What is the song about?

The song goes through a whole day via emotions. In the morning, the person singing wakes up happy. Later come sadness, anger, and worry. At night, they are tired and go to sleep. The chorus asks «¿Cómo te sientes hoy?» and reminds us that cada emoción tiene un gran valor: all emotions are important and it is okay to express them («Déjalo salir»).

Useful words and expressions

  • Emotions: feliz, triste, solo, cansado, el miedo, la calma, la emoción
  • Verbs of emotion: sentirse, enojarse (enfadarse in Spain), preocuparse, llorar, gritar, sonreír
  • ponerse a + infinitive = to start doing something: me pongo a cantar, me pongo a llorar
  • a veces = from time to time, sometimes
  • sin parar = continuously, non-stop
  • cargar una cruz = to have a big problem or sorrow. Ya no cargo una cruz means “I no longer have that sorrow.”
  • tener el corazón en un puño = to be very nervous or scared
  • la cara enrojece = the face turns red
  • déjalo salir = don't keep it inside, express it

Grammar

  • Reflexive verbs in the present tense: me despierto, me siento, me pongo, me enojo, me preocupo, me voy. The pronoun goes before the conjugated verb: me siento feliz.
  • To ask and answer about emotions: ¿Cómo te sientes? → Me siento triste / feliz / muy mal.
  • Imperative of tú: dime, muestra, déjalo. The pronouns are attached to the end of the verb: di + me = dime, deja + lo = déjalo.
  • Near future with ir a + infinitive: ¿Qué va a suceder?
  • Simple future: un largo descanso me hará revivir.
  • Querer + infinitive: quiero gritar, quiero entender. With reflexive verbs, the pronoun can go before or after: me quiero alejar = quiero alejarme.
  • Gender agreement: the singer is a man (cansado, solo). A woman would say cansada, sola.

Note: changes for the rhyme

  • Cansado ya estoy and a la cama me voy change the word order to rhyme. Normally one says «ya estoy cansado» and «me voy a la cama».
  • Estoy con el corazón en un puño is a longer form of the expression. The usual phrase is «tengo el corazón en un puño».
  • Muestra lo que hay en tu realidad and cansado o peor are slightly unnatural phrases, written this way for the rhyme. In conversation we would say, for example, «muestra lo que sientes» or «cansado o algo peor».
  • Yo cierro los ojos and yo quiero gritar use the pronoun yo for the rhythm. In Spanish it is normally not needed: cierro los ojos.