Cae El Sol / Planta Lyrics in English Soda Stereo

Cae El Sol / Planta feels like wandering through a dream that refuses to end. Gustavo Cerati paints the cycle of night and day as an endless loop of yearning: when the sun goes down he is still lost in dreams of a past love, and when the sun rises he wakes only to find that love missing. The streets he roams are empty, echoing the “extraño destino” and “oscura verdad” that haunt him. Every return to the same place brings the same result: the sun sets, memories echo, and the search begins all over again.

In the second half, the imagery turns almost mystical. Cerati’s “voz vegetal” and the need to “tener amarrados los pies” hint at a desire to root himself, to find stability amid drifting emotions. Yet in the air he feels “nada más que menos / de lo que podría ser,” caught between potential and limitation. The song captures that bittersweet tension of wanting to break free but being magnetically pulled back by memories and unanswered questions. Its hypnotic lyrics invite us to sway between hope and melancholy, just like the rising and setting sun that frames the story.