Antony Santos(1973) is a bachata musician from the Dominican Republic, reno… Read Full Bio ↴Antony Santos(1973) is a bachata musician from the Dominican Republic, renowned for his role in redefining the genre to include romantic music.

He entered onto the scene in the early 1990s, being the first rural bachatero to reach a mainstream audience with his hit "Voy pa'lla", shortly after Blas Durán had appropriated the electric guitar for the genre. Santos' adoption of soft romantic lyrics was more socially accepted than the bawdy cabaret style common to bachata before him, and he shortly became the genre's leading artist, helping move bachata into the Caribbean Latino mainstream.

Antony Santos is currently the best paid bachatero in the Dominican Republic. He has already signed the contract to offer a concert in Puerto Rico at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum, a venue with a seating capacity of 10,000 people. This concert was on May 12, 2007 and he's said to have been paid an unprecedented US$90,000 for this one presentation alone.

Te Tuve Y Te Perdi
Antony Santos Lyrics

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Cómo quisiera tenerte?
Ahora que siento
Tanta nostalgia
Cómo quisiera escucharte?
Esas palabras
Que me hacen falta

Pero el destino

Ha cambiado
Mis ilusiones por decepciones
Y aunque la vida sea larga
Ya no han de unirse
Nuestros corazones
Y pensar que ya eras mía
Y mi alma te entregué
Una noche se ha
Marchado y esa noche te besé

Hoy me invade la tristeza
Y la llevo muy dentro de mi
Y recordando tan solo que
Te tuve y te perdí

Y pensar que ya eras mía
Y mi alma te entregué
Una noche se ha marchado
Y esa noche te besé
Hoy me invade la tristeza
Y la llevo muy dentro de mi
Y recordando tan solo que
Te tuve y te perdí
Ay!

Y pensar que ya eras mía
Y mi alma te entregué
Una noche se ha marchado
Y esa noche te besé
Hoy me invade la tristeza
Y la llevo muy dentro de mi

Y recordando tan solo que
Te tuve y te perdí

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Antony Santos's song Te Tuve y Te Perdi express the intense longing and sadness of the singer, who wishes he could have his love back. He begins by expressing his desire to have his love back, to hear her voice, and to be near her. He is overwhelmed by nostalgia and the memory of their time together. However, he acknowledges that fate has changed his dreams into disappointments, and that their hearts will no longer be joined together even though life is long. He recalls the night they shared and how he gave her his soul. The singer ends the song with the poignant realization that he had her and lost her, and even though his heart is full of sadness, he remembers when he had her and cherishes that memory.

The song is a reflection on the universal experience of love and loss. Despite the fact that the song is in Spanish, the emotion expressed can be felt by anyone who has ever loved and lost. The lyrics are simple but deeply emotive, and convey the strength of the singer's feelings.

Line by Line Meaning

Cómo quisiera tenerte?
How I wish I could have you?

Ahora que siento Tanta nostalgia
Especially now that I feel so nostalgic

Cómo quisiera escucharte?
How I wish I could listen to you?

Esas palabras Que me hacen falta
Those words that I miss so much

Pero el destino Ha cambiado
But destiny has changed

Mis ilusiones por decepciones
My dreams into disappointments

Y aunque la vida sea larga
And even though life is long

Ya no han de unirse Nuestros corazones
Our hearts will no longer join

Y pensar que ya eras mía
To think that you were already mine

Y mi alma te entregué
And I gave you my soul

Una noche se ha Marchado y esa noche te besé
One night has gone and that night I kissed you