Adriana Barraza (born March 5, 1956) is a Mexican film and television actress and director. She has been nominated for a Golden Globe, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, a Broadcast Film Critics Association and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She is also a veteran actress of Televisa telenovelas. Barraza is the third Mexican actress to be nominated for an Academy Award, in a year when ten Mexicans were nominated at the 79th Academy Awards.
Barraza was born in Toluca, Estado de Mexico in Central Mexico, and has lived since 1974 with her Argentine husband in Chihuahua. While her spouse taught on the philosophy faculty of the Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, she studied acting at the fine arts school, worked and raised her daughter.
In 1985, Barraza moved to Mexico City, to work as a theater director. Since 1985, Barraza has guest starred and directed the Mexican television show Mujer, Casos de la Vida Real, alongside host Silvia Pinal. She has also been a part of the telenovela ensembles of Bajo un Mismo Rostro playing Elvira, La Paloma as Madre Clara and Imperio de Cristal as Flora. In 1997 she took on the role of Nurse Clara Dominguez in Alguna Vez Tendremos Alas.
What You’re Wishing For
(Adrienne Pierce, Sean Ashby)
I was watching my step
Don't know how I fell
Somehow I let it slip
And slid into your wishing well
Just as soon as I had fallen you became riddled with doubt
Well it is a little late baby, you already blew the candles out
Heard it said a thousand times or more
Really should be careful what you're wishing for
I've Heard it said a thousand times or more
You Really should be careful what you're wishing for
You were standing in the middle of the road
To miss you I had to swerve
And I was carrying a heavy load
I guess I got what I deserve
Just as soon as I had fallen you became riddled with doubt
Well it is a little late baby, you already blew the candles out
Heard it said a thousand times or more
Really should be careful what you're wishing for
lost my phone
Lost my coffee cup
Make things disappear
Then I make things up
I lost you, then I lost my way
And I make it difficult for you to say the things you want to say
I am right, right in the eye, of the storm, and I am wondering why
I've been watching, oh I I've been watching you
There are so many, so many secrets I’ve been keeping too
Open the coffin, there's nothing inside
There are fake stars shining in the sky
And when I wake up I find I am still dreaming
In the bathtub, the salmon are teeming
Maybe I need to see something grow
See black soil, green shoots
Maybe I need to touch down
I need heavier boots
I have been watching, oh I I've been watching you
There are so many, so many secrets I’ve been keeping too
Somehow the spaces between the words grew
How long till there are no more traces of you
You found my phone, found my coffee cup
You made things appear, as if the rain fell up
Does it come down to laundry and dishes
I am the one that you felt but you can’t see
I am the voice that you want that you need
This is my house, come on in, come inside
The basement is deep and the attic is wide
The kitchen is tiny but I can still cook
Come on in, come on in, come on in
I’ll give you a closer look
I’ve been, I’ve watching you
I hope that you don’t mind
I’ll be, I’ll be watching you, watch you till I’m blind
Darkness drains away as soon as you arrive
When you walk through me
Walk through me, I feel alive
I’m not a silky ghost, don’t do the dishes
And you thought that you weren’t superstitious
Don’t fear these apparitions, no need to hide
Follow me, follow me, follow me, let me be your guide
I’ve been, I’ve watching you
I Hope that you don’t mind
I’ll be, I’ll be watching you, watch you till I’m blind
Darkness drains away as soon as you arrive
When you walk through me
Walk through me, I feel alive
I feel alive, I feel alive, I feel alive
I’ve been, I’ve watching you
I Hope that you don’t mind
I’ll be, I’ll be watching you, watch you till I’m blind
Darkness drains away as soon as you arrive
When you walk through me
I’ve got this taste
for things just beyond my reach
pull me right in, into your sway
I’m slipping now, sinking under the ice
nights are getting shorter these days
we dance like the shadows
we turn and twist but we don't touch
I can’t take it
the closer you are the less I see
when it’s all too much
I know you won’t be
reaching for me
reaching for me...
need to come clean
no please stop me this time
'cause even the truth sounds more a like a lie
we dance like the shadows
we turn and twist but we don't touch
I can’t take it
the closer you are the less I see
when it’s all too much
I know you won’t be
reaching for me
So I bite, I bite this tongue until it bleeds
a tattered heart never wants what it needs
we dance like the shadows
we turn and twist but we don't touch
I can’t take it
the closer you are the less I see
when it’s all too much
I know you won’t be
I don?t know you, not sure I want to
You're far away, so far, so far
My resistance, it's the distance
I am far away, so far, so far
Just one day, it's o-o-over
One, one perfect day
Let's keep, keep it that way
It probably wouldn't, wouldn't have worked out
Anyway
One, one perfect day
Let's keep, keep it that way
We probably wouldn?t have got along, anyway
Anyway
Stand on a star, close eyes, close
Turn around, turn around till you fall down
Stand on a star, close your eyes
Are we getting closer to the ground
Just one day, it's o-o-over
One, one perfect day
Let's keep, keep it that way
It probably wouldn't have worked out
Anyway
One, one perfect day
Let's keep, keep it that way
We probably wouldn?t have got along, anyway
I'll keep you still, still I will
I'll keep you still
Like a photograph, like a photograph I will
I will keep you, yeah, I'll keep you still
We talked and on and wondering why
Long until dawn, staring up at the sky
And our mouths they were moving, our minds they were kissing
You smiled and said it is what you had been missing
Oh, oh, over, I'll close my eyes, tell me pretty lies
Oh, I wouldn't speak, no, I won't to say a word
I'll close my eyes, tell me pretty lies
'Cause when I speak the lines, the lines get blurred
One, one perfect day
Let's keep, keep it that way
It probably wouldn't, wouldn't have worked out
Anyway
One, one perfect day
Let's keep, keep it that way
We probably wouldn?t have got along, anyway
I'll close my eyes, tell me pretty lies
Oh, I wouldn't speak, no, I won't to say a word
I'll close my eyes, tell me pretty lies
Eyes like flowers, I love the way you see, you see, you see
You’re the best thing that's happened to me
Maybe I should fight harder for you
But I said I’d let go when you wanted me to
Have no power, I see the way you run, you run, you run
As soon as we start to have fun
Maybe I would feel better alone
Or just feel something, my heart is turning to stone
So, so slow
Can you feel me letting go
I, I know that we turn away when the cracks begin to show
And now we're sleeping with the television and all the lights on
One of us is leaving soon, but we're both already gone
Stuck at the lost and found, we watch things disappear
Looking for the missing piece, but it was never here
Every hour, I find a way a way, a way, a way
To convince myself to stay
Back and forth, I can't juggle
Lying here, I need to stand up and struggle
Ivory tower, I know the way you think, you think, you think
It's making my heart sink
Unamused, tired of the antics
Some sick of arguing over semantics
So, so slow
Can you feel me letting go
I, I know that we turn away when the cracks begin to show
And now we're sleeping with the television and all the lights on
One of us is leaving soon, but we're both already gone
Stuck at the lost and found, we watch things disappear
Looking for the missing piece, but it was never here
We're sleeping with the television and all the lights on
One of us is leaving soon, but we're both already gone
Stuck at the lost and found, we watch things disappear
I don't know where we went wrong, no it's become a blur
Can't say that I don't love you though it would make things easier
I don't know why but it seems I've failed another test
I can't even say for sure that I have done my best
I have done my best
I don't know where I'm going
I don't know why I left
I feel displaced and erased
I feel lonely and bereft
I don't know why I am going
I don't know anything
I don't know
No, I don't know
We put men up into space, satellites in the sky
But we still don't really know what happens when we die
Maybe I will find somebody light and feel less incomplete
Maybe I will bloom when I push up through this concrete
I don't know where I'm going
I don't know why I left
I feel displaced and erased
I feel lonely and bereft
I don't know why I'm going
I don't know anything
I don't know
No, no I don't know
All these things that I do
They are meaningless without you
Without you, without you, without you
I don't know where I'm going
I don't know why I left
I feel displaced and erased
I feel lonely and bereft
I don't know why I'm going
I don't know anything
I don't know, no, no I don't know
I don't know, no, no I don't know
Too, too many
There?s so, so many
There?s too, too many
Too many of us
Everyone?s hoping to be the one spun
Straw into gold and outshine the sun
It?s fool?s gold glowing, nothing is growing
Nothing is flowing from these taps
It?s fool?s gold glowing, nothing is flowing
We?re just seagulls pulling at scraps
Leave, gotta leave today
Get far away from, far from, far from the madding crowd
It?s turning gray now, gotta leave today now
For the, for the black clouds
No longer hoping to be the one
Spun straw into gold and outshine the sun
It?s fool?s gold glowing, nothing is growing
Nothing is flowing from these taps
It?s fool?s gold glowing, nothing is flowing
We?re just seagulls pulling at scraps
Don?t need golden fleece
Just give me some peace
Gonna learn to see what?s in front of me
I wanna give, I wanna give not take
Everything seems so fake
Maybe it?s just too loud
Maybe I am just too proud
Trying to get far, far from the madding crowd
Can?t seem to catch a break
Everything seems so fake
Everything seems so fake
And everyone?s hoping to be the one
Spun straw into gold and outshine the sun
It?s fool?s gold glowing, nothing is growing, nothing is flowing
It?s fool?s gold glowing, nothing is growing
Nothing is flowing from these taps
It?s fool?s gold glowing, nothing is growing
We?re just seagulls pulling at scraps
Too, too, too, so, so, so
Too, too, too many
There?s too, too, too, so, so, so
half asleep i dreamed that you were half mine
half awake i dreamed that you were half divine
i'm gonna let it all slide
avalanche ride mountain slide steep
but i'll hold onto a few things
like the way your voice sounds when your falling asleep
thought that i was falling
i thought that i was falling asleep
i've been awake for days
sleep deprived let me count the ways i'd love to be
let me count the ways
thought that i was falling
thought that i was falling apart
thought that i was falling oh
but maybe this is just the start
sleep, sleep is my one cure for
this kind of tired
my heart's not fractured, it's sprained
i tried to clean up the junk
but your voice remains
i tired to clean out my mind
but your voice remains
your voice remains
thought that i was falling
thought that i was falling for you
Golf trips, wine and dine
Stock tips, bottom line
Why suffer when you feel like this?
Side effects, don't you worry
No time, what's the hurry
You're just a swallow away from bliss
Heartbeat, so erratic
Can't sleep, don't you panic
There is a simple remedy
Side effects, room is spinning
Realize, no one's winning
You've gotta get yourself free
It's just the downside of
It's just the downside of
It's just the downside
It's just the downside of love
Pink pill to match the blue
Overkill with something new
They're getting stronger every day
Look now, it's improved
See how it gets used
Always a new act to the play
It's just the downside of
It's just the downside of
It's just the downside
It's just the downside of love
We turn fiction into fact
We do as we please
Turn human frailty into a disease
Swallow this till you can't even feel
Look how far we've drifted
Look how far we've drifted apart
It's just the downside of being uplifted
It's just the downside of a world that's shifting
It's just the downside
It is just the downside of love
It's just the downside of being uplifted
It's just the downside of a world that's shifting
It's just the downside
Wally’s all night grocery is doing well
Magazines and chocolate can't be hard to sell
Dollar for the news of disaster and war
Sometimes I wonder what I buy it for
It's gonna be a better year
Better than the last one dear
Take it easy, it's all right
Take it easy, it‚s all right
This little apartment has a pretty good view
Neighbor’s kids are fighting but they always do
Watching as they pile into the yellow bus
Can't believe next year there will be three of us
Gonna be a better year
Better than the last one dear
Take it easy, it's all right
Take it easy, it‚s all right
And if the weight on your back is too much for you
Do what all the happy people do
Hold the one you love by your side
And let it ride
It's all right, take it easy
Days have gotten short, the amaryllis blooms
There’s a tranquil blue light in these tiny rooms
Every day we hear of a new tragedy
So I am surprised happiness has crept up on me
Everything will be ok
Feel it in my bones today
Take it easy, it's all right
Take it easy, it‚s all right
And if the weight on your back is too much for you
Do what all the happy people do
Hold the one you love by your side
And let it ride
It’s all right, take it easy
It’s all right, take it easy
So sorry to hear
The peace parade woke you up today
So sorry to hear
Another hair has turned gray
Play the victim so I let you
Believe the world is out to get you
Play the victim so well so we let you
Believe the world is out to get you
And you say, "Why can?t they see
I am beautiful, beautiful?"
And each day you wanna scream
I am beautiful, beautiful
So sorry to hear
Another friend got engaged
Can?t stand to see
Another sad scene you?ve staged
Play the victim so I let you
Believe the world is out to get you
Play the victim so well so we let you
Believe the world is out to get you
And you say, "Why can?t they see
I am beautiful, beautiful?"
And each day you wanna scream
I am beautiful, beautiful
One day I saw you smile
Forgot about yourself for a little while
And you were beautiful, beautiful
And you say, "Why can?t they see
I am beautiful, beautiful?"
And each day you wanna scream
I am beautiful, beautiful
And you say, "Why can?t they see
I am beautiful, beautiful?"
And each day you wanna scream