Extraño En El Aire

María Gabriela Epumer's song 'Extraño En El Aire' is a poetic exploration of an ethereal and unattainable love. The lyrics paint a vivid picture of a love that exists more in the realm of dreams and imagination than in reality. The opening lines, 'Con un lápiz dibujé tu querer / una luz, pintó tu piel,' suggest that the narrator's affection is something they have crafted in their mind, using metaphors of drawing and painting to illustrate the creation of this idealized love. This sets the tone for a narrative where the boundaries between reality and fantasy blur.

The song continues to delve into this dreamlike state with lines like 'En una foto me metí y me perdí / por la oscura tarde vos volabas.' Here, the narrator describes losing themselves in a photograph, a moment frozen in time, and encountering their love in a surreal, almost magical setting. The imagery of flying and falling through clouds further emphasizes the otherworldly nature of this connection, suggesting that it exists outside the constraints of time and space.

The chorus, 'Te vi extraño en el aire / corrí y no pude tocarte,' encapsulates the central theme of the song: the elusive nature of this love. Despite the narrator's deep longing and efforts to reach out, the object of their affection remains just out of reach, like a mirage. This sense of unattainability is reinforced by the descriptions of the beloved's eyes as 'de cristal' and their heart as 'de azúcar,' highlighting their fragile and almost fantastical qualities. The song beautifully captures the bittersweet experience of yearning for something that feels both intensely real and impossibly distant.