Amaral is a Spanish group, from the city of Zaragoza, made up of Eva Amaral… Read Full Bio ↴Amaral is a Spanish group, from the city of Zaragoza, made up of Eva Amaral - vocals and composer - and Juan Aguirre - guitarist and composer. The group's name is Eva's surname. Their music is pop and rock, with poetic lyrics about feelings. Eva's voice is deep, strong and very melodious.

Biography:

1993-2000: The group Amaral was created on January 1st 1997 with Eva Amaral, main vocalist and composer, and Juan Aguirre, guitarist and composer, as members. The name of the group is Eva's surname, and it was chosen by Juan.

Their story started at the beginning of the 90's, when Eva and Juan met at a recording studio in the city of Zaragoza. At the time, Eva was playing with a group called Bandera Blanca (White Flag) and Juan, with his group Días de vino y rosas (Days of Wine and Roses) collaborated with Eva's on one song. A close relationship was immediately born between them. In 1997 they moved from Zaragoza to Madrid and signed with EMI/Virgin. On May 5th 1998, they released their eponymous first album, Amaral, produced by Pancho Varona. They sold around 70,000 copies, in a country with 40 million inhabitants.

2000-2002
In the year 2000, after a tour to present their first album, Amaral went to London to record their second album, called Una pequeña parte del mundo (A Little Part of the World), produced by Cameron Jenkins. It was a more mature record which contained 13 songs. Twelve of them were composed by the group and the thirteenth one was a version of a song by the Spanish singer Cecilia.

2002-2004
Two years later, Amaral entered the studio again with the same producer and recorded their third album, called Estrella de mar (Starfish). It was named Best National Album in 2002. They won several awards that year, including an MTV Europe Award to best Spanish artist, and five Spanish music awards. They also went international with this version, when their album was released under a new version in America in 2003. They sold 900,000 copies.

In 2004, they were supposed to record an album and play with Bob Dylan when he visited Spain, but Juan suffered a wrist injury, so they had to delay the recording and Eva sang alone with Dylan. Finally in November of that year, Eva and Juan recorded their fourth album Pájaros en la cabeza (“Birds in the Head”, a Spanish expression meaning “dreamer”), again with Cameron Perkins. On March 14th 2004 they released it. It contained 14 songs, in a pop and rock style. They toured all over Spain until October, and later left to play in Mexico and Argentina. At the same time they recorded a concert for a DVD called El comienzo del Big Bang (The Beginning of the Big Bang). It was the best selling album in Spain in 2005, and sold about 600,000 copies worldwide.

In May 2008, they released their fifth studio album named Gato negro.Dragón rojo ("Black cat, red dragon"). This is the first album in which Juan sings, in the track Es sólo una canción.

Eva has also sung with Moby.

In 2019 they released an album "Salto Al Color." This was followed by the European tour "Giro Salto Al Color," which completed successfully in spite of many Covid-related postponements.

Official site: www.amaral.es

El centro de mis ojos
Amaral Lyrics

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Una mañana de delirio salvaje, desperté
Con la fiebre del ave migratoria
Noté mi frente arder
Dejé mi casa, dejé una vida amable
He visto cosas, que no he contado a nadie

He visto el amor más grande, el que te da una madre
Y vi el dolor más fuerte, la cara de la muerte

El centro de mis ojos
Es el centro de un terremoto
Lo haremos poco a poco,
Aunque el mundo se ha vuelto loco,
Y podrás verlo en mis ojos

He saltado de la roca más alta
Hacia el mar
Y desnuda entré en el agua
Me he vuelto a bautizar
Las cosas buenas que he ido recordando
En mis canciones, yo te las regalo

El centro de mis ojos
Es el centro de un terremoto
Lo haremos poco a poco
Aunque el mundo se ha vuelto loco
Tú podrás verlo en mis ojos
Yo nací en una tierra quemada
Fui una niña de triste mirada
No tengas miedo, sé que resulta extraño
Estamos viendo con los ojos cerrados

El centro de mis ojos
Es el centro de un terremoto
Lo haremos poco a poco,
Aunque el mundo se ha vuelto loco
Tú podrás verlo en mis ojos
El centro de mis ojos
Es el centro de un terremoto
Lo haremos poco a poco

Aunque el mundo se ha vuelto loco
Tú podrás verlo en mis ojos

Overall Meaning

The song "El centro de mis ojos" by Amaral is about a person who wakes up one morning with the fever of a migratory bird. They feel a burning sensation on their forehead and leave their comfortable life behind to embark on an adventure. The lyrics reveal that the person has seen things they have not shared with anyone, including the greatest love a mother can give and the face of death.

Throughout the song, the person continues to describe their experiences, including jumping from the highest rock into the sea and feeling reborn. They also mention how they have found inspiration for their music from the good things they have encountered on their journey.

The chorus of the song repeats the phrase "El centro de mis ojos" (the center of my eyes) several times. This is used to symbolize the epicenter of an earthquake, and the person explains that they will make changes in their life gradually, despite the madness of the world around them. They want their journey and the changes they make to be reflected in their eyes for anyone to see.

Overall, the song is about taking risks, leaving behind a mundane life, and searching for inspiration and meaning through new experiences.

Line by Line Meaning

Una mañana de delirio salvaje, desperté
One morning of wild delirium, I woke up

Con la fiebre del ave migratoria
With the fever of the migratory bird

Noté mi frente arder
I noticed my forehead burning

Dejé mi casa, dejé una vida amable
I left my house, I left a comfortable life behind

He visto cosas, que no he contado a nadie
I've seen things that I haven't told anyone

He visto el amor más grande, el que te da una madre
I've seen the greatest love, the one that a mother gives you

Y vi el dolor más fuerte, la cara de la muerte
And I've seen the strongest pain, the face of death

El centro de mis ojos
The center of my eyes

Es el centro de un terremoto
Is the center of an earthquake

Lo haremos poco a poco,
We'll do it little by little