Javiera Mena turns a seemingly medieval image—a sword tucked into a backpack—into an electro-pop metaphor for irresistible attraction. In Espada, the Chilean artist sings about spotting someone who instantly shifts her universe. She pictures love as a duel yet decides to sheathe her own blade and surrender, longing for the other person’s “sword” to pierce only her. That weapon symbolizes passion, desire, and the power another soul can have over us.
Across shimmering synths and celestial references—“a discotheque of stars,” a shape-shifting new moon—Mena contrasts cosmic wonder with intimate vulnerability. She confesses that competing or keeping her guard up no longer matters; what she craves is a total emotional eclipse, where the night uncovers the deepest, darkest center of who she is. The song celebrates giving in to love’s heat and mystery, letting equilibrium slip away so that passion can blaze in its place.