Silencio
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The lyrics describe someone struggling with the end of a loving relationship. At first, the speaker says that time has taken away their words; what remains is loneliness and emotional coldness. The feeling grows into grief and confusion: they cannot understand why the other person is gone or accept that they will not return. The repeated focus on silence makes the loss feel constant and overwhelming.
Several images express this pain. “Coldness of love” suggests that a once-warm relationship has become emotionally empty. The speaker calls the silence “so large, so empty and so dead,” treating the absence of the loved one as if it were a physical presence that fills the body. The “wound that bleeds” and “thorn stuck inside” are familiar metaphors for emotional hurt that continues rather than quickly healing.
Silence here may mean more than the lack of conversation: it can represent the loved one’s absence, the speaker’s inability to find words, or the unanswered questions left by the breakup. The lyrics do not explain exactly what happened between the two people, so the pain could come from rejection, separation, or another kind of loss. What is clear is that remembering the love does not comfort the speaker; it makes the emptiness sharper.