Si Te Dicen Que Cai

If they tell you I fell

If they tell you I fell,
If they say I'm gone,
Say that I just got lost,
Say that I'm just wounded.

If they tell you I fell,
Say that I'm not yet defeated,
Maybe tired and confused.
My muses are out there...

If they say I changed
My smile for tears,
It's because I finally remembered
That he who hides in a laugh
A wounded feeling,
It's not out of shyness or haste:
It's because fear has overcome him.

Fear of exposing oneself,
Of calling things by their name.
Fear of leaving my seclusion,
Fear of showing myself, of being a man.

If they tell you I fell,
If they say I'm gone,
Say that I finally understood
That there's something more in me
Than what little I've offered.

If they say I forgot
Inspiration in a kiss,
Maybe with that I paid
For all the verses I imprisoned.

If they say I abandoned
That I left, that I gave up,
Tell them that someday I'll come back,
When my soul has healed.