Enrique Ortiz de Landázuri Izarduy, better known as Enrique Bunbury, was bo… Read Full Bio ↴Enrique Ortiz de Landázuri Izarduy, better known as Enrique Bunbury, was born August 11, 1967 in Zaragoza, Spain. He got involved in music in the early 1980s, making his debut in a high school band called Apocalipsis, and later played along with Proceso Entrópico. In 1984 Bunbury joined a group called Zumo de Vidrio, debuting as a lead vocalist. After adopting the nickname of Bunbury, taken from an Oscar Wilde novel, the musician teamed up with Héroes del Silencio, becoming a major number in the Spanish rock scene.

The band eventually broke up in 1996 and Bunbury started his solo career in 1997 with a techno album, Radical Sonora with his new band: Copi (piano), del Moran (bass), Ramón Gacias (drums) and former Héroes del Silencio guitarrist Alan Boguslavsky.

Recognized by his wish to always reinvent himself, Bunbury released in 1999 the album Pequeño, which sounded much different than anything he did before. His band also suffered changes, Boguslavsky was replaced by Rafa Domínguez, and the new faces, Ana Belén Estaje (violin), Luis Miguel Romero (percussion), Javier Iñigo, Javier García Vega & Antonio Ríos in the metal instruments.

This band was known as the "Huracán Ambulante" ("Rambling Hurricane") and recorded with Bunbury the rest of his solo discography, (except Antonio Ríos).

In 2005, after 8 years together, Bunbury dissolved the band and declared that will record a new album in 2006 only with his voice and a piano. Nevertheless, in early 2006 he recorded an album with spanish artist Nacho Vegas by the name of El tiempo de las cerezas.

His old band, Héroes del Silencio, reunited in 2007 for a short tour which visited Latin America, United States and Spain.

Con El Alma En Los Labios
Enrique Bunbury Lyrics

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Te quiero yo tanto,
Que nunca he podido
Llegar a explicarme,
Cuál es la razón.
Parezco el lamento
De un pájaro herido
Que busca la sombra
De tu corazón.

Si tú me quisieras
Como yo te adoro
El séptimo cielo
Sería de los dos.
Por eso a tus plantas
Tu cariño imploro
Igual que un milagro,
Se implora de Dios

Y al sentir que me quema esta ansiedad febril,
Con el alma en los labios te vuelvo a decir
Si tu me quisieras como yo te quiero
Por toda la vida no habría de quedar amor
Para nadie en el mundo entero,
Ni sobre la tierra ni abajo del mar.

Y al sentir que me quema esta ansiedad febril,
Con el alma en los labios te vuelvo a decir
Si tú me quisieras como yo te quiero
Por toda la vida no habría de quedar amor

Para nadie en el mundo entero
Ni sobre la tierra ni abajo del mar.

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Enrique Bunbury's song "Con El Alma En Los Labios" express a deep and intense love for someone who is not reciprocating the same level of affection. The singer is so overwhelmed by love that he cannot fully explain the reason behind it. He compares himself to a wounded bird seeking refuge in the shade of his beloved's heart. He pleads for her love, hoping that if she were to love him as deeply as he loves her, they would reach the seventh heaven together. However, as it stands, he begs for her affection as if it were a miracle, as rare and incomprehensible as asking for a miracle from God.

The lyrics are rife with a sense of yearning, fueled by unrequited love. The singer's desperate plea for his beloved's love is so intense that he feels like his soul is on his lips; he is risking everything for the chance to be with her. The song describes a love that is all-consuming, one that has become almost unbearable to bear. He cannot keep his love bottled up inside and must let it out. The song's power comes from the intensity of the singer's feelings and the sense that he is laying his bare soul at his beloved's feet, hoping she will pick it up and reciprocate his love.

Con El Alma En Los LabiosEnrique Bunbury Lyrics

Con El Alma En Los Labios
Enrique Bunbury Lyrics