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Originally Posted by Zaqarbal
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.
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):
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I agree about the "I love you" stuck in the shy boy's throat. I remember having that feeling of being stuck when I was a middle schooler and too shy to dance at school parties. Shyness is a crippling feeling.
I thought you'd like the cat story, Zaqarbal.
I enjoy reading your thoughtful translations and I like the Mürfila song, too. The video should be used as a Public Service Announcement to teach the principle that "Crime Doesn't Pay!" The couple in the video made a very nice couple...up until they started getting their thrills and turn-ons from stealing other people's things as if that somehow made them more free.
I've been thinking of a song about another doomed love,
unrequited love. The song is Cyndi Lauper's "When you were mine," in which a girl/woman is hopelessly in love with a former boyfriend who is gay. So the girl is doomed to yearn and suffer due to unrequited love. I really like the song and have ever since I first heard it. The song feels plaintive and tragic and is probably my favorite Cyndi Lauper song:
Cyndi Lauper - "When you were mine" (with a weird video that has nothing to do with the song)