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Luz de Polilla

Elías Cardenal
Artist
Elías Cardenal
Latin Cumbia2:54April 20, 2026
0:00 2:54

Influenced by Los Mirlos, Chacalón, Los Destellos, Los Wembler's de Iquitos, Dick Dale. Elías Cardenal drives a moto-taxi through the sweltering streets of Iquitos, Peru, and turns the stories he overhears into psychedelic chicha-cumbia. Raised in the riverside district of Belén, his music is steeped in the Amazon's humid energy, played on a beat-up 70s guitar he calls 'La Eléctrica'. These are dance songs for the heartbroken, tales of working-class life from a city you can only get to by river or by air.

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Soy el neón del Bar El Zepelín,
parpadeando en la esquina de Morona.
Agosto, y el río está bajo y marrón,
y tú llegas siempre a la misma hora, sola.
Con tu vestido de flores gastadas,
y el celular que nunca se ilumina.

[Chorus]
Mi parpadeo es tu esperanza,
una señal de vidrio que no alcanza.
Un corazón eléctrico que baila
entre el adiós y el “creo que mañana”.

[Verse 2]
Ayer le dijiste al mozo: “Mañana sí vendrá”.
Tu voz, un hilo contra mi zumbido.
Huele a aguacero que no va a llegar,
a un motor caliente que se ha detenido.
Te enchufas a un recuerdo que ya no da corriente,
y yo te miro con mi luz intermitente.

[Chorus]
Mi parpadeo es tu esperanza,
una señal de vidrio que no alcanza.
Un corazón eléctrico que baila
entre el adiós y el “creo que mañana”.

[Bridge]
Yo solo soy un gas y un cable viejo,
pero en tu sombra encuentro mi reflejo.

[Outro]
Otra mototaxi que se va.
Luz de polilla… hasta que vuelvas.

About Elías Cardenal

Elías Cardenal drives a moto-taxi through the sweltering streets of Iquitos, Peru, and turns the stories he overhears into psychedelic chicha-cumbia. Raised in the riverside district of Belén, his music is steeped in the Amazon's humid energy, played on a beat-up 70s guitar he calls 'La Eléctrica'. These are dance songs for the heartbroken, tales of working-class life from a city you can only get…

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