Feel like you are gasping for air when someone you love is gone? In “Respirar,” Spanish singer–songwriter Bebe turns that sensation into vivid poetry. She imagines her skin literally shedding in dry flakes, starved of the other person’s “humidity,” while her inner self silently screams for “oxygen.” Every beat of the track is a desperate inhale, a plea to fill the empty lungs of the heart.
Yet the song is not only about pain. As the outer layer falls away, a brighter, stronger skin glows underneath, proving that absence can forge resilience. By repeating the word respirar like a mantra, Bebe teaches us that breathing is both survival and rebirth: a way to soothe hurt, reclaim personal space, and remember that we can stand on our own two feet. This is a cathartic anthem for anyone learning to live — and breathe — beyond the grasp of lost love.