El Silencio
Despistaos Lyrics


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Ha pasado tanto tiempo
Desde el último verano
Que ya casi no recuerdo
Que te había olvidado.
Han pasado tantas cosas
Tantas cosas se han cambiado
He aprendido que el silencio
Se hace cada vez más raro.
Más raro.

Y no siempre lo mejo es lo más caro,
Cuanto más lejo estás,
Más me cuesta respirar.
El silencio es no explotar en tus manos,
El silencio es no pensar,
Es lo que queda si te vas.
Si te vas(x 2).

No me canso de momento
De tocarte sin las manos
De esconderme sin querer
Detrás de unos ojos cerrados.
Que se carguen al silencio
Y que no vuelva a escucharlo
Me he dormido y me despierto
Cuando estás al lado.

Y no siempre lo mejo es lo más caro,
Cuanto más lejo estás,
Más me cuesta respirar.
El silencio es no explotar en tus manos,
El silencio es no pensar,
Es lo que queda si te vas.
O estás al lado.





Y no siempre lo mejo es lo más caro,
Cuanto...

Overall Meaning

"El silencio" by Despistaos is a song that explores the passing of time and how it can change our perspectives on life and relationships. The opening lines of the song underscore this theme as the singer reflects on how much time has passed since the last summer and how they can barely remember having forgotten about someone. The lyricist poignantly captures the way time can erase the pain of the past, yet how it can also lead to new challenges and anxieties.


With lyrics like "He aprendido que el silencio se hace cada vez más raro" ("I've learned that silence is becoming rarer and rarer"), the song seems to suggest that as time passes, relationships can become more complicated and communication can break down. The chorus of the song expresses this idea through a series of contrasts between what is most valuable and what is least valuable. The singer realizes that "not everything valuable has to be expensive," and that distance can make it harder to breathe. The true value, the song posits, lies in that which remains when everything else has been stripped away - in this case, the silence that's left behind after a lover has gone.


The song is a meditation on the nature of relationships and how time and distance can change them. It suggests that there is a certain power in silence, a source of meaning that we can only find when we're quiet and thoughtful. The song is a reminder that it's sometimes better to be still and to listen, rather than to speak or to act.


Line by Line Meaning

Ha pasado tanto tiempo
It's been a long time since we were together.


Desde el último verano
Since the last summer we spent together.


Que ya casi no recuerdo
I am having trouble remembering.


Que te había olvidado.
That I had forgotten about you.


Han pasado tantas cosas
So many things have happened.


Tantas cosas se han cambiado
So many things have changed.


He aprendido que el silencio
I have learned that silence.


Se hace cada vez más raro.
Is becoming more and more rare.


Y no siempre lo mejo es lo más caro,
The best things are not always the most expensive ones.


Cuanto más lejo estás,
The farther away you are.


Más me cuesta respirar.
It's harder for me to breathe.


El silencio es no explotar en tus manos,
Silence is not saying anything even though it's killing you inside.


El silencio es no pensar,
Silence is not thinking about what could have been.


Es lo que queda si te vas.
It's what's left when you leave.


No me canso de momento
I never get tired of the moment.


De tocarte sin las manos
Of feeling you without actually touching you.


De esconderme sin querer
Of hiding without meaning to.


Detrás de unos ojos cerrados.
Behind closed eyes.


Que se carguen al silencio
Let the silence take me.


Y que no vuelva a escucharlo
And never hear it again.


Me he dormido y me despierto
I fell asleep and woke up.


Cuando estás al lado.
When you're beside me.


O estás al lado.
Or when you are beside me.




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