Performer of a music style known as Canto Nuevo or Nueva Trova, Luis Eduard… Read Full Bio ↴Performer of a music style known as Canto Nuevo or Nueva Trova, Luis Eduardo Aute has been an artist in many different ways. It was in 1954 when Aute moved to Spain, after spending his childhood in the Philippines. Deciding to become an artist, Luis Eduardo Aute's first passion was painting, having his first exhibition in 1960, while living in Madrid. By the mid-'60s, the painter and poet was convinced to start recording his own music and he signed up to RCA in 1966. The following year, Aleluya and Rosas En El Mar were released. Prominent books such as Las Matematicas del Espejo, La Liturgia del Desorden, and Animal were published in recognition to his writing skills. After releasing Alevosía in 1995, Aute started touring all over Latin America and Spain with a painting exhibition called Ad Libidum; he later participated in a collective album called Un Secreto A Voces, based on lyrics by Alejandro Filio.

No se vivir sin ti
Luis Eduardo Aute Lyrics

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Como si un gran vacío
Llenará la habitación,
Como si ardiera el aire
En cada respiración,
Como si, de repente,
La vida fuera un puente
Sobre unas dunas en el desierto
Helado de mi corazón.

Yo no sé vivir sin ti,
Yo no sé vivir
No sé vivir sin ti.
Como si el sol brillara
Detrás de la oscuridad,
Como si me partieran
El alma por la mitad,
Como si el Universo
Mostrara su revereo
Una infinita nada flotando

En lo nada de la eternidad,
Yo no sé vivir sin ti.

Overall Meaning

In Luis Eduardo Aute's song "No se vivir sin ti," the lyrics depict a feeling of emptiness and longing that comes with being without the person that the singer loves. The first stanza uses metaphors to describe the intensity of this feeling, with the "great emptiness" filling up the room and the air feeling like it's on fire. The second stanza continues with the metaphor of the universe, a vast and infinite place that seems empty without the love of their life by their side. The chorus, which repeats throughout the song, is a simple and direct statement of the singer's inability to live without their partner.

Overall, the lyrics are emotionally charged and raw, expressing the pain and despair of being separated from someone they cannot imagine their life without. The metaphors used evoke a sense of hopelessness and isolation, heightening the intense feelings of loneliness and longing.

Line by Line Meaning

Como si un gran vacío
As though a huge void

Llenará la habitación,
Is filling up the entire room,

Como si ardiera el aire
As if the air is on fire

En cada respiración,
With every breath I take,

Como si, de repente,
As if, suddenly,

La vida fuera un puente
Life became a bridge

Sobre unas dunas en el desierto
Above sand dunes in the desert

Helado de mi corazón.
Freezing my heart

Yo no sé vivir sin ti,
I don't know how to live without you,

Yo no sé vivir
I don't know how to live

No sé vivir sin ti.
I can't live without you.