Quiero ver
El Bordo Lyrics


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Quiero unas alas para el cielo visitar
Quiero una escalera y desde ahí verla pasar
Quiero que me digas al oído lo que yo quisiera escuchar.

Dame un silencio para un sueño imaginar
Dame una vereda donde me pueda acostar
Dame lo que pido pero no hagas lo que digo,
que yo suelo hacer, que no te quiero ver como ahora estoy.

Quién podrá salvarme de esta fiebre universal?
Quién será el que hable cuando no quiera pensar?
Quién dará su sangre, su sudor y hasta quizás se largue
a llorar?

Cuando es el mundo lo que no debiera ser
Cuando por ser uno no te quieren entender
Cuando el vaso está medio vacío y otra cosa no lo llena bien,
vos lo querés romper y andar mejor
viviendo entre la risa y el temor
buscándole placer a este dolor.

Si mañana vuelvo a enloquecer




Y ya no hay nada que me venga bien
Sería más fácil estar solo.

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to El Bordo's song "Quiero ver" tell a story of someone who is searching for something more in life, something that they cannot find in their current circumstances. The first verse talks about wanting to have wings to fly up to the sky, wanting a ladder to climb up high and see the world from a different perspective. The person also wants to hear something that they have always wanted to hear, but have never been told before.


The second verse talks about the person's desire for silence to imagine their dreams, wanting a path to lie down and rest, and having their wishes granted, but not having their desires fulfilled. The person is afraid that if they get what they want, they will become someone they don't want to be. The chorus asks who will save them from the universal fever? Who will speak for them when they don't want to think? Who will give everything and maybe even cry for them?


The bridge of the song talks about when the world is not what it should be, when people do not understand you because you are different, and when nothing seems to fill the void in your life. The person wants to break free from it all, finding pleasure in pain and living between laughter and fear. The last verse talks about the person's worry about going crazy again and feeling like nothing is good enough. They believe it would be easier to be alone than to feel unfulfilled and unhappy.


Line by Line Meaning

Quiero unas alas para el cielo visitar
I want wings to visit the sky


Quiero una escalera y desde ahí verla pasar
I want a ladder to watch her from there


Quiero que me digas al oído lo que yo quisiera escuchar.
I want you to whisper what I want to hear in my ear


Dame un silencio para un sueño imaginar
Give me silence to imagine a dream


Dame una vereda donde me pueda acostar
Give me a sidewalk where I can lie down


Dame lo que pido pero no hagas lo que digo, que yo suelo hacer, que no te quiero ver como ahora estoy.
Give me what I ask for but don't do as I say, because I tend to do the opposite and I don't want you to see me like this


Quién podrá salvarme de esta fiebre universal?
Who will save me from this universal fever?


Quién será el que hable cuando no quiera pensar?
Who will speak when I don't want to think?


Quién dará su sangre, su sudor y hasta quizás se largue a llorar?
Who will give their blood, sweat, and may even cry?


Cuando es el mundo lo que no debiera ser
When the world is not what it should be


Cuando por ser uno no te quieren entender
When they don't want to understand you for who you are


Cuando el vaso está medio vacío y otra cosa no lo llena bien, vos lo querés romper y andar mejor viviendo entre la risa y el temor buscándole placer a este dolor.
When the glass is half empty and nothing else can fill it up, you want to break it and walk away, living between laughs and fears, searching for pleasure in this pain


Si mañana vuelvo a enloquecer Y ya no hay nada que me venga bien Sería más fácil estar solo.
If tomorrow I go crazy again and nothing makes me happy, it would be easier to be alone




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