El Borracho Lyrics

Lyric discussion by sexwithoutfury 

Cover art for El Borracho lyrics by Fenix TX

"El borracho", of course, means "the drunk" in Spanish.

So. We can assume there's something to do with alcohol in this song. Some might speculate the singer is singing to a beer. I, on the other hand, believe it's the beer singing. Okay, so maybe I'm nuts. But listen to my argument, at least!

The person in question (the singer or the person being sung to in my argument) is either an alcoholic, a compulsive drinker, or something of the sort. His girlfriend/wife/mother/sister/something of the sort dislikes him drinking. Perhaps he's a violent drunk. Regardless. The beer is trying to convince him that a little bit won't hurt ("She'll never know"). Maybe he's suffered a tragic loss recently and has turned to alcohol as a reprieve. ("Tonight, I'm yours completely / Sharing your pain.")

He gives into the beer. Or the compulsion. Whichever you'd like to call it. Eventually it gets into "We've gone too far to turn back now." - he's drunk as a skunk.

As for "Take me, take me / Anywhere you wanna go", maybe he's at a place that sells off-site liquor as well?