O Sol by Vitor Kley (Advanced): Chorus

💬 [toda vez que] means "every time" and is followed by a full clause: [toda vez que você sai], [toda vez que ele chega]. In Portugal, unstressed vowels get reduced a lot, so [você] often sounds closer to (vuh-SEH) than what the spelling suggests.

💬 With verbs like [distrair-se], the little [se] is part of the verb: [distrai-se] = "gets distracted / distracts himself-itself." You'll also see the pronoun after the verb in European Portuguese: [o mundo distrai-se].

💬 [toda vez que] means "every time" and introduces a full idea after it: [toda vez que você sai], [toda vez que chove]. In Portugal, people often place [se] after the verb, so alongside [se distrai] you'll commonly hear [distrai-se].

💬 After [quem], Portuguese often uses a future-like verb form for a general "whoever...": [quem ficar] = "whoever stays." Compare [quem chegar primeiro ganha] — "whoever arrives first wins."

💬 [foi] is the past of [ir] here, so [quem foi] means "whoever went" or "the one who left," not "who was." [vai] is from the same verb [ir], so the line plays with past and present forms of "to go."

💬 After [quem], Portuguese often uses [ficar] for a general "whoever stays": [quem ficar]. In [quem foi], [foi] is from [ir] here, so it means "whoever went / left," not "who was."

💬 [toda vez que] is a fixed way to say "every time," followed by a full clause: [toda vez que você sai], [toda vez que ela liga]. [sai] is from [sair] and means "goes out / leaves."

💬 [toda vez que] means "every time" and is followed by a full clause, not just a noun. In Portugal you'd very often hear this with [distrai-se] instead of [se distrai], because pronouns commonly go after the verb.

💬 [foi] here is from [ir] "to go," so [quem foi] means "whoever went / left." Repeating [vai] is lyrical emphasis, not a new grammar pattern.