Veneno
Velázquez Lyrics

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Quiero tomarme el veneno
Que de tus labios bebí.

Quiero tomármelo a besos
Lentamente y morir.

Porque ahora tengo una herida
Una herida de amor.

Por dentro llevo una espina
Clavada en el corazón.

Dame veneno del bueno
Dame veneno mi amor.

Matame con otro beso
Hiereme con una flor.

Matame con otros besos
Aliviame de este dolor.

Desde la noche que te bese
Y las estrellas te di.

Aquella noche te vi partir
Nunca más fui feliz.

Dame veneno del bueno
Dame veneno mi amor.

Matame con otro beso
Hiereme con una flor.

Matame con otros besos
Aliviame de este dolor.

Overall Meaning

The song "Veneno" by Velázquez talks about the pain of a person who is in love and desires to forget the pain caused by their loved one. The singer expresses that they want to take the poison of their beloved's lips in order to die slowly by kissing them. The reason behind their desire for death is the wound caused by the love that they feel. The lyrics show the love as a poison that once consumed cannot be healed easily. The singer is grappling with the pain and is asking for more poison to end their life. They even suggest that they can be killed by another kiss, but they want it to be a good one.

The lyrics also depict the love wound as a thorn that is stuck in the singer's heart. They are deeply hurt and want to escape the pain by ending their life. They feel that their happiness has been taken away since the night their beloved left them, and they have never been happy again. The chorus of the song repeats the desire for poison as a way of escape from the pain, and ends with the plea for the poison to be given to them with love.

Overall, the song is a melancholic expression of a person in love who is in pain and feels that death is the only way to escape from the suffering. The lyrics also suggest that the pain of love can be as lethal as poison, and can take away the joys of life.

Line by Line Meaning

Quiero tomarme el veneno Que de tus labios bebí.
I want to drink the poison that I got from your lips.

Quiero tomármelo a besos Lentamente y morir.
I want to drink it slowly like a kiss and die.

Porque ahora tengo una herida Una herida de amor.
Because now I have a wound, a wound of love.

Por dentro llevo una espina Clavada en el corazón.
Deep inside, there's a thorn stuck in my heart.

Dame veneno del bueno Dame veneno mi amor.
Give me good poison, give it to me, my love.

Matame con otro beso Hiereme con una flor.
Kill me with another kiss, hurt me with a flower.

Matame con otros besos Aliviame de este dolor.
Kill me with more kisses, relieve me from this pain.

Desde la noche que te bese Y las estrellas te di.
Since the night I kissed you and gave you the stars.

Aquella noche te vi partir Nunca más fui feliz.
That night I saw you leave and I've never been happy since.

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