At the age of 14, after two years living in Mexico City, Mimi returned to Puerto Rico for good. In 1987, she started jamming with local bands, untill her brother Niguel influenced her into Metal Music; and they formed a band. They played a couple of years together with Rencor, one of the first “in-Spanish” rock bands from Puerto Rico.
Mimi studied Fine Arts in The Arts School in Old San Juan. When she was 20 years old, she met the island ska scene and got hooked on Jamaican reggae-rocksteady beat style. In 1991, she entered an all-girl band, Alarma!, a heavy music band. They travelled to New York, and played in Sob's and in Los Angeles for the La Banda Elastica Festival with Maldita Vecindad. They were also opening act for many bands that came to the island, such as Dos Minutos, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, and Fito Paez.
But things were about to change... she met an Argentinian musician from Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, saxophone player Sergio Rotman. After a coupe of years of friendship, the relation grew, they fell in love, and started to travel together anywhere! Sergio invited Mimi to form a band with him, so she decided to go South, to Buenos Aires. In Argentina, Mimi was invited to sing with Cienfuegos (Sergio's punk rock project), she sang in the Caravelas y Diablitos by Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, met the "porteña" scene, recorded with Attaque 77, Los Piojos, Kapanga, and sang with many other friends.
In 1998, she became mother to a son named Leroy. Sergio and Mimi formed a band with friends that had the same love for Jamaican music & Latin rhythms. They've performed in many Buenos Aires clubs, cafe's & theaters, for example, Ciclo Molotov in the Centro Cultural Ricardo Rojas, along with Riddim, in Luz y Fuerza Theater with Cienfuegos, in Cemento with Lumumba, openings for Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Fun People, Divididos...
Mimi won a Gardel Award in 2002 as Best Female Rock Singer. She also toured Spain, Germany, México, and Argentina. In 2007 Mimi Maura recorded her 6th album Mirando caer la lluvia , she toured in Argentina and made her first DVD Dulces Sueños recorded live in ND Ateneo Theater. 2008-2009 she toured with Los fabulosos Cadillacs singing Vasos Vacios. In 2010 Mimi Maura recorded her 7th album Dias de Sol in Argentina and Puerto Rico, mixed it in Jamaica with Steven Stanley.
Mimi Maura is an independient artist, her label name is Canary Records.
Dejarte Atrás
Mimi Maura Lyrics
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las hojas y el amor
la calma cuando llega
arrima mas dolor
Mejor dejarte atrás
dejarte libre al fin
fumar y no pensar ,
prefiero mentir que sentir
Te veo en cada ruido
te escucho en toda luz
el humo me confunde
puedo hasta oler tu voz
Mejor dejarte atrás
dejarte libre al fin
fumar y no pensar , y después
prefiero mentir que sentir
Pero no, o no,
nada me importa si no estas
aquí,
nada me importa mas que...
In Mimi Maura's song "Dejarte Atrás," she sings about the pain of letting go of someone she loved. The wind blowing and taking away leaves and love represents how time passes and carries away emotions. When calmness arrives, the pain intensifies more, and it hurts more to be in that situation. Hence, Mimi sings that it is better to leave the past behind, to let go of the person who caused the pain and ache in her heart. She would prefer to lie to herself than feeling the unbearable pain of the separation from her loved one.
The song speaks about the difficulty one feels when trying to move on from a heartbreak. The lyrics describe how everything reminds Mimi of her ex-partner, even the noise and light. The smoke confuses her, and she can even smell his voice. It is always hard to forget someone you have shared so many moments with and letting them go becomes an arduous task. Mimi wants to leave behind her pain and sadness by smoking and not thinking it. She understands the power of her thoughts, and she'd prefer to lie to herself than the feeling of being hurt.
Overall, "Dejarte Atrás" is a song about heartbreak, pain, and letting go. The lyrics describe how difficult it is to forget the person you love, but Maura understands that it is better to move on than hold on to the past.
Line by Line Meaning
El viento sopla y lleva
The wind blows and carries away
las hojas y el amor
the leaves and love
la calma cuando llega
when calmness arrives
arrima mas dolor
it brings more pain.
Mejor dejarte atrás
Better to leave you behind
dejarte libre al fin
set you free in the end
fumar y no pensar ,
smoke and not think,
y después
and then
prefiero mentir que sentir
I prefer to lie than to feel.
Te veo en cada ruido
I see you in every noise
te escucho en toda luz
I hear you in every light
el humo me confunde
the smoke confuses me
puedo hasta oler tu voz
I can even smell your voice
Pero no, o no,
But no, or no,
nada me importa si no estas
nothing matters to me if you're not here
aquí,
here,
nada me importa mas que...
nothing matters more to me than...
Contributed by Josiah V. Suggest a correction in the comments below.