Volar Lyrics in English by Macaco
Puntillas literally translates to "tiptoes". It's a charming and somewhat whimsical word that evokes a sense of delicacy and stealth.
In the song, Macaco sings, "Será mi voz que camina de puntillas" (It will be my voice that walks on tiptoes). This beautiful imagery suggests a voice that is hesitant, soft, or perhaps trying not to disturb, adding a layer of vulnerability and introspection to the lyrics that makes it memorable.
"Volar" is Macaco's ode to love as flight — the idea that another person can lift you clean out of gravity. The singer opens by asking his "niña" (girl) to be his home and his mirror, then admits his own steps sometimes stumble and his reflection sometimes hides. From there the song leans into surrender: he calls himself "el esclavo de tu sombra" (the slave of your shadow) and "la orilla de tu boca" (the shore of your mouth), someone who spies on her from behind the curtain, at once devoted and a little helpless.
The chorus is the whole argument in one image — "Volar, volar, subir, bajar, contigo sin alas, volar" (to fly, to fly, go up, go down, with you, without wings, to fly). He doesn't need wings because she is the lift. The bridge turns that romantic surrender into something steadier: "Tan solo yo me puedo salvar, tan solo yo me puedo curar" (only I can save myself, only I can heal myself) — a reminder that the flying is shared, but the landing is still his own responsibility. Seasons and plans are allowed to change, he says, as long as the goal of flying together never does.
