Natalia Lafourcade: “El Lugar Correcto” (Live) (2024)
When Mexican singer/songstress Natalia Lafourcade says, as is her wont at her concerts, “Welcome to my living room”, it feels like you’ve found el lugar correcto indeed.
She writes and plays in a myriad of styles; paints with many colors. But there is gentle, effortless beauty in all her work. And a deep love for the music itselt.
She was born for this.
The Right Place
Sorry, I had to be absent for a moment
I had an appointment to attend with myself
I had forgotten how to see in a mirror
In my face, in my eyes, what inhabits my universe
Forgive me if I cried, cried, cried while dancing
I had old pains to attend to from that past
Then I returned to that necessary silence
To hear the heart speak of the truth
Of the truth that are those sunsets
Of the truth that shines in the present time
Of the truth that is in those simple things, like breathing
Excuse me, I had to be absent for a moment
There was a flower drying inside the house
I had forgotten how to keep it company
To the solitude of my old garden in Veracruz
Forgive me if I cried, cried, cried while dancing
I had old pains to attend to from that past
Then I returned to that necessary silence
To hear the heart speak the truth
And the right place is now
To walk
The right place is now
No more is needed
And the right place is now
To walk
And the right place is now
No more is needed
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