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Quitándole al tiempo los segundos…

Antología by Shakira

Para amarte necesito una razon
y es dificil creer que no exista
una mas que este amor
sobra tanto dentro de este corazon
que a pesar de que dicen
que los años son sabios
todavia se siente el dolor
porque todo el tiempo que pasé junto a ti
dejo tejido su hilo dentro de mi
y aprendi a quitarle al tiempo los segundos
tu me hiciste ver el cielo aun mas profundo
junto a ti creo que aumenté mas de tres kilos
con tus tantos dulces besos repartidos
desarrollaste mi sentido del olfato
y fué por ti que aprendi a querer los gatos
despegaste del cemento mis zapatos
para escapar los dos volando un rato
Pero olvidaste una final instrucción
porque aun no sé como vivir sin tu amor
y descubri lo que significa una rosa
me ensenaste a decir mentiras piadosas
para poder verte a horas adecuadas
y a reemplazar palabras por miradas
y fué por ti que escribi mas de cien canciones
y hasta perdoné tus equivocaciones
y conoci mas de mil formas de besar
y fué por ti que descubri lo que es amar
lo que es amar

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I know many hate her today because of her very commercial songs like "Whenever Whatever" (and I mean that literally), but when Shakira started out her musical career, she wrote beautiful lyrics like these. And I'll defend her artistic potential and her husky voice always, even if signing a contract with Emilio Estevez was the worse thing she could've done; even if it got her loads of money. Who cares? We've lost a great artist.

Anyways, what I really wanted to say was that this song is truly amazing, really very deep felt. Love can teach you so many subtle things, selfless, even if it is not reciprocated. And you carry your melancholy with it, along with the memories, because love leaves threads ('hilo'), deep incrustated inside the heart. And you forget how to live without it for all the things that it taught you to appreciate in the past. I wonder how many things I have learned over the years…how many have made me what I am today. How many different ways of kissing have a learned? Over a thousand…? I hope so….

: 27 May 2005 02:09 |  Tags: Ratings And Things |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem