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Originally Posted by VEGANGELICA
I expected this song to belong in the "anti-love song" thread based on the lyrics, but the actual song sounds so happy and peppy that I think it belongs right here where you put it, Zaqarbal!
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Yes, music seems to be inconsistent with lyrics. I think there's a small correlation, though. Note how that "
I love you!" (
¡Te quiero!) at the end of four of the stanzas sounds. It's almost like a desperate exclamation. It sounds as if all the retained feelings suddenly came out. As lyrics say: "
It is in my throat. / It's cutting me and it bleeds. / It suffocates me, the 'I love you' that I'll never be able to say". I see that sung "
I love you!" as a shout from the mind of the shy boy who doesn't dare to declare his love for the girl.
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Originally Posted by VEGANGELICA
I loved the following love song, "You are my Sunshine," when I was a child. I often sang this song for my cat, Sunshine, especially when she ran away for 3 days and I thought she'd never return!  Finally, on the third night of her absence as I was standing on the front walk hopelessly calling for her, she emerged from the woods across the street and trotted, meowing, toward me. That was one of the happiest moments in my life! 
I always think of this song fondly since it reminds me of Sunny, a dear friend who was my first deep love:
"You are my Sunshine" -- Cover sung by Elizabeth Mitchell:
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That's a moving story, Erica. Really emotive. By the way, song has made me reflect on several metaphors and meanings. This is a curious coincidence,
because today I've translated a song that, in a way, could be seen as "the other side of the coin". Including symbolic/poetic features. That is:
Sunshine vs
grey skies;
lover's presence vs
lover's absence;
life vs
death;
hope vs
sorrow; etc. But despite that, I'm not sure if we could describe it as an "anti-love song". I mean, I think there is a difference between saying "
love hurts" and saying "
the absence of the beloved hurts". Anyway, in my opinion it's a great song. It is made by
Mürfila, one of my favorite artists (I love her; I honestly think this girl has an awesome talent).
Azul y gris ("
Blue and Gray", 2010):
♫ "Que sin ti ................................ Without you,
todo se vuelve azul; ................................ everything becomes blue;
las nubes se levantan ................................ clouds rise up
y a todos les espantan. ................................ and scare everybody.
Que sin ti ................................ Without you,
el ron me sabe a mar; ................................ rum tastes of seawater to me;
los ángeles no cantan; ................................ angels don't sing;
las brujas ya no encantan. ................................ witches no longer enchant anyone.
Que sin ti ................................ Without you,
todo se ha vuelto gris; ................................ everything has become gray;
las sábanas me arañan, ................................bed sheets scratch me
la almohada te echa en falta. ................................ and pillow misses you.
Porque sin ti ................................ Because without you,
la gente me pregunta ................................ people ask me
en que día morí. ................................ what day I died.
Y yo les respondo: ................................ And I answer:
desde que decidiste ................................ since you decided
irte de aquí... ................................ to go away from here...
Irte de aquí... ................................ To go away from here...
Irte de aquí... ................................ To go away from here...
Irte de aquí... ................................ To go away from here...
Irte de aquí... ................................ To go away from here...
Porque sin ti ................................ Because without you,
las sombras que me inundan ................................ the shades that swamp me
dan más miedo que nunca; ................................ are more frightening than ever;
los monstruos me perturban. ................................ the monsters drive me mad.
Porque sin ti ................................ Because without you,
no hay tempestad ni calma; ................................ there is neither storm nor calm;
la vida es una trampa; ................................ life is a trap;
hay todo y no hay nada. ................................ there is everything and there is nothing.
Porque sin ti ................................ Because without you,
la gente me pregunta ................................ people ask me
en que día morí. ................................ what day I died.
Y yo les respondo: ................................ And I answer:
desde que decidiste ................................ since you decided
irte de aquí... ................................ to go away from here...
Irte de aquí... ................................ To go away from here...
Irte de aquí... ................................ To go away from here...
Irte de aquí... ................................ To go away from here...
Irte de aquí... ................................ To go away from here...
Irte de aquí... ................................ To go away from here..." ♫