His music is tough. Direct. Straight to the heart. Real and honest. And sun… Read Full Bio ↴His music is tough. Direct. Straight to the heart. Real and honest. And sung for all the right reasons. He's won the Juno Award as Country Male Vocalist of the Year - three times. He's won seven major Canadian Country Music Association awards, songwriting honours from SOCAN, and a BMI Award in 1993 for "Backroads" as the "Most Performed Song in America." He's had a double platinum album, another platinum one, and another which went gold. There was a raft of hit singles - no less than 10 of which went to #1 on the charts. A Charlie Major live gig is a feel-good collection of songs like "I'm Gonna Drive You Out of My Mind," "I'm Feeling Kind of Lucky Tonight," "(I Do It) For the Money," "I'm Somebody" and a couple of dozen more. His New CD 'Shadows and Light" carries on the Major tradition of great solid songwriting.

Slipping Away
Charlie Major Lyrics

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Me marcho de la casa
Y aquí te dejo las llaves de tu cuarto
Y en un clavo están colgadas
A los besos que me has dado
En la cama las caricias
Como sabanas tendidas, sobré tu piel

Me marcho de la casa

Por que convivir contigo es un infierno
Si es por que más que lo intento no comprendo
Por que te has vuelto una fiera
Y por todo me peleas, no te entiendo

No quiero nada que me hable de ti
Que me acuerde de ti
Mejor prefiero morir, ya no quiero sufrir tanto
Ya basta de tantas mentiras y engaños

Y si es posible, hasta me arranco la piel
O vivir 10 mil años sin volverte a ver
Por que es mejor vivir un día y no
Dos, ni tres contigo, para luego sufrir
Mejor me marcho, mejor me marcho

Me marcho de la casa
Por que convivir contigo es un infierno
Si es por que más que lo intento no comprendo
Por que te has vuelto una fiera
Y por todo me peleas, no te entiendo, no no

No quiero nada que me hable de ti
Que me acuerde de ti
Mejor prefiero morir, ya no quiero sufrir tanto
Ya basta de tantas mentiras

Y si es posible hasta me arranco la piel
O vivir 10 mil años sin volverte a ver
Por que es mejor vivir un día y no
Dos, ni tres contigo, para luego sufrir
Mejor me largo

Me marcho de la casa
Me marcho de tu vida, me marcho
Te puedes quedar con todo
Que de tu vida me marcho yo

Me marcho de la casa
Me marcho de tu vida, me marcho
Te vas a quedar solo por que

No quiero nada que me hable de ti
Que me acuerde de ti
Mejor prefiero morir, ya no quiero sufrir tanto
Ya basta de tantas mentiras

Y si es posible hasta me arranco la piel
O vivir 10 mil años sin volverte a ver
Por que es mejor vivir un día y no

Dos, ni tres contigo, para luego sufrir
Mejor me marcho

Overall Meaning

Charlie Major's song Slipping Away is about the difficult decision to leave a relationship that has become toxic. The singer has decided to leave his partner, and he leaves behind the keys to her room along with memories of their intimate moments. He can no longer cope with living with her because she has become so difficult to understand and live with. She has become like a beast, fighting with him over everything, and he cannot comprehend why.

The singer then goes on to express his desire to forget his partner completely, avoiding anything that reminds him of her. He would rather die than suffer the way he has before. He would prefer to live one day without her than to suffer for another two or three days. He concludes that leaving his partner is the only choice he has to move on from their toxic relationship.

Line by Line Meaning

Me marcho de la casa
I am leaving the house.

Y aquí te dejo las llaves de tu cuarto
And I am leaving behind the keys to your room.

Y en un clavo están colgadas
They are hanging on a nail.

A los besos que me has dado
Reminding me of the kisses you gave me.

En la cama las caricias
And the intimacy we shared in bed.

Como sabanas tendidas, sobré tu piel
Like sheets spread over your skin.

Por que convivir contigo es un infierno
Living with you is like being in hell.

Si es por que más que lo intento no comprendo
I do not understand why you have become so difficult to be with.

Por que te has vuelto una fiera
You have turned into a wild beast.

Y por todo me peleas, no te entiendo
You pick fights with me constantly, and I do not know why.

No quiero nada que me hable de ti
I do not want anything that reminds me of you.