La Terquedad Lyrics in English Fonseca

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song La Terquedad by Fonseca from Spanish to English.

Verse 1

It breaks my soul to read our messages

Pointlessly playing at replying to them

As if it were some masochistic whim

I pour lemon and salt on the memories

Chorus 1

Stubbornness has become a mania

I put it to the test to prove to myself that it's true

That even if I'm reckless in the eyes of people

There'll be nobody in this world that tells me I'm wrong

I've devoted myself to calling you and I keep playing that you'll answer

And I fall asleep on just one side, pretending that you lie down in the bed

The one that used to be our bed

I've grown accustomed to deserving you, but today I don't have the luck

It's been ten nights since you left and I still see you here in the house

The one that used to be our house

The kisses of another mouth in my mind disguise themselves as your mouth

Stubbornness has become a mania

I put it to the test to prove to myself that it's true

That even if I'm reckless in the eyes of people

There'll be nobody in this world that tells me I'm wrong

I've devoted myself to calling you and I keep playing that you'll answer

And I fall asleep on just one side, pretending that you lie down in the bed

The one that used to be our bed

I've grown accustomed to deserving you, but today I don't have the luck

It's been ten nights since you left and I still see you here in the house

The one that used to be our house

The kisses of another mouth in my mind disguise themselves as your mouth

Outro

They disguise themselves as your mouth

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SONG MEANING

“La Terquedad” dives into the bittersweet drama of a love that refuses to die. Fonseca paints the picture of someone so terco - stubborn in Spanish - that he keeps replaying old messages, pretending the phone will ring, and sleeping on only one side of the bed to save space for the partner who left ten nights ago. Every corner of the shared home, every memory, even the taste of new kisses, disguises itself as a reminder of what once was.

The song is an ode to that irrational perseverance we all feel after heartbreak: the need to prove to ourselves that holding on is not a mistake, even if everyone else says otherwise. Fonseca’s warm Colombian vibes wrap this emotional tug-of-war in catchy melodies, turning painful nostalgia into a spirited anthem about the lengths we’ll go just to keep love alive in our minds.

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