MADRID, Spain, October 24, 2026. Every language has proverbs about liars. Spanish is especially rich in them, and many involve oaths: sayings that warn against anyone who swears too easily. "Quien miente y jura" ("Whoever Lies and Swears"), a track by Mike Sain't Louis, builds its chorus like one of those old sayings, with the rhythm of something a grandmother might repeat at the kitchen table: «Quien miente y jura / para salvar su amor, / en realidad / lo está condenando». Whoever lies and swears to save his love is in fact condemning it.
The next lines complete the moral: «al final, / el engaño / es el peor traidor, / y solo deja / un corazón / llorando». In the end, deception is the worst traitor, and it leaves only a crying heart.
**The wisdom of the refrain**
What is striking about the chorus is that it is general. It does not say "you lied" but "whoever lies". It turns a personal wound into a rule about how relationships work, the kind of lesson that is passed on to others. That move from the particular to the universal is one of the oldest functions of song, and it gives the track a reach beyond one story.
The idea itself is simple and convincing. A lie told to protect a relationship does not protect it; it hollows it out from the inside. When the truth arrives, it brings two losses at once, the betrayal and the discovery that the reassurances were part of it.
**What the narrator knows**
The verses move from proverb to confession. «Y es que yo se, que no estás / enamorado», the narrator says: I know you are not in love. «Que me tienes cariño sí / Pero no estás / enamorado». You are fond of me, yes, but you are not in love. It is a painful distinction, and one that many people recognise from relationships that continue out of habit or convenience.
The evidence is not in words but in actions: «Por las cosas que haces». And the feeling it produces is summed up in one devastating line: «Porque soy para ti tan insignificante». Because to you I am so insignificant.
**Ending without pretending to be perfect**
The most mature passage arrives near the end. Instead of presenting himself as a flawless victim, the narrator admits his own faults: «Y por supuesto yo tengo mis defectos / Claro que no soy perfecto». Of course I have my flaws; of course I am not perfect. And then, calmly: «Pero sintiéndolo mucho este es el final». But, with real regret, this is the end.
That combination of honesty and firmness is unusual in break-up songs, which often choose between blaming the other person entirely and blaming oneself. "Quien miente y jura" refuses both extremes. It accepts imperfection and still insists on a basic right: «Necesito alguien que me quiera valorar». I need someone who will value me.
The final line returns to the oath of the title in a concrete, very Spanish form: never again trusting someone who lies and swears on his own parents, «En quién miente y jura por sus padres».
**Swearing as a red flag**
Excessive oaths have long been treated with suspicion. Courts ask for one oath, not ten; friends grow wary when someone insists too hard. The song captures that instinct. The more a partner swears, the less the swearing means, until a promise made "on my parents" becomes the clearest sign that something is being hidden. Listeners who have lived through relationships marked by repeated lies often describe exactly this pattern: reassurance offered in place of change. Naming it in a chorus that can be remembered and repeated is a small act of protection for the next person who hears those words.
**The image: an empty cove**
The photograph accompanying this release is a frame from the official video: a quiet cove with dark volcanic cliffs, pale sand and a calm blue sea, without anyone in sight. It is the kind of place people go to think after the end of something, and the stillness of the picture matches the tone of the song's final verse: sad, but clear.
**A note in the Planeta Gayfolk songbook**
Planeta Gayfolk, the imaginary queer universe at the centre of Mike Sain't Louis's work, contains dozens of songs about relationships that went wrong. Some are furious, some are comic, some are almost documentary. "Quien miente y jura" stands out for its proverbial tone. It sounds less like a diary entry and more like advice, the kind that one friend gives another after a long night of talking. Its message is not revenge but self-respect.
**Listen and download free**
As with the whole catalogue, the track is free to stream and download without registration from the downloads page on mikesaintlouis.com and from the free shop at gayfolkplanet.com. The complete lyric is published unaltered on gayfolkplanet.com together with the official video.
- Lyric and video: https://gayfolkplanet.com/letras/quien-miente-y-jura
- About the song (in Spanish): https://mikesaintlouis.com/blog/quien-miente-y-jura
- Free downloads: https://mikesaintlouis.com/descargas
- Free shop: https://gayfolkplanet.com/tienda
About Mike Sain't Louis: Madrid-based lyricist, composer and music producer, creator of GAYFOLK and Planeta Gayfolk. He calls himself the first AI songwriter («el primer cantautor IA»): every lyric is his, and the music and vocal performance are made with AI. Label: MIKE SAIN'T LOUIS. Distribution: Ditto Music. Website: https://mikesaintlouis.com · Press: https://gayfolkplanet.com/prensa · Free listening: https://mikesaintlouis.com/descargas and https://gayfolkplanet.com/tienda