Herida Abierta Lyrics in English Ivan Cornejo

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Verse 1

Life was what you took from me

And you also left me an open wound

Your eyes told me the lies that you couldn't say

I wanted to give you the sky and I ended up on the ground

That I didn't give you everything, everyone told me

Your beautiful words that convinced me

I never saw what everyone saw

I want you to feel also what I felt, but more

It's not fair that I'm suffering and you're normal

And you even look happy like nothing has happened

I don't think you realized that you almost killed someone

In you I saw the best that I could see

And I was the best that I could be

Your friends have already told you

You shouldn't have lost me

Chorus 1

I miss you and it's so obvious

I wish I could be stronger

And I try to hold back the crying

But this kills me slowly

Or: But this is slowly killing me

That you didn't feel my 'I love you's

And I was saying them from the bottom

... from the bottom of my heart

I want to do everything

But it's my turn here to learn to be alone

Verse 2

I want you to feel also what I felt, but more

It's not fair that I'm suffering and you're normal

And you even look happy like nothing has happened

I don't think you realized that you almost killed someone

Chorus 2

I miss you and it's so obvious

I wish I could be stronger

And I try to hold back the crying

But this kills me slowly

That you didn't feel my 'I love you's

And I was saying them from the bottom

... from the bottom of my heart

I want to do everything

But it's my turn here to learn to be alone

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SONG MEANING

“Herida Abierta” (Open Wound) is a raw, guitar-driven confession of heartbreak where Iván Cornejo lays every feeling on the table. The singer looks back on a love that promised the sky but left him on the ground, bleeding with an emotional wound that refuses to close. He realizes he was blinded by sweet words and eyes full of unspoken lies, while friends warned him not to give everything. Now he watches his ex move on happily, unaware she nearly “killed” him inside.

The song captures three powerful ideas: 1) the unfairness of suffering alone while the other person seems perfectly fine, 2) the painful wish for the ex to feel the same sting, and 3) the tough lesson of learning to be alone after giving your whole heart away. Cornejo’s voice moves between quiet sadness and simmering anger, turning each line into a plea, a regret, and a declaration of self-worth all at once. Listening to this track feels like reading someone’s diary just moments after a breakup, full of honest Spanish phrases you can borrow whenever love hurts a little too much.

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