Shakira left all her vulnerabilities exposed in her new album: “Women don’t cry anymore.” This recording material allows us to know all the stages of grief that she experienced as a result of her notorious separation from Gerard Piqué and also allows us to glimpse the desire that he has found to create music again.
Many of the themes in this composition reflect the rage that came to her when she realized Gerard’s alleged betrayal – infidelity – with Clara Chía. In “Acrosticus” she highlighted how hard it is for her to forgive, but she also “left the door open” so that we could see how in the midst of all her pain and anger there was also her position as a mother and her desire to try to replace the broken fragments. of his family, to teach Sasha and Milan that the three of them have the most important thing, which is love.
However, the topic we are going to talk about today is “Última”, a song of love and farewell. A song in which he admits that there are days when he misses Piqué and that he contemplates the possibility of knocking on his door again. But she also shows us how she clings to the decision she has made to continue alone, because since things turned out that way she considers that she has a duty to learn.
She also questions how he, the man she had chosen to be happy with, was able to let go of what they had, something that she describes in this issue as “genuine.” She says, literally: “We left love halfway”, this powerful phrase for many reflects how Shakira was the one who ended up staying alone and loving Piqué. And it was her who had her love taken away from her and ended up losing “almost” everything: her husband, her house in Barcelona, her life in the country where her children grew up and where they were also being educated.
Shakira admits that there is learning in all of this and she clings to them, which is why in the song she begins by thanking the father of her children for everything she has experienced; She also contemplates the possibility that he wants to return to her, repentant, but in the midst of that feeling she says no. This is where Shakira’s goodbye comes in, this is where she herself asks him not to try, even though he can To come to feel it, she no longer wants to return to him, because the two of them together now make no sense.
“Última”, complete lyrics of Shakira’s song
First of all, I thank you for what I experienced.
Please let me speak, don’t interrupt me, I’m asking you.
What happened to us has already happened and it didn’t make sense. And if you were confused now I feel the same.
Surely over time you will regret it, and one day you will want to knock on my door again…
But now, I have decided to be alone.
I lost love halfway.
How come you got tired of something so genuine,
Don’t try to convince me, I ask you, it’s already decided; we have what we learned
You wanted to go out and I wanted to stay with you at home. You take over the world and I just wanted to have you.
Not even your friends and mine matched anymore. It was easier to mix the water and oil.
You say that it made you feel that nothing was ever enough for me, and that for me everything was little, insufficient.
So you left and left me a space here in my bed, time passes and I can’t get you out of my mind.
Surely in time I will regret it.
And someday I want to knock on your door, but now I must learn to be alone…
We lost our love halfway…
How come you got tired of something so genuine.
Don’t try to convince me, I ask you, it’s already decided;
We have what we learned…
Our love broke halfway.
How come you got tired of something so genuine,
Don’t try to convince me, I ask you, it’s already decided. We have what we learned…
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