Paloma
AndresCalamaro Lyrics


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Mi vida fuimos a volar
Con un sólo paracaídas
Uno solo va a quedar
Flotando a la deriva
Vivir así, no es vivir
Esperando y esperando
Porque vivir es jugar
Y yo quiero seguir jugando
Le dije a mi corazón
Sin gloria pero sin pena
No cometas el crimen varón
Si no vas a cumplir la condena

Quiero vivir dos veces
Para poder olvidarte
Quiero llevarte conmigo
Y no voy a ninguna parte
No te preocupes paloma
Hoy no estoy adentro mío
Tu amor es mi enfermedad
Soy un envase vació
No te preocupes paloma
No hay pájaros en el nido
Dos ilusiones se irán a volar
Pero otras dos han venido
Si me olvido de vivir
Colgado del sentimiento
Voy a vivir para repetir

Otra vez, este momento
Te bajaría del cielo mujer
La luna hasta tu cama
Porque es muy poco de amor
Solo una vez por semana
Pase precio a mi libertad
Y nadie quiso pagarlo
Te cambio tu corazón por el mío
Para mirarlo y mirarlo
Ampas de gloria mujer
Quiero un pedazo de cielo
Para invitarte a dormir
En la cama o en el suelo
Un sacrificio ritual
Bien o mal
Yo quiero hacerla mi estrella




Sin principio ni final
No puedo vivir sin ella

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Andrés Calamaro's "Paloma" depict a relationship in which one person seems to be giving everything while the other is content to simply exist. The opening line uses the metaphor of skydiving with only one parachute, suggesting that the relationship is unbalanced and only one person will come out unscathed. The singer asserts that living this way is not really living and that they want to continue playing the game of life.


Later on, the singer admits that the other person has become an addiction, a sickness that they cannot cure. They wish they could forget the person completely, but at the same time, they want to take them with them wherever they go. The line "No te preocupes paloma, hoy no estoy adentro mío" (Don't worry, dove, today I am not inside myself) reveals the singer's inner turmoil and instability.


The song ends with a desire for a deeper connection with the other person, a willingness to sacrifice for them, and an admission that life without them is impossible. Overall, the lyrics to "Paloma" paint a picture of a one-sided relationship in which the singer is left wanting more but unable to let go.


Line by Line Meaning

Mi vida fuimos a volar
We went flying to live our life


Con un sólo paracaídas
We had only one parachute


Uno solo va a quedar
Only one of us will survive


Flotando a la deriva
Drifting in the air


Vivir así, no es vivir
This is not living


Esperando y esperando
Always waiting


Porque vivir es jugar
Life is a game


Y yo quiero seguir jugando
I want to keep playing


Le dije a mi corazón
I talked to my heart


Sin gloria pero sin pena
Without shame or regret


No cometas el crimen varón
Don't commit the crime, man


Si no vas a cumplir la condena
If you're not ready to face the consequences


Quiero vivir dos veces
I want to live twice


Para poder olvidarte
So I can forget you


Quiero llevarte conmigo
I want to take you with me


Y no voy a ninguna parte
And not go anywhere


No te preocupes paloma
Don't worry, dove


Hoy no estoy adentro mío
Today I am not fully present


Tu amor es mi enfermedad
Your love is my illness


Soy un envase vació
I am an empty vessel


No hay pájaros en el nido
There are no birds in the nest


Dos ilusiones se irán a volar
Two dreams will take flight


Pero otras dos han venido
But two new ones have arrived


Si me olvido de vivir
If I forget to live


Colgado del sentimiento
Lost in emotion


Voy a vivir para repetir
I'll live to repeat


Otra vez, este momento
This moment, again


Te bajaría del cielo mujer
I would bring you down from the sky, woman


La luna hasta tu cama
The moon to your bed


Porque es muy poco de amor
Because it's just a little bit of love


Solo una vez por semana
Just once a week


Pase precio a mi libertad
I put a price on my freedom


Y nadie quiso pagarlo
And no one wanted to pay it


Te cambio tu corazón por el mío
I'll trade your heart for mine


Para mirarlo y mirarlo
To look at it, again and again


Ampas de gloria mujer
Bunches of glory, woman


Quiero un pedazo de cielo
I want a piece of heaven


Para invitarte a dormir
To invite you to sleep


En la cama o en el suelo
In the bed or on the floor


Un sacrificio ritual
A ritual sacrifice


Bien o mal
Good or bad


Yo quiero hacerla mi estrella
I want to make her my star


Sin principio ni final
Without beginning or end


No puedo vivir sin ella
I can't live without her




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