Carencias means "lacks" or "shortages," and cordura means "sanity." The full phrase carencias de cordura is a beautifully poetic way of saying someone has a touch of lovable craziness or unconventional thinking.
In the song, MILO J uses this phrase not as a criticism, but as a term of endearment. He sings that he loves his partner because of her "lacks of sanity," celebrating her unique quirks and imperfections as the very things that make her so endearing and perfect for him.
“Carencias de Cordura” is a sweetly delirious love confession where Argentine pop sensation Milo J and the velvet-voiced Yami Safdie admit that affection can feel both heavenly and a little unhinged. From the first sight of a hypnotic walk to seeing a lover’s face reflected in the moon, the song paints love as something so dazzling that it warps reality. The narrator is breathless, convinced they are not “a la altura,” yet they are equally certain that every little flaw in the other person is precisely what makes them adorable.
Wrapped in airy synths and gentle rhythms, the lyrics swing between starry-eyed admiration and the playful panic of “meeting the devil” the night everything changed. In the end, carencias de cordura—those missing bits of sanity—become proof that love does not need perfection. It only needs two hearts willing to laugh, dance, and keep choosing each other under a moonlit sky.