Amnesia
Erick Franchesky Lyrics

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Usted me cuenta que nosotros dos
Fuimos amantes
Y que llegamos juntos a vivir
Algo importante
Me temo que lo suyo es un error
Yo estoy de hace tiempo sin amor
Y el ultimo que tuve fue un borron
En mi cuaderno

Usted me cuenta que hasta le rogue
Que no se fuera
Y que su adios dejo a mi corazon
Sin primavera
Que anduve por ahi de bar en bar
Llorando sin podermela olvidar
Gastandome la piel en recordar
Su juramento
Perdon, no la quisiera lastimar
Tal Vez, lo que me cuenta sea verdad
Lamento contrariarla pero yo
No la recuerdo
Que anduve por ahi de bar en bar
Llorando sin podermela olvidar
Gastandome la piel en recordar
Su juramento
Perdon, no la quisiera lastimar
Tal Vez, lo que me cuenta sea verdad
Lamento contrariarla pero yo
No la recuerdo
(Lo lamento pero yo no la recuerdo)

Me temo que lo suyo es un error yo estoy hace tiempo sin amor
(Lo lamento pero yo no la recuerdo)

Overall Meaning

In Erick Franchesky's song "Amnesia," the singer is confronted by a former lover who professes to have been in a serious relationship with him. The singer, however, claims not to remember any of it. The former lover recounts their time together and how they were once in love, but the singer's response is that he has been without love for a long time and that the last romantic relationship he had was a "borron" or blur in his memory. The singer acknowledges the former lover's pain and apologizes for not remembering, but he firmly asserts that he cannot recall the relationship they had.

The song explores the theme of memory and how we construct our personal narratives. It raises questions about the reliability of memory and our ability to forget traumatic or painful experiences. The lyrics suggest that the singer may have chosen to forget the relationship as a way of coping with the pain, whereas the former lover cannot forget and is still haunted by the memory.

Line by Line Meaning

Usted me cuenta que nosotros dos fuimos amantes
You tell me that we were lovers

Y que llegamos juntos a vivir algo importante
And that we lived something important together

Me temo que lo suyo es un error
I'm afraid that what you say is a mistake

Yo estoy de hace tiempo sin amor
I have been without love for a long time

Y el ultimo que tuve fue un borron en mi cuaderno
And the last one I had was just a blur in my notebook

Usted me cuenta que hasta le rogue que no se fuera
You tell me that I even begged you not to leave

Y que su adios dejo a mi corazon sin primavera
And that your goodbye left my heart without spring

Que anduve por ahi de bar en bar llorando sin podermela olvidar
That I went from bar to bar crying, unable to forget you

Gastandome la piel en recordar su juramento
Wasting my skin remembering your promise

Perdon, no la quisiera lastimar
I'm sorry, I don't mean to hurt you

Tal vez, lo que me cuenta sea verdad
Maybe what you're telling me is true