Solares Baldios

Rockdrigo González's song 'Solares Baldios' paints a vivid picture of a woman engulfed in sorrow and abandonment. The lyrics describe her sitting in a garden of lethargy, surrounded by the ghosts of past loves. Her yellowed fingers from cigarettes and excessive rum consumption symbolize her attempts to numb the pain. The imagery of 'solares baldios' or 'desolate lots' of love suggests empty, barren spaces where love once thrived but now lies in ruins.

The chorus reinforces this desolation, as the singer's mind is filled with these empty lots of love. The woman sways in her hammock, trapped in time, her gaze hollow from waiting for someone who never returned. The children playing and aiming at glasses of rum add a layer of innocence lost, as they witness the effects of abandonment and addiction. The second chorus introduces the metaphor of a comet and a vapor map, emphasizing the fleeting and elusive nature of the person who left, never to return.

The song delves deeper into the woman's futile attempts to find closure. She confronts various figures, including a shopkeeper, a policeman, and even her own pain, but only finds silence. Her days are filled with suspicion and the looming presence of an unseen enemy, hatred bubbling at the surface. The final chorus reiterates the theme of desolate lots of love, encapsulating her life in a state of emotional barrenness. The mention of a distant interlocutor who speaks of lost souls adds a haunting finality to her story, as she spits out her pain over an old telephone, seeking solace in the acknowledgment of shared suffering.