Javiera Mena is a singer-songwriter from Santiago, Chile. whose music combi… Read Full Bio ↴Javiera Mena is a singer-songwriter from Santiago, Chile. whose music combines folk and pop with electronic elements. In 2005 she first appeared in the Chilean indie scene, as some of her songs ("Sol de Invierno" and "Cámara Lenta") were included in some compilations (Panorama Neutral: Música Independiente Desde Chile, and the soundtrack of the film Se arrienda, respectively). Her first full-length album, Esquemas juveniles, was released by the Argentine label Indice Virgen in August 2006.

Javiera’s second album, after more than 4 years of production and mastering, was released in 2010 entitled just Mena. This work was also produced by Cristian Heyne, and took a more dancefloor-oriented taste compared to her first album, that despite of having songs of this type, it also had some mid-tempo and slow ballads. The album’s first single, “Hasta la verdad”, was listed as one of the Singles of the Week to pay attention to in the USA iTunes Music Store, and iTunes Mexico in December of this year considered Mena as the breakthrough album of the year.[1]

Esa fuerza
Javiera Mena Lyrics

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Aunque hace tanto tiempo
Que no me estás
Dando nada nada
Y hace tanto tiempo
Que te estás
Llevando todo todo todo

Hay una fuerza

Que me acompaña
Desde siempre siempre
Esta fuerza

Y puedes ver
Que esa fuerza
Está aquí
Me lleva
Me hace sentir
Que se alteran las fuerzas naturales
Y la música suena
Ah ah ah ah
Mi poder a ti
Uh uh uh uh

Y el que tiene el poder
Y el que tiene el poder
Va a programarnos

Y puede ver
Que esa fuerza
Está aquí
Me lleva
Me hace sentir
Que se alteran las fuerzas naturales
Y la música suena
Ah ah ah ah
Mi poder a ti
Uh uh uh uh

Y miro al mundo
A través del tiempo
Y mi única verdad
La única que sé
La única que sé
La única que sé sé sé sé

Ay ay ay ay ay ay

Tu puedes ver
Que esa fuerza
Está aquí
Me lleva
Me hace sentir
Que se alteran las fuerzas naturales
Y la música suena
Ah ah ah ah

Mi poder a ti
Uh uh uh uh

Que el ritmo no pare
No pare
Que el ritmo no pare
No no
Que el ritmo no pare
No no pare nunca
Que el ritmo no pare
No no

Que no pare no no

Que el ritmo no pare
Pare pare pare pare pare pare pare pare

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Javiera Mena's song Esa fuerza describe the power that music holds over the singer, even in the face of a relationship that has left her feeling empty. She acknowledges that her partner has taken everything from her, but mentions a force within her that has been with her since always. This force takes over her as she listens to music, causing her to feel a shift in natural forces that only music can bring about. She sings about her power being given to her partner, as if she is a vessel for this force and he is the one who controls it. However, amidst all the confusion, the singer finds solace in music, which is her only truth.

Line by Line Meaning

Aunque hace tanto tiempo
Even though it's been such a long time

Que no me estás
That you're not giving me anything

Dando nada nada
Giving nothing at all

Y hace tanto tiempo
And it's been such a long time

Que te estás
That you're taking everything away

Llevando todo todo todo
Taking everything, everything, everything

Hay una fuerza
There's a force

Que me acompaña
That accompanies me

Desde siempre siempre
Always, always

Esta fuerza
This force

Y puedes ver
And you can see

Que esa fuerza
That this force

Está aquí
Is here

Me lleva
It carries me

Me hace sentir
It makes me feel

Que se alteran las fuerzas naturales
That the natural forces are being altered

Y la música suena
And the music plays

Ah ah ah ah
Ah ah ah ah

Mi poder a ti
My power to you

Uh uh uh uh
Uh uh uh uh

Y el que tiene el poder
And the one who has the power

Va a programarnos
Will program us

Y miro al mundo
And I look at the world

A través del tiempo
Through time

Y mi única verdad
And my only truth

La única que sé
The only one I know

La única que sé sé sé sé
The only one I know, know, know, know

Ay ay ay ay ay ay
Ay ay ay ay ay ay

Tu puedes ver
You can see