Luciérnagas (part. Silvio Rodríguez)

I lit one up to the sky to see if maybe you’d look this way
I know your dawn has died and its reason to glow orange
'Cause we always want to go back to where we were once happy
And we forget that living is being now, is being here

I watch the fireflies that used to shine deep in your heart
I see how they dance in a rosary, used to hearing your voice
If I look at your face, I’m born again, life will pass and you won’t return
I don’t see your face in the coffin, I see a being of light disappear

I’m leaving
Disappearing
Always (tara-rara, lai-lai-lai)
I’m leaving (lai-lai-lai)
Disappearing (lai-lai-lai)
Always

I feel like a paper child living in fear of forgetting
When you used to blush those cheeks with feelings made of glass
At night, I explode and think about ending it all and going back to me
Today life cries because it lost another beautiful flower from its garden

I watch the fireflies that used to shine deep in your heart
I see how they dance in a rosary, used to hearing your voice
If I look at your face, I’m born again, life will pass and you won’t return
I don’t see your face in the coffin, I see a being of light

They say humans value time when it’s gone
But I swear I enjoyed every little second we had together
In your presence
That broken but faithful essence that your absence left
That crazy science of solving

I see you, I dream of you, and I miss you (I’m leaving)
I see you, I dream of you, and I miss you
I see you, I dream of you, and I miss you
(Always) I see you, I dream of you, and I miss you

I see you, I dream of you, and I miss you (I’m leaving)
I see you, I dream of you, and I miss you
I see you, I dream of you, and I miss you
(Always) I see you, I dream of you, and I miss you

I see you, I dream of you, I miss you
I see you, I dream of you, I miss you (tara-rara, lai-lai-lai)
I see you, I dream of you, I miss you (lai-lai-lai)
I see you, I dream of you, I miss you (lai)