Quemando Cartas
Delux Lyrics

In Delux's song "Quemando Cartas," the singer is burning letters where their lover confessed their love, desire and promised to love them forever. The singer feels suffocated by the suffering that has been inflicted on them by their lover, and they are drowning in it. The songwriter uses the imagery of drowning to depict the extent of the pain the singer has to go through. The singer reflects on how quickly their lover, the one they loved so much, forgot about them after their departure. As they cry out, their pain and sorrow are clear, and they are searching for the love that was stolen from them. The singer can't count the kisses any longer, and the reality dawns on them that they were never seen or loved the same way they loved their partner. The partner's smiles, which were only pretending, felt like a lie, and the singer just wishes to bury the lies in their partner's fictional love.

The lyrics suggest the singer's realization that the love they thought they had was never reciprocal, and they were always holding on to a mirage of something that never existed. They realize their love was merely one-sided and that their partner had moved on long before they could even gather their broken pieces. The singer is left with nothing but hurtful memories and the grief that has become their life's eternal shadow. The song shows the aftermath of a break-up and the hurt that one goes through after giving their all to a relationship that ultimately failed.