De noche todo el día
Luis Eduardo Aute Lyrics
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me saben a conocido,
que tus ojos transparentes
son dos pozos infinitos,
que mis brazos no te abrigan
y los tuyos me dan frío,
que tu voz y mis palabras,
como torpes adjetivos,
de tu cuerpo junto al mío.
Qué sucedió, qué nos pasó,
que hace tiempo que es de noche
todo el día...
de noche todo el día.
Siento que ya no te siento
como el aire que respiro,
que la sed que me saciabas
se resigna en el instinto,
que tu obscena complacencia
es un gesto repetido,
que el sentido de las cosas
que sacabas de su sitio
recupera su armonía
insensata del vacío.
The foregoing lyrics belong to the song De noche todo el día by Luis Eduardo Aute. The song is about a failing relationship and the way the singer and his partner have grown apart. Aute uses the lyrics to paint a vivid picture of how the relationship had taken a different turn from what it used to be. The singer observes that he no longer feels his partner's presence as he used to, and that her lips no longer feel familiar. Her once-tranquil gaze has turned into infinite emptiness, and his embrace no longer warms her. The singer struggles to understand how they fell apart, and why everything seems wrong. The silence between them is deafening, and their voices add nothing to the noise of it. The singer experiences moments of utter confusion, and wonders why it has been night all day. He laments their drifting apart, which has now become a permanent fixture, and the fact that the things that once held them together now further drive them apart.
In conclusion, De noche todo el día is a song that speaks to the relatable experience of drifting apart in a relationship. Aute as a songwriter and performer does an excellent job of detailing the emotional distance that now exists between the couple. The song is melancholic and contemplative, and would resonate deeply with anyone who has experienced the end of a relationship.
Line by Line Meaning
Hace tiempo que tus labios me saben a conocido,
Your lips have lost their novelty long ago, they taste familiar now.
que tus ojos transparentes son dos pozos infinitos,
Your clear eyes are like two endless wells.
que mis brazos no te abrigan y los tuyos me dan frío,
My arms can't keep you warm anymore and yours give me chills.
que tu voz y mis palabras, como torpes adjetivos, nada añaden al silencio de tu cuerpo junto al mío.
Our voices and words, like clumsy adjectives, add nothing to the silence between our bodies.
Qué sucedió, qué nos pasó, que hace tiempo que es de noche todo el día...
What happened to us, what went wrong, that it has been night all day long for so long?
de noche todo el día.
It has been night all day long.
Siento que ya no te siento como el aire que respiro,
I feel that I no longer feel you like the air I breathe.
que la sed que me saciabas se resigna en el instinto,
The thirst you used to quench now subsides into instinct.
que tu obscena complacencia es un gesto repetido,
Your obscene satisfaction is a repetitive gesture.
que el sentido de las cosas que sacabas de su sitio recupera su armonía insensata del vacío.
The meaning you gave to things is regaining its senseless harmony from emptiness.
Contributed by Zachary J. Suggest a correction in the comments below.