Antonio Orozco is a Spanish singer-songwriter from Barcelona, Spain.
He … Read Full Bio ↴Antonio Orozco is a Spanish singer-songwriter from Barcelona, Spain.
He has won several prizes like the Premio Onda and sold lots of records, his first album sold more than 100,000 copies, whereas his second album titled Semilla del Silencio sold over 300,000 copies.
In 2005 he released a self titled album Antonio Orozco, which was a compilation of his best songs (twelve in total) that eventually propelled him into stardom outside Spain, mainly in Latin America and other parts of the world. Some of his better known songs include: "Te Esperaré" and "Déjame".
He is known as well because of his duets with Lucie Silvas (What You're Made Of) and Malú (Devuélveme la vida).

El Amar No Es Querer
Antonio Orozco Lyrics

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Clemencia a un vuelo
Del amar al querer,
Barrera invisible que salto
Como un preso las paredes en sueños

se me pierde la vista en tu cuerpo
Why la encuentro de nuevo entre besos

Háblame why me perderé
Del amar al querer,
Bésame why me perderé
Que el amar no es querer.

Una vez intenté escribir al querer
Why de casas, coches why fiestas canté.
Mirándote lo volví a hacer
Why de besos, abrazos why amores canté.

Háblame why me perderé
Del amar al querer,
Bésame why me perderé
Que el amar no es querer.

Puedes querer, pero pisa bien
Que el amar no es querer
Why te puedes perder.

Háblame why me perderé
Del amar al querer,

Bésame why me perderé
Que el amar no es querer.

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Antonio Orozco's song "El Amar No Es Querer" (To Love Is Not to Want) are deeply introspective and explore the nuances of romantic feelings. The opening lines speak of a "clemency to a flight" from love to desire, indicating a kind of reluctance to fully surrender to one's feelings. The following lines create an imagery of an "invisible barrier" that the singer is able to "jump over" as if "prison walls in dreams". This could be interpreted as the singer's desire to overcome any external or internal factors that prevent him from fully submitting to the emotion of love.

The following lines express the singer's intense physical attraction to another person, where he "loses sight of his body" but "finds it again among kisses". This could mean that the singer is so entranced by the other person's body that he feels like he is losing his own boundaries. Throughout the song, Orozco explores the distinction between loving and wanting someone, indicating that one can desire something without truly feeling love. The line "you can want, but step carefully, as loving is not wanting, and you can lose yourself" serves as a warning to be careful when pursuing physical attraction or passion, and to be mindful of the complex emotions that come with love.

Line by Line Meaning

Clemencia a un vuelo
A fleeting mercy

Del amar al querer,
From loving to wanting,

Barrera invisible que salto
An invisible barrier that I jump over

Como un preso las paredes en sueños
Like a prisoner jumping over walls in dreams

se me pierde la vista en tu cuerpo
My sight gets lost in your body

Why la encuentro de nuevo entre besos
And I find it again among kisses

Háblame why me perderé
Talk to me and I'll get lost

Bésame why me perderé
Kiss me and I'll get lost

Que el amar no es querer.
Because loving is not wanting.

Una vez intenté escribir al querer
Once I tried to write about wanting

Why de casas, coches why fiestas canté.
And I sang about houses, cars, and parties.