TINI’s ‘36 Vidas’ is A Heartbreaking Song About Regret: English Lyrics

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’36 Vidas’ is a song about deep regret after hurting someone you genuinely love.
TINI knows she made a mistake — one big enough that they feel it would take ’36 lives’ to forgive herself. The whole song sits in that emotional space where you’re trying to take responsibility, but you’re also breaking under the weight of what you did.

She talks about how everything reminds her of the person. How even sleeping feels like the only escape because dreams are the only place where that person is still close. There’s this constant feeling of emptiness, like half of herself is missing. Which is why she asks, “You’re my other half… what am I supposed to do with what’s left?”

A big part of the song is the struggle between wanting to stay strong (“I won’t cry, that won’t fix anything”) and admitting how much the situation is hurting. It’s basically someone realizing they took something pure and meaningful for granted, and now they’re facing the consequences.

By the final verses, TINI is begging for a second chance. Not out of pride, but because she truly believes the relationship was real and worth rebuilding.

English Lyrics of ’36 Vidas’

[Intro]

I keep a kiss from you inside my suitcase for when I need it
But only because you forgot it there, not because you meant to leave it

[Pre-Chorus]

I know that I messed up — I deserve it, I know
It would take me like 36 lifetimes to forgive myself

[Chorus]

But I won’t cry, that won’t fix a thing
But this is gonna kill me
Please, let me speak — you’re my other half
What am I supposed to do with the part that’s left?

[Verse 1]

If I’m dying inside, all I do is think of you
I sleep all day because I dream that you’re here
I wake up to rain — so many tears they made a sea
And if you and I aren’t two anymore, then tell me, why keep adding, hey?
Nothing will compare, my heart without you won’t beat the same
I found someone else, but it’s just not the same
And if you were gone for good, tell me who could fix
That hole you left inside my heart–t-t-t

[Pre-Chorus]

I know that I messed up — I deserve it, I know
It would take me like 36 lifetimes to forgive myself

[Chorus]

But I won’t cry, that won’t fix a thing
But this is gonna kill me
Please, let me speak — you’re my other half
What am I supposed to do with the part that’s left?

[Verse 2]

I swear I won’t do it again, baby, I won’t fall again
Over a moment of weakness — how could I lose you for that?
Come, let’s start again, come, let’s meet again
This was real love, and it can be real again

[Chorus]

But I won’t — no — cry, that won’t fix a thing
But this is gonna kill me (this is gonna kill me)
Please, let me speak — you’re my other half
What am I supposed to do with the part that’s left?

[Bridge]

You’re my other half
What am I supposed to do with the part that’s left?
Ooh-ooh
You’re my other half
What am I supposed to do with the part that’s left?
TINI, TINI, TINI

[Outro]

I keep a kiss from you inside my suitcase for when I need it
But only because you forgot it there, not because you meant to leave it.