Ven Lyrics in English by Pablo López
Quimera is a fascinating word that can mean 'chimera', 'illusion', or 'fantasy'. It refers to something that is a product of an unchecked imagination, often an impossible or foolish fancy.
In the song, Pablo López uses it to describe a 'quimera de las madrugadas' (chimera of the early mornings). This suggests a dream or an intense longing that arises in the quiet, reflective hours before dawn, highlighting a deep, perhaps unattainable, desire.
“Ven” is Pablo López singing to someone he can't stop waiting for. The song opens on a sleepless night: “Están calladas, están calladas, sí” [“They're quiet, they're quiet, yeah”], the voices that used to whisper to him now gone silent, and he can't shake the bitter taste in his mouth or the light keeping him awake.
Every chorus repeats the same offer, tender and a little reckless at once: “Si vienes hoy te dejaré” [“If you come today I will leave you”] the door open, no questions asked, no matter how long she's been gone. He knows exactly what it costs him: “Y rompemos a mordernos” [“And we break to bite each other”], love here isn't gentle, it's losing your head together and getting hurt in the process, and he wants it anyway. By the end he's still awake, still asking, admitting that pretending none of this matters isn't living at all.
