Prodigios
Luis Eduardo Aute Lyrics
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Mareas de sombra y de luz
Subiendo por tu cuerpo
En el centro de un contraluz
Oculto, a tus espaldas,
El sol levantaba un altar
La luna en tu pupila
Era una perla flotando en el mar
Del sueño o maravilla,
No lo sé
Y me volví,
Dormías dulcemente
Junto a mí
"Despierta, amor"
Te dije y todo ardía
Alrededor.
Volvieron los prodigios,
Pero ahora eran pura verdad
Tu cuerpo era la tierra
Y yo, el centro de gravedad
El tiempo se detuvo
Creando un instante inmortal
Tu cuerpo era el principio
Y el mío, su punto final
Y me dormí,
Vencido por el sueño
Junto a ti
Luego soñé,
Soñé que despertaba
Y te busqué
Te fuiste, amor
Y sólo hubo ceniza
Alrededor.
Y ya no vi prodigios
Ni luces, ni sombras, ni mar
Tu cuerpo era un vacío
Y su centro, el frío polar
El sol de medianoche
Cayó en un eclipse total
La luna dibujaba una guadaña
De juicio final..
Y desperté
Del sueño o pesadilla,
No lo sé
Te descubrí
Velando mis terrores
Junto a mí
Volviste, amor
Y ardía el Universo
Alrededor
The lyrics of Luis Eduardo Aute's 'Prodigios' speak to a dreamlike experience where the singer encounters wondrous and fantastical imagery. These prodigies are described as waves of shadow and light, appearing to ascend up the body of the singer's lover. The sun rises behind her, obscured yet still casting its light on an altar. The moon is a pearl floating in her pupil, and as he wakes from the dream, he describes the experience as either a marvel or a dream. His lover sleeps beside him, and as he wakes her, everything around them catches fire. They experience the prodigies again, but this time they are real, and he sees her body as the earth upon which he is the center of gravity. No longer a dream, the moment becomes an immortal, suspended-in-time experience.
The singer then falls asleep once again, only to dream that his love disappears, and he is left with ash all around him. He wakes again to a world stripped of its wonder - all prodigies gone - and his lover's body transformed into an empty abyss. The dark imagery sets in as the midnight sun is eclipsed, and the moon's presence is now that of the Grim Reaper's scythe. As he wakes up from this experience, he discovers that he only felt safe from these terrible images when his love was beside him. It is a song about the transformative power of love and how it can both inspire and terrify us.
Overall, the significance of the song Prodigios is a reflection of Aute's personal life, who had a tendency to explore the power of poetry mixed with the power of music. It is a song that encourages reflection on the many transformations life can take. It is a song about the transformative power of love and how it can both inspire and terrify us. It is a song that speaks about life's phases but also focuses on how love's metamorphosis can either fuel passion or cause its downfall.
Line by Line Meaning
De pronto vi prodigios,
Suddenly, I saw wonders,
Mareas de sombra y de luz
Waves of shadow and light,
Subiendo por tu cuerpo
Rising over your body,
En el centro de un contraluz
In the center of a backlight,
Oculto, a tus espaldas,
Hidden behind your back,
El sol levantaba un altar
The sun was raising an altar,
La luna en tu pupila
The moon in your pupil,
Era una perla flotando en el mar
Was a pearl floating in the sea,
Y desperté
And I woke up,
Del sueño o maravilla,
From a dream or a wonder,
No lo sé
I don't know,
Y me volví,
And I turned around,
Dormías dulcemente
You were sleeping sweetly,
Junto a mí
Next to me,
"Despierta, amor"
"Wake up, love"
Te dije y todo ardía
I said to you and everything was on fire,
Alrededor.
Around us.
Volvieron los prodigios,
The wonders returned,
Pero ahora eran pura verdad
But now they were pure truth,
Tu cuerpo era la tierra
Your body was the earth,
Y yo, el centro de gravedad
And I, the center of gravity,
El tiempo se detuvo
Time stood still,
Creando un instante inmortal
Creating an immortal moment,
Tu cuerpo era el principio
Your body was the beginning,
Y el mío, su punto final
And mine, its final point,
Y me dormí,
And I fell asleep,
Vencido por el sueño
Defeated by sleep,
Junto a ti
Next to you,
Luego soñé,
Then I dreamed,
Soñé que despertaba
I dreamed that I woke up,
Y te busqué
And I looked for you,
Te fuiste, amor
You left, love,
Y sólo hubo ceniza
And there was only ashes,
Alrededor.
Around us.
Y ya no vi prodigios
And I no longer saw wonders,
Ni luces, ni sombras, ni mar
Nor lights, nor shadows, nor sea,
Tu cuerpo era un vacío
Your body was an emptiness,
Y su centro, el frío polar
And its center, the polar cold,
El sol de medianoche
The midnight sun,
Cayó en un eclipse total
Fell into a total eclipse,
La luna dibujaba una guadaña
The moon drew a sickle,
De juicio final..
Of final judgment.
Y desperté
And I woke up,
Del sueño o pesadilla,
From a dream or a nightmare,
No lo sé
I don't know,
Te descubrí
I discovered you,
Velando mis terrores
Watching over my fears,
Junto a mí
Next to me,
Volviste, amor
You came back, my love,
Y ardía el Universo
And the universe was on fire,
Alrededor
Around us.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: LUIS EDUARDO AUTE GUTIERREZ
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