Todo Por Ti
BXS Lyrics


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Por qué abandoné a mi madre?
Y sólita la dejé
Sin darme cuenta siquiera
Si tenía que comer

Hasta que llegó una noche
En que muerta la soñé
Hecho un loco, fui a buscarla
Pero ya no la encontré

Decían que mi pobre madre
Sin saber ya lo que hacer
Pedía de puerta en puerta
Que le dieran de comer

Y en el rincón de una iglesia
Muerta de frío tal vez
Sin exhalar una queja
Pasó toda su vejez

Con una de las vecinas
Me dejó escrito un papel
Que borrado por el llanto
Apenas pude leer

Hijo de mi alma decía
Sé bueno con tu mujer
Que te quito de mi pena
Que yo ya la perdoné

Y si Dios te diera un hijo
Háblale mucho de mí
Dile que no te abandone
Como tú me hiciste a mí

Si tiene los ojos negros
Y si se parece a ti




Dale un beso que tu madre
Le dejó antes de morir

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to BXS's song Todo por Ti are a hauntingly heartbreaking tale of a son's regret over leaving his mother alone and destitute. The song starts with the son wondering why he left his mother alone and abandoned her, not even taking into account if she had food to eat. The guilt becomes too much for him, and he dreams of his mother dying alone, prompting him to go search for her. Unfortunately, he is too late, and his mother has already passed away.


The song then moves on to describe how his mother had to resort to begging for food, going from door to door hoping for a meal. She spent her final days living in a cold corner of a church, enduring her suffering in silence. When she died, a neighbor left him a letter where his mother forgave him and asked him to be good to his wife. She also requested that if he ever had a son, he should tell him about her, and that he should not abandon him like he did to her. The song ends with a heart-wrenching moment where the mother's final wish is that her son gives his future child a kiss she left for him before she died.


The lyrics to this song are deeply moving and reflect a reality that many families face worldwide, where children leave their parents behind, leading to a lifetime of regret for those left behind. The song serves as a call to action for everyone to be more mindful of the people they hold dear and encourages empathy towards those who are suffering.


Line by Line Meaning

Por qué abandoné a mi madre?
Why did I leave my mother?


Y sólita la dejé
And left her all alone


Sin darme cuenta siquiera
Without even realizing


Si tenía que comer
If she had anything to eat


Hasta que llegó una noche
Until one night arrived


En que muerta la soñé
When I dreamt that she had died


Hecho un loco, fui a buscarla
Like a madman, I went to look for her


Pero ya no la encontré
But I couldn't find her


Decían que mi pobre madre
They said that my poor mother


Sin saber ya lo que hacer
Not knowing what to do anymore


Pedía de puerta en puerta
Went door to door asking


Que le dieran de comer
For food to eat


Y en el rincón de una iglesia
And in a corner of a church


Muerta de frío tal vez
Maybe dead or freezing


Sin exhalar una queja
Without uttering a word of complaint


Pasó toda su vejez
She spent all her old age


Con una de las vecinas
With one of the neighbors


Me dejó escrito un papel
She left me a paper with a message


Que borrado por el llanto
Which was blurred by tears


Apenas pude leer
I could barely read it


Hijo de mi alma decía
It said 'My dear son'


Sé bueno con tu mujer
Be good to your wife


Que te quito de mi pena
I forgive you for the pain you caused me


Que yo ya la perdoné
I have already forgiven her


Y si Dios te diera un hijo
And if God gave you a child


Háblale mucho de mí
Talk to him/her a lot about me


Dile que no te abandone
Tell him/her not to abandon you


Como tú me hiciste a mí
Like you did to me


Si tiene los ojos negros
If he/she has black eyes


Y si se parece a ti
And if he/she looks like you


Dale un beso que tu madre
Give him/her a kiss that your mother


Le dejó antes de morir
Left before she died




Lyrics © Peermusic Publishing
Written by: MARIA GREVER

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