LA CANCIÓN Lyrics in English by J Balvin, Bad Bunny

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Intro 1

I thought I had forgotten you

But they played the song

That we sang when we were really drunk

That we danced when we were very drunk

We both kissed while really drunk

Intro 2

I thought I had forgotten you

But they played the song

That we sang when we were really drunk

That we danced when we were very drunk

We both kissed while really drunk

I thought I had forgotten you

Verse 1

Just when I thought

That by hooking up with two or ten, I'd forget you

I caught my breath and veered off course

And like an idiot, I didn't know what I was doing

I never got over it, I never got over you

I even learned all the ballads in English

I took a breath and counted to three

You're Kanye West's Dark Fantasy, baby

A while back, being cheap cost me dearly

I just tweet, firing off stray bullets

How could I forget our lust in the car?

So I had to drive alone

Chorus 1

I thought I had forgotten you

But they played the song

That we sang when we were really drunk

That we danced when we were very drunk

We both kissed while really drunk

I thought I had forgotten you

But they played the song

That we sang when we were really drunk

That we danced when we were very drunk

We both kissed while really drunk

Verse 2

And it's been a while since you were in my thoughts

But I already had a couple of beers

And I remembered the way you kiss me

All those times we fucked on the table

And in the car, the beach, and the motel

In your dad's house, when I was going to see you

The times your mom ended up catching us

You bouncing, soaking wet, sweating Chanel

I know that our relationship is a thing of the past

And it makes me happy that you're doing well with him

I was neither missing you nor wanting to see you

But they played the song that you liked to play

And I remembered you

When you made me happy

It was over, so I left

I laugh at myself because

Chorus 2

I thought I had forgotten you

But they played the song

That we sang when we were really drunk

That we danced when we were very drunk

We both kissed while really drunk

Outro 1

And I thought your name was dead to me

But I day-dreamed about you

Or: But I daydreamed about you

Today I hit the streets, carefree

No feelings, my heart's a desert

Outro 2

And I thought your name was dead to me

But I day-dreamed about you

Today I hit the streets, carefree

No feelings, my heart's a desert

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Alejandro Ramirez Suarez, Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio, Jose Alvaro Osorio Balvin, Jose Nicael Arroyo, Gilbert Rodriguez Marte

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despierto — awake

Despierto literally translates to "awake". It's a common word, but its usage in this song is what makes it special and poetic.

In the lyrics, J Balvin sings, "Pero te soñé despierto" (But I dreamed of you while awake). This beautiful contradiction is a Spanish way of saying you're daydreaming or thinking about someone so intensely that it feels like a vivid dream. It perfectly captures the song's theme of being haunted by the memory of a past love.

Have you ever felt completely over your ex until the DJ plays that one specific track? That is the entire vibe of LA CANCIÓN by Colombian star J Balvin and Puerto Rico's Bad Bunny. The narrator heads out for a night of drinking, feeling completely detached with an empty heart, boasting that he even learned English power ballads to move past the breakup: "Hasta me aprendí todas las baladas en inglés" (I even learned all the ballads in English). Bad Bunny brings in sharp pop-culture references too, joking that she was his "fantasía oscura de Kanye West" (Kanye West's dark fantasy, nodding to the famous album) and admitting that casual flings did nothing to erase her memory.

Then the mood shifts entirely when the beat drops and they hear the melody: "Pensaba que te había olvidado / Pero pusieron la canción" (I thought I had forgotten you / But they played the song). Suddenly, every messy, passionate memory comes rushing back, from kissing while totally drunk ("bien borrachos") to sneaking around her parents' house ("casa de tu pa'i", short for papá). J Balvin is happy she is doing well with someone new, but hearing that old favorite tune makes him laugh at himself because, deep down, he never actually moved on.

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