexive direct or indirect object, oneself, himself, herself, itself, yourself; each other; one another	to make (something)	echo	in, at, on	predicative or after the noun mine, my.	{{label\|es\|anatomy}} throat	and	not	to be able, can	to breathe
	3rd Person Plural Indicative Present of the verb hacer							1st Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb poder	Infinitive
	They make	echo	in	my	throat	and		I can not	breathe

Aligned Translation: Echoing in my throat and I can't breathe

Free Translation: Echoing in my throat till I can't breathe

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Original Lyrics: Si siguiera habiendo selección natural

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Conjunction	Verb	Verb	Noun	Adjective
si	siguiera	habiendo	selección	natural
if	to continue (on); to keep, to keep on (can be combined with the gerund to indicate that someone or something continues doing something)	auxiliary verb taking past participle to build various perfect tenses to have	selection	natural (of or relating to nature)
	3rd Person Singular Subjunctive Imperfect Ra of the verb seguir	Simple Gerund of the verb haber
If	there were	still		natural selection

Aligned Translation: If natural selection still existed

Free Translation: If natural selection still existed

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Original Lyrics: Se de una que se habria muerto ya

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Verb	Preposition	Pronoun	Conjunction	Verb	Verb	Adverb
sé	de	una	que	habría	muerto	ya
to know (a fact)	of (indicates the subject or cause of the adjective)	one (an indefinite plural pronoun using a singular feminine item, used for females)	that	auxiliary verb taking past participle to build various perfect tenses to have	to die	already, yet
1st Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb saber				3rd Person Singular Indicative Conditional of the verb haber	Pastparticiple Singular Masculine of the verb morir
I know	of	one	that	would have	die	already

Aligned Translation: I know of one who would have died by now

Free Translation: I know of one who would have died by now

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Original Lyrics: El ejemplo perfecto de la generación de cristal

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Determiner	Noun	Adjective	Preposition	Determiner	Noun	Preposition	Noun
el	ejemplo	perfecto	de	la	generación	de	cristal
Masculine singular definite article; the.	example	perfect	of (indicates the subject or cause of the adjective)	the	generation	of (indicates a quality or characteristic)	crystal

The	example	perfect	of	the	generation	of	crystal

Aligned Translation: The perfect example of the crystal generation

Free Translation: The poster child for the crystal generation

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Original Lyrics: No me hables con ese tono que me pongo a llorar

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Adverb	Pronoun	Verb	Preposition	Adjective	Noun	Conjunction	Pronoun	Verb	Preposition	Verb
no	mí	hables	con	ese	tono	que	yo	pongo	a	llorar
not	me; (declined form of yo used as the object of a preposition)	intransitive to talk; to speak; to communicate using words	with	demonstrative that	tone	that	(First-person singular pronoun in the nominative case); I.	transitive:reflexive or non-reflexive to put, to put up, to place, to lay	to	intransitive to cry, to weep
		2nd Person Singular Imperative Negative of the verb hablar						1st Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb poner		Infinitive
		Do not talk to me	with	that	tone	that	I	put	to	cry

Aligned Translation: Don't talk to me with that tone cause I start to cry

Free Translation: Don't use that tone or I'll start to cry

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Original Lyrics: Que me pongo a llorar

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Conjunction	Pronoun	Verb	Preposition	Verb
que	yo	pongo	a	llorar
that	(First-person singular pronoun in the nominative case); I.	transitive:reflexive or non-reflexive to put, to put up, to place, to lay	to	intransitive to cry, to weep
		1st Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb poner		Infinitive
That	I	put	to	cry

Aligned Translation: That I start to cry

Free Translation: I'll start to cry

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Review

The lyrics depict the suffocating weight of depression through visceral imagery ("Se hacen eco en mi garganta y no puedo respirar"), framing mental health struggles as a brutal evolutionary mismatch. The narrator suggests they would not survive under natural selection ("Si siguiera hablando selección natural, Sé de una que se habría muerto ya"), portraying depression as an invisible yet lethal force .

Lancho delivers the narrative with chilling detachment over deceptively bright instrumentation, creating dissonance that mirrors depression's isolating reality. Her restrained vocal delivery amplifies the numbness of mundane acts like not eating or showering, while the contrast between lyrical bleakness and melodic warmth reflects the hidden nature of emotional pain. The storytelling avoids melodrama, using clinical biological metaphors to convey silent despair .

No explicit content, but the song explores mature themes of mental illness and suicidal ideation through evolutionary metaphors. The tone balances stark vulnerability with ironic detachment—sadness presented as scientific observation rather than overt sorrow .

The YouTube video available unfolds in a dimly lit apartment, opening with a shot of a TV screen flashing the song’s title. Carmen Lancho sits hunched in near-darkness, her face barely lit by a single lamp as she sings rawly into a microphone, visually embodying the lyric "no puedo respirar" (I can’t breathe). The camera cuts to a separate room where three figures sit frozen: an older man, a younger man, and an elderly woman. A close-up lingers on the woman’s face as she exhales cigarette smoke, her expression vacant. Another elderly woman stretches mechanically nearby, her movements detached, while a young girl plays a haunting flute melody that drifts like a ghost through the rooms. Lancho reappears singing from a shadowed corner, her voice threading through the apartment’s heaviness. In the final scene, she pulls a music tape from a audio player, cradling it like a relic, a silent metaphor for memories that suffocate ("se hacen eco en mi garganta") and the "natural selection" of what survives in our minds.

Average Ratings

Most people find the song lyrics easy to understand lyrics, lyrics sung slowly and it has very easy to remember verbs and nouns

Most words used are in very common daily usage.^RAE

Selección Natural has 102 BPM (beats per minute)

Selección Natural is suitable for DELE Level students in terms of language complexity.

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^RAE Based on a median word frequency of 18 using the frequency database from the Royal Spanish Academy (La Real Academia Española)

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