Ya quisiera yo

The story behind

Ismael Serrano wrote Ya quisiera yo as part of his album La memoria de los peces. The song was recorded in a studio in Madrid, and has a smooth rhythm, with a guitar that moves as if walking. It speaks of desire, of what one wants but cannot have, and gets tangled in questions that have no answer. The lyrics deal with nostalgia, with things that remain in the air, as if time would not let them go. The theme does not limit itself to the personal, but also touches on bigger issues: memory, forgetting, the struggle for justice. On the album, Serrano is concerned with what happened in the past, with the people who suffered under dictatorships, and with how that continues to live in the present. The song is a reflection of that: something one wants, but perhaps can no longer reach.