Paula Toledo - How Long (2004)

"How Long Will It Take" solved by arabara

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Official Lyrics:
It didn't work out the way I thought
I must have mistaken myself
For someone I was not (oh, no)
So I pushed myself to see how far I could go
Didn't need to look that far
To learn what I needed to know

Didn't want to be a quitter
But I had to find my way

How long? (How long)
Will it take, oh-oh
How long? (How long)
Will it take me to feel?
How long? (How long)
Will it take, oh-oh
How long until it's the way I thought it would be?
When I won't aim to please

And you watched me draw the line
Never to be cast again
In the same light (oh, no)
And I don't blame you, they were choices I made
Didn't want to let you down
But I can't play it that safe

In your mind am I a sinner?
Looking for relief?

How long? (How long)
Will it take, oh-oh
How long? (How long)
Will it take me to feel?
How long? (How long)
Will it take, oh-oh
How long until it's the way I thought it would be?
When I won't aim to please
When I won't aim to please
When I won't aim to please

No, I won't be a doll in your pretty dollhouse
No, I won't be the plaything that you can toss around
No, I won't be the child who lives for acceptance
No, I won't any longer live in my reflection

How long?
Will it take, oh-oh
How long?
Will it take me to feel?
How long?
Will it take, oh-oh
How long?
Will it take me to feel?
How long,
Will it take, oh-oh
How long
Will it take me to feel?
How long,
How long until its the way I thought it would be
When I won't aim to please
When I won't aim to please
When I won't aim to please

[woodyxbready]

This song feels like the credits song to a film that was meant to have a sequel but the company filed for bankruptcy

[worstmusicproduction]

For 15 years I've been looking for this song after I heard a piece of its chorus. I've heard it in a main menu on a DVD that included a bunch of movies such as Resident Evil 3, both Grindhouses, Bloodrayne and so on and the DVD itself was found on the ground - someone had thrown it away in a window, DVD box was broken but the disk worked. And only now, in 2024, an idea struck me - I decided to find this song in Google by singing that piece of chorus.

Quest complete

[partyofocelots]

👧: How long will it take?

16 years. It took 16 years for this song to be found.

[axztrovy]

Que bonito es cuando la comunidad se une para buscar piezas musicales totalmente perdidas

[JaredtheRabbit]

We got the good ending:
After 16 years, the teddy bear left on the beach was found by its owner: she was a little girl when she lost him, but is now a grown 20-something year old. Reunited at last, she brings him home to keep him safe, hoping to never lose him again. 😊🧸🏝️

[AeroGabby]

I WANT THIS ON SPOTIFY WHAT A BEAUTIFUL SONG AND STORY BEHIND IT

[Sunsett_]

Damn, I still remember those times when everyone was busy looking for more fragments of this song and in the end they were in the credits of a movie, anyway, a beautiful song.❤

[cesar]

Nunca la había escuchado, pero tiene tanta vibra 2000´s que me regresó un rato a los viejos tiempos

[xddsoo]

La cancion estaba en la pelicula secret lives del 2005 salia el nombre de la artista, 16 años buscando una canción que estaba en una pelicula que esta completa en youtube!

[echoesouth]

My favorite part of this album cover is that it is a homage to the 'Stay Awhile' album cover, her debut album.

The album cover of her debut is pretty much a close-up photo of Paula, focusing on her face, and the blurry background behind her indicates that she's in a moving car, and the strong orange hue and warm yet bittersweet feeling of the cover reflects the album imo.

The album cover for How Long is different, now it's a medium shot of Paula inside a parked car, now the photo is taken outside the car, and now it has a soft blue hue to reflect the melancholy and the longing feeling of the song.

It's also an indication of change, on how long can it take to change somebody and their feelings to pass by, and how a single relationship or person can change somebody and how long that impact stays on them.

Regardless of the original intent, i simply find this album cover very wonderful, amazing job from Paula!

[AngeloSantoni]

Moraleja: hay que ver los créditos finales siempre.

[timeywimeybrony]

I still havn't listened to the full song because I just know im gonna cry

[sbottono]

The song that started the golden age of Lostwave

[baronobeefdip]

A masterpiece, she needs to release this on Vinyl!

[shaffer]

This song was played at the end of a movie, during the credits, entitled, "Secret Lives." I have found some beautiful songs this way.

[Krz]

16 años para finalmente develar el misterio de la cancion "how long will it take", tal como se la denomino inicialmente al descubrirse en el primer dvd pirata. Increible historia.

[frankdmanaus]

Vim até aqui por causa do vídeo da canção perdida de 30 segundo de um DVD pirata. Obg, , , ☺️

[Іапа]

finally a high quality version!! paula is amazing ❤

[ibyvnlc]

Letra oficial:
No funcionó como yo pensaba
Debo haberme confundido
Por alguien que no era (oh, no)
Así que me empujé para ver hasta dónde podía llegar
No necesitaba mirar tan lejos
Para aprender lo que necesitaba saber

No quería abandonar
Pero tuve que encontrar mi camino

¿Cuánto tiempo? (How long)
Will it take, oh-oh
¿Cuánto tiempo? (¿Cuánto tiempo?)
¿Tardaré en sentir?
(¿Cuánto tiempo?) (¿Cuánto tiempo?)
Will it take, oh-oh
¿Cuánto tiempo hasta que sea como pensé que sería?
Cuando no aspire a complacer

Y me viste trazar la línea
Para nunca ser arrojado de nuevo
En la misma luz (oh, no)
Y no te culpo, fueron decisiones que tomé
No quería decepcionarte
Pero no puedo jugar tan seguro

En tu mente, ¿soy un pecador?
¿Buscando alivio?

¿Cuánto tiempo? (Cuánto tiempo)
Tomará, oh-oh
¿Cuánto tiempo? (¿Cuánto tiempo?)
¿Tardaré en sentir?
(¿Cuánto tiempo?) (¿Cuánto tiempo?)
Will it take, oh-oh
¿Cuánto tiempo hasta que sea como pensé que sería?
Cuando no apunte a complacer
Cuando no aspire a complacer
Cuando no aspire a complacer

No, no seré una muñeca en tu bonita casa de muñecas
No, no seré el juguete que puedes lanzar por ahí
No, no seré la niña que vive para ser aceptada
No, no viviré más en mi reflejo.

¿Cuánto tiempo?
Tomará, oh-oh
¿Cuánto tardaré?
¿Tardaré en sentir?
¿Cuánto tiempo?
Tardaré, oh-oh
¿Cuánto tiempo?
¿Me llevará sentir?
¿Cuánto tiempo?
tardaré, oh-oh
¿Cuánto tiempo?
¿Tardaré en sentir?
¿Cuánto tiempo?
¿Cuánto tiempo hasta que sea como pensé que sería?
Cuando no apunte a complacer
Cuando no apunte a complacer
Cuando no quiero complacer

Traducción realizada con la versión gratuita del traductor DeepL.com

[MatuxCarvajal]

todos estos 16 años la cancion estuvo en una película completa en YouTube pero nadie se percató