Palidez
Alejandro Balbis Lyrics

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Dónde está tu corazón?. Dónde es que estás vos?
Me pregunto en esta tarde de penumbra y temblor.
Busco restos de tu voz en mi habitación tan gris.
Esta lánguida inquietud anidando en mí.

Dónde se fue tanta ilusión,
Toda caricia, toda pasión?

Hoy que te vas queda un desierto,
Y dejás atrás la palidez de mi dolor.

Qué se hizo de tu piel, tu rubor carmesí?
De tus labios siempre ansiosos, del dolor que escondí?
Qué se hizo de tu luz, de las risas que te dí?
En cada suspiro tuyo va un pedazo de mí.

Dónde se fue tanta ilusión,
Todos los besos, todo el amor?

Hoy que te vas queda un desierto,
Y dejás atrás la palidez de mi dolor.

Hoy que te vas queda un desierto,
Y dejás atrás la palidez de mi dolor.

Overall Meaning

The opening lines of Alejandro Balbis's Palidez speak of a deep yearning for a loved one who has left. The singer is left questioning the whereabouts of their heart and where they are now. The setting of the piece is established as a gloomy and uncertain time, as the singer searches for any evidence of the person they miss, in the form of remnants of their voice in their grey room. They express a sense of melancholic unrest, which seems to be a constant companion in their sorrow.

The second stanza expresses the full extent of the loss that the singer is experiencing. They question where all the passion and affection went, that they had once shared with their lover. The singer describes their current emotional state as a desert, devoid of any love or happiness, and the departure of their lover only leaves them with a pale pain of sorrow. The following stanza is a nostalgic reflection on the physical attributes and personality traits of the person they have lost. The singer is mourning the loss of every aspect of their loved one, making it seem as though they took a piece of the singer with them every time they left.

Line by Line Meaning

Dónde está tu corazón?. Dónde es que estás vos?
Where is your heart? Where are you?

Me pregunto en esta tarde de penumbra y temblor.
I wonder on this afternoon of dusk and tremor.

Busco restos de tu voz en mi habitación tan gris.
I search for remnants of your voice in my room so gray.

Esta lánguida inquietud anidando en mí.
This languid unrest nesting in me.

Dónde se fue tanta ilusión, Toda caricia, toda pasión?
Where did so much illusion go, all caress, all passion?

Hoy que te vas queda un desierto, Y dejás atrás la palidez de mi dolor.
Today that you leave a desert remains, and you leave behind the paleness of my pain.

Qué se hizo de tu piel, tu rubor carmesí?
What became of your skin, your crimson blush?

De tus labios siempre ansiosos, del dolor que escondí?
Of your lips always anxious, of the pain I hid?

Qué se hizo de tu luz, de las risas que te dí?
What became of your light, of the laughs I gave you?

En cada suspiro tuyo va un pedazo de mí.
In every one of your sighs, a piece of me goes.

Dónde se fue tanta ilusión, Todos los besos, todo el amor?
Where did so much illusion go, all the kisses, all the love?

Hoy que te vas queda un desierto, Y dejás atrás la palidez de mi dolor.
Today that you leave a desert remains, and you leave behind the paleness of my pain.

Writer(s): Alejandro Balbis

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