Release
Madre
- Release date
- 04/05/2025
- Type
- Single
- Duration
- 4 min 21 sec
- Genre
- PopAdult Contemporary
- Language
- Spanish
About this release
Writing a song about your mother is harder than it looks. The ground is full of clichés and it's easy to end up saying what every Mother's Day card says. I wanted the opposite: to get down to the small details, the things only she does.
That's why the lyrics go to gestures instead of speeches. Hands that set the morning straight, a laugh that fixes a crooked day, calm that teaches without lecturing. There's gratitude, and above all the idea that a good part of who I am is on loan from her. You don't pay that back. You carry it with you.
It isn't a farewell song. I wrote it in the present, to say things while they can still be said face to face. If there's any melancholy, it's realising that the person who once held you together now says, playing it down, that she forgets things. And quietly promising yourself that you'll remember for the both of you.
That's why the lyrics go to gestures instead of speeches. Hands that set the morning straight, a laugh that fixes a crooked day, calm that teaches without lecturing. There's gratitude, and above all the idea that a good part of who I am is on loan from her. You don't pay that back. You carry it with you.
It isn't a farewell song. I wrote it in the present, to say things while they can still be said face to face. If there's any melancholy, it's realising that the person who once held you together now says, playing it down, that she forgets things. And quietly promising yourself that you'll remember for the both of you.
Song notes
With this one I had to fight myself not to get too sweet. Mother songs drag a lot of sugar with them, and the risk was making one more postcard. I made myself stay in the domestic, in what you see up close: jars, threads, silences.
One line holds the whole song. She plays herself down saying she forgets things, and I answer that I'll remember anyway. Deep down that's what it's about: the point where the roles slowly start to turn, and it's your turn to do some of the holding.
The production is minimal and the voice sits up front, a little exposed rather than perfect. It felt more honest for it to sound the way you actually sing these things: with a small knot somewhere.
One line holds the whole song. She plays herself down saying she forgets things, and I answer that I'll remember anyway. Deep down that's what it's about: the point where the roles slowly start to turn, and it's your turn to do some of the holding.
The production is minimal and the voice sits up front, a little exposed rather than perfect. It felt more honest for it to sound the way you actually sing these things: with a small knot somewhere.
Lyrics
Entra tu risa y perfuma la estancia
Luz que levanta mi ánimo vital
Tus manos esculpen mañanas brillantes
Cada gesto pronuncia tu amor
Cuando el ruido del mundo intenta silenciarme
Tu nombre refuerza mi valor
Madre, gracias por prestarme la sangre
Por lanzarme al sueño de existir
Sea cual sea el mapa que el tiempo me trace
Tú quedas escrita en mi porvenir
Guardas mi risa en frascos de cristal
Para poder romperlos y que vuelva a recordar
Tejes coraje con hilo de calma
En tus silencios aprendo a volar
Hoy llevo tu risa cosida a mi piel
Y un "todo es posible" ardiendo en mi voz
Madre, gracias por prestarme la sangre
Por lanzarme al sueño de existir
Sea cual sea el mapa que el tiempo me trace
Tú quedas escrita en mi porvenir
Bordas el viento con hilos de memorias
Dejas vibrar el eco de risas compartidas
Una nota ausente añora su timbre
Y tu voz la trae de vuelta en melodía
Y si el futuro reclama mis pasos
Tu risa será mi orientación
Aunque digas que olvidas las cosas
Yo nunca te dejaré de recordar
Si me pierdo entre ruidos de hierro y de prisa
Invocaré tu calma y volveré a soñar
Cuando el silencio reclame mi senda
Tu eco despierta mi canción
Madre, gracias por prestarme la sangre
Por lanzarme al sueño de existir
Sea cual sea el mapa que el tiempo me trace
Tú quedas escrita en mi porvenir
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Track list
Credits
- Main artist:
- Phoenix Vega
- Composed by:
- Franccisco Javier Paños Madrona
- Lyrics by:
- Franccisco Javier Paños Madrona
- Produced by:
- Franccisco Javier Paños Madrona
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