More songs by Ricky Martin
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Description
Life here is split in half - like an unfinished toast or an unsigned letter. Every line breathes with unspoken words, as if someone pulled the plug in the middle of a favourite tune. The heart beats, but in half-tones, breathing as if through one lung. And yet, memory slips in warmth: a touch, a rhythm, breathing in time. This song is about that strange existence ‘halfway,’ when you seem to be living, but you're still waiting, as if you've put off the most important things for later.
Lyrics and translation
Original
Después de tanto tiempo que ha pasado te parecerá mentira, pero no me acostumbro.
Parece como hubiera sido ayer ese primer día que nos vimos desnudos.
Siempre pensé, la vida debe de continuar, pero sin ti todo se quedó por la mitad.
A medio vivir, a medio sentir.
Y se me pasa la vida y no encuentro salida sin ti.
Después de tanto tiempo que ha pasado, aún te espero como siempre, en el mismo sitio.
Aun así logro sentir tu pecho presionando en el mío y tus latidos.
Y cada vez se me hace más difícil, cada vez.
Y es que sin ti todo se quedó por la mitad.
A medio vivir, a medio sentir.
Y se me pasa la vida y no encuentro salida sin ti.
Llevamos mucho tiempo hablando y no te seguiré aburriendo más con mi discurso.
Solo te llamaba por saber si por si acaso tú también necesitabas.
No está de más hablar de vez en cuando, no está de más.
Y es que sin ti respiro con un solo pulmón.
Y es que sin ti todo se quedó por la mitad.
A medio vivir, a medio, a medio vivir. Mmm.
English translation
After so much time has passed, it may seem like a lie to you, but I'm not used to it.
It seems like it would have been yesterday that first day we saw each other naked.
I always thought, life must continue, but without you everything stayed in half.
Half living, half feeling.
And life passes me by and I can't find a way out without you.
After so much time has passed, I'm still waiting for you as always, in the same place.
Even so I can feel your chest pressing on mine and your heartbeat.
And it's getting harder and harder for me, every time.
And without you everything was left in half.
Half living, half feeling.
And life passes me by and I can't find a way out without you.
We have been talking for a long time and I will not continue to bore you with my speech any longer.
I was just calling you to see if you needed it too.
It doesn't hurt to talk from time to time, it doesn't hurt.
And without you I breathe with one lung.
And without you everything was left in half.
Half-living, half-living, half-living. Hmm.