Anhelamos comes from the verb anhelar, meaning 'to long for' or 'to yearn for'. It's a more intense and poetic way to express desire than simply 'querer' (to want).
In "Piel Con Piel," the song opens with "Anhelamos queremos deseamos una mirada," immediately setting a tone of deep longing and intense desire for connection. This word beautifully captures the profound yearning for intimacy and closeness that is central to the song's theme.
Have you ever felt that intense, undeniable pull towards someone, where all you can think about is being close to them? That's exactly what José Felipe Mejía explores in "Piel Con Piel" [Skin with Skin]. It's all about those powerful desires: "anhelamos queremos deseamos una mirada, una sonrisa un beso deseamos estar piel con piel" [we long for, we want, we desire a glance, a smile, a kiss, we desire to be skin with skin].
He sings about how this feeling just crept up on him, losing himself in someone's laugh without even realizing it. The song builds with this growing anticipation, expressing a longing to "morderte los labios, Quiero besarte la piel quiero perderme en tu cuerpo" [I want to bite your lips, I want to kiss your skin, I want to lose myself in your body]. It's a really passionate and direct song about wanting to be completely consumed by another person, even hoping for rain on a night they're together, and then waking up to do it all over again. He's pretty sure, "seguro esta noche repetimos otra vez" [surely tonight we'll repeat it again]!