Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
Los caminos de la vida
No son como yo pensaba
Como los imaginaba
No son como yo creía
Los caminos de la vida
Son muy difícil de andarlos
Difícil de caminarlos
Yo no encuentro la salida
Yo pensaba que la vida era distinta
Cuando estaba pequeñito yo creía
Que las cosas eran fácil como ayer
Que mi viejecita buena se esmeraba
Por darme todo lo que necesitaba
Y hoy me doy cuenta que tanto así no es
Porque mi viejita ya está cansada
De trabajar pa' mi hermano y pa' mí
Y ahora con gusto me toca ayudarla
Y por mi vieja luchare hasta el fin
Por ella lucharé hasta que me muera
Y por ella no me quiero morir
Tampoco que se me muera mi vieja
Pero qué va si el destino es así
Los caminos de la vida
No son como yo pensaba
No son como imaginaba
No son como yo creía
Los caminos de la vida
Son muy difícil de andarlos
Difícil de caminarlos
Y no encuentro la salida
Uno sabe que la vida
De repente ha de acabarse
Y uno espera que sea tarde
Que llegue la despedida
Un amigo me decía
Recompensaré a mis viejos
Por la crianza que me dieron
Y no le alcanzó la vida
Por eso te pido a ti, mi dios del cielo
Para que me guíes al camino correcto
Para mi viejita linda compensar
Para que olvide ese mar de sufrimientos
Y que de ella se aparte todo el tormento
Que para criarnos tuvo que pasar
Viejita linda tienes que entenderme
No te preocupes todo va a cambiar
Yo sufro mucho madrecita al verte
Necesitada y no te puedo dar
A veces lloro al sentirme impotente
Son tantas cosas que te quiero dar
Y voy a luchar incansablemente
Porque tú no mereces sufrir más
Los caminos de la vida
No son como yo pensaba
No son como imaginaba
No son como yo creía
Los caminos de la vida
Son muy difícil de andarlos
Difícil de caminarlos
Y no encuentro la salida
No son como yo pensaba
Como los imaginaba
No son como yo creía
Los caminos de la vida
Son muy difícil de andarlos
Difícil de caminarlos
Yo no encuentro la salida
Yo pensaba que la vida era distinta
Cuando estaba pequeñito yo creía
Que las cosas eran fácil como ayer
Que mi viejecita buena se esmeraba
Por darme todo lo que necesitaba
Y hoy me doy cuenta que tanto así no es
Porque mi viejita ya está cansada
De trabajar pa' mi hermano y pa' mí
Y ahora con gusto me toca ayudarla
Y por mi vieja luchare hasta el fin
Por ella lucharé hasta que me muera
Y por ella no me quiero morir
Tampoco que se me muera mi vieja
Pero qué va si el destino es así
Los caminos de la vida
No son como yo pensaba
No son como imaginaba
No son como yo creía
Los caminos de la vida
Son muy difícil de andarlos
Difícil de caminarlos
Y no encuentro la salida
Uno sabe que la vida
De repente ha de acabarse
Y uno espera que sea tarde
Que llegue la despedida
Un amigo me decía
Recompensaré a mis viejos
Por la crianza que me dieron
Y no le alcanzó la vida
Por eso te pido a ti, mi dios del cielo
Para que me guíes al camino correcto
Para mi viejita linda compensar
Para que olvide ese mar de sufrimientos
Y que de ella se aparte todo el tormento
Que para criarnos tuvo que pasar
Viejita linda tienes que entenderme
No te preocupes todo va a cambiar
Yo sufro mucho madrecita al verte
Necesitada y no te puedo dar
A veces lloro al sentirme impotente
Son tantas cosas que te quiero dar
Y voy a luchar incansablemente
Porque tú no mereces sufrir más
Los caminos de la vida
No son como yo pensaba
No son como imaginaba
No son como yo creía
Los caminos de la vida
Son muy difícil de andarlos
Difícil de caminarlos
Y no encuentro la salida
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