Derrumbe Lyrics English Translation by Jorge Drexler
You barely drew a card
But it was the one holding the castle
Our love gave way at the seams
And the soldering on the rings came undone
We were left out in the open
With no “maybe” to shelter us
Not a single spring remained
That hadn’t suddenly turned sour
The cards fell, time bled away
And every structure of every poem
Crumbled
The house was fragile, the roof caving in
And you and I embraced, salvaging what we could
In the midst of collapse
The table falls, the chairs tumble
The bed crashes into splinters
The paintings, the vases all fall
The shoes, the dishes, the coat racks
Photos, remote controls, notebooks
Winter clothes, the children, the kisses, the betrayals
Toothbrushes, unfinished plans
You barely drew a card
But it was the one holding the castle