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Song

Donde Rompen las Olas

Gemma Isasi & Phoenix Vega

Duration
5 min 22 sec
Genre
PopAdult Contemporary
Language
Spanish
Album
Included in the release "Donde Rompen Las Olas"

Song notes

The hardest part of this song was the sea. It's a worn-out image and it can easily sound like a cliché. I didn't want to imitate waves with the music. I'd rather the song moved a bit like water does, rising, breaking and pulling back, without putting the sound of the sea all over everything.

Gemma's lyric feels very honest to me. It doesn't pretend the love is real: she knows it's a dream and still decides to have it for a while. My job was for the music to keep her company in that, without reminding her all the time that it was only a dream.

The ending stays with silence and the sound of the sea, without settling anything in words. I didn't want a final chord that explained it all, because this song is about letting go. It's the second time I've worked with Gemma and I'm learning something: once the lyric has said it, the best thing I can do is keep quiet.

What you hear at the end, once the music is over, is real waves: an actual recording of waves breaking against the rocks. I did that on purpose. The song is about the sea from start to finish, and that was the ending that made the most sense: a few seconds of just the sea and nothing else. It felt better than fading the volume down slowly like so many songs do.

Lyrics

Nadie a mi lado, pero sé que estás Cierro los ojos, te puedo inventar Un amor que nace entre rocas y mar Un amor que sabe y puede esperar En mi sueño, tus manos me alcanzan, sigo tu voz Y ya no hay distancia Ahora te veo, te puedo amar Aunque solo sea un sueño sin verdad Mi mente construye con nubes un pedestal Y juntos vivimos felices en libertad Nadie a mi lado, pero sé que estás Cierro mis ojos, susurro al mar Me llevan las olas, me inundo de sal Se ahogan las penas, me atrapa el mar En mi sueño, tus manos me alcanzan, sigo tu voz Y ya no hay distancia Ahora te veo, te puedo amar Aunque solo sea un sueño sin verdad Mi mente construye con nubes un pedestal Y juntos vivimos felices en libertad Cierro mis ojos, me dejo llevar Ahora soy libre, ya puedo olvidar Donde rompen las olas, donde suena el mar Dejándome ir sin mirar atrás Ahora te veo, te puedo amar Aunque solo sea un sueño sin verdad Mi mente construye con nubes un pedestal Y juntos vivimos felices en libertad Y cierro mis ojos, me dejo llevar El viento me abraza, la arena es mi hogar No hay más preguntas, no hay más palabras Solo el silencio y el sonido del mar

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