MCMLXXX Lyrics in English José Madero

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song MCMLXXX by José Madero from Spanish to English.
Verse 1
You made me say goodbye to my home
Just because you fear loneliness
I don't understand why
I can't stop seeing your face in everyone else
Verse 1
I want to express something, I have a chance
My time is brief, it's about to close
The chance is dying
And then I realize that there was time to spare
Verse 1
Why can't I park inside you?
I know, you stole my soul
You leave me worthless
Chorus 1
I have the feeling that I'm not to the author's liking
The one that has written your smile
I have the feeling that today I've got nothing in my favor
The singer died
Chorus 1
The one that tunes my engine
Verse 2
Stop singing those love songs
They do no good, they don't make you better
Come, I invite you to travel
MCMLXXX, year of darkness
Verse 2
Let's see if there I can park inside you
How's it possible to love if you stole my heart?
Chorus 2
I have the feeling that I'm not to the Creator's liking
The one that designed your life
I have the feeling that today black will be our color
The doctor with the cure to my affliction died
Chorus 3
I have the feeling that I'm not to the author's liking
The one that has written your smile
I have the feeling that today I've got nothing in my favor
The singer died, the one that tunes my engine
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SONG MEANING

MCMLXXX (1980) plunges us into a bittersweet time-travel where heartbreak, regret, and self-doubt rule the soundtrack. Our narrator has walked out on his own home just to keep a partner from feeling lonely, yet he is the one who ends up empty-handed. Everywhere he looks he still sees her face, and each ticking second reminds him that chances slip away faster than he can speak. By inviting her on a trip to the “year of darkness”, he hopes to finally park himself inside her heart and make sense of a love stuck in the wrong decade.

As the song unfolds, José Madero paints a dramatic battle between human desire and cosmic design. The singer believes the very “author” who wrote her smile and the “creator” who planned their lives must disapprove of him; even the doctor with the cure and the cantor who once tuned his motor have metaphorically died. Black becomes their shared color, love songs lose their magic, and hope feels as dated as the Roman numerals in the title. Beneath the gothic imagery there is a relatable plea: the fear of being replaceable, of wasting time, and of longing for a love that might never park itself for good.

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