The Awakening
Africaine 808 Lyrics

The lyrics to Africaine 808's song, The Awakening, carry a powerful message of grappling with the pain of loss and heartbreak. The opening lines, "Me delata la mirada/Hacerme el tonto para que si a mi no me importa nada," reveal the internal struggle of a person who cannot hide the emotions in their eyes but tries to pretend that they are not affected by the situation. The lines, "Prefiero vivir y perder que no haber vivido nada," express the idea that it is better to experience loss and heartbreak than to never have lived at all.

The following lines, "Si te vas quedaré en un dolor que jamas conocí/Como arena en el viento," paint a picture of a person left alone by someone they loved, feeling lost and directionless like sand being blown by the wind. The metaphor of being "Pisado y sediento" highlights the desperation and thirst for love and companionship that the person is experiencing, akin to a human without a soul. The last line, "Si te vas quedaré en un dolor que jamas conocí" repeats the feeling of deep, inexplicable pain at being left behind.