La Tirita Lyrics in English by Belén Aguilera, Lola Indigo

Tirita literally translates to "band-aid" or "plaster". It's an interesting word choice because it's a common, everyday item, but its use in the song is deeply metaphorical.

The artist uses "tirita" to represent something that can heal emotional wounds and vulnerabilities. She sings about looking for a "tirita que cura bien todo lo que debilita" (a band-aid that properly heals everything that weakens me), making it a relatable symbol for comfort and recovery from heartbreak.

"La Tirita" turns a plaster over a cut into the one thing she stops asking for. It opens with her hunting one — "Iba buscando una tirita / Que cura bien todo lo que debilita" ("I was looking for a band-aid that heals everything that weakens") — and the rest of the song is her working out that the person holding it out is the reason she needs it. The refusals get concrete: "Echo el candao' y tiro la llave" ("I put the padlock on and throw the key"), "Pon la mano aquí, ya no late por ti" ("Put your hand here, it doesn't beat for you anymore"). By the chorus the plaster is beside the point — "Yo ya no quiero la tirita / Igual no soy yo quien la necesita" ("I don't want the band-aid anymore; maybe I'm not the one who needs it").

Belén Aguilera and Lola Indigo split the song between two tempers. Aguilera's verses stay in small domestic detail — a button unfastened, potholes in the road, "No pasa nada, yo me voy del coche" ("It's fine, I'm getting out of the car"). Lola Indigo's verse is blunter, and slips in a nod to Nelly and Kelly Rowland's 2002 hit: "No soy Nelly, pero tú eres el Dilemma" ("I'm not Nelly, but you're the Dilemma"). Both keep landing on the same three words, "Me voy solita" ("I'm leaving on my own"), which the song treats as a decision rather than a loss.