After 2 albums of underground transgressive rock, the band started mixing it with Latin American rhythms such a cumbia, chacarera, candombe and cuartetazo. The lyrics, though, remained acid and critical of political and social problems.
The current line-up is: Gustavo Cordera (voice), Juan Subirá (keyboards and voice), Carlos Martín (drums), Oscar Righi (guitar), "Pepe" Céspedes (bass guitar and voice), Daniel Suárez (voice), Alberto Verenzuela (guitar), and "Cóndor" Sbarbatti (voice and charango); previous members include Charly Bianco (guitar and voice) and Rubén Sadrinas (voice).
Honoring the psychiatric hospital José Tiburcio Borda in Buenos Aires, La Bersuit performs dressed in characteristic pajamas; even though the story of Cordera spending some time in that institution is a mere urban legend, the band has an affinity with everything related to madness and marginalization.
Besides the big success, first in the Buenos Aires' underground movement and then in all the country, Bersuit Vergarabat harvested fans from many countries in South America as well as in Spain.
Discography
* 1992 - Y Punto
* 1993 - Asquerosa Alegría
* 1996 - Don Leopardo
* 1998 - Libertinaje
* 2000 - Hijos del Culo
* 2002 - De la Cabeza (live)
* 2004 - La Argentinidad al Palo: Se Es, Lo Que Se Es (double)
* 2005 - Testosterona
* 2007 - Enano Ningueto
08- Un pacto
Bersuit Vergarabat Lyrics
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Odiándonos sol a sol
Revolviendo más
En los restos de un amor
Con un camino recto
A la desesperación
Desenlace?
En un cuento de terror
Seis años así
Escapando me otro lugar
Con mi fantasía
Buscando otro cuerpo, otra voz
Fui consumiendo infiernos
Para salir de vos
Intoxicado loco
Sin humor
Si hoy te tuviera aquí
Cuando hago esta canción
Me sentirías raro
No tengo sueño, mi panza vibra
Tuve un golpe energético
Milagro y resurrección
Y eso que estaba tieso
Bajo control
El poder siempre manda
Si para tenerte aquí
Había que maltratarte!
No puedo hacerlo, sos mi dios
Te veo, me sonrojo y tiemblo
Qué idiota te hace el amor
Y hoy quiero darle rienda
A esta superstición
Un pacto para vivir! Un pacto para vivir
The lyrics of Bersuit Vergarabat's song "Un pacto" appear to speak about a volatile and complicated relationship. The first verse speaks of a pact to live while hating each other day by day, and engaging in the emotionally destructive behavior of delving deeper into the wreckage of a broken relationship. The phrase "revolviendo más en los restos de un amor" expresses this destructive behavior perfectly. The path followed is a straight one into despair and terror, and the final outcome is uncertain, as "desenlace" means "outcome" or "end," but in this context, it could refer to the end of the relationship or the end of one's life.
The following verse seems to talk about a period of six years where the singer is searching for someone to fill the void left by their previous partner. "Fui consumiendo infiernos para salir de vos" roughly translates to "I was consuming hell to get out of you," again referring to the still-lingering emotional damage caused by the previous relationship. The singer has encountered many versions of hell and has been intoxicated and mad, and as a result, there's no humor in their life.
In the final verse, the singer believes that if their beloved were to return, they wouldn't feel the same as they do now. They've had an energy boost in the form of a miracle, and they reject the notion that they'd have to abuse the lover to keep them. The power dynamic in the relationship is clear, and the singer identifies their lover as a god-like figure. They're smitten but feel like an idiot, and the last line of the song calls out to the universe to make a pact to live.
Line by Line Meaning
Un pacto para vivir
An agreement to live
Odiándonos sol a sol
Hating each other day by day
Revolviendo más
Digging deeper
En los restos de un amor
In the remains of a love
Con un camino recto
With a straight path
A la desesperación
To desperation
Desenlace? En un cuento de terror
Outcome? In a horror story
Seis años así
Six years like this
Escapando me otro lugar
Escaping to another place
Con mi fantasía
With my fantasy
Buscando otro cuerpo, otra voz
Looking for another body, another voice
Fui consumiendo infiernos
I was consuming hells
Para salir de vos
To get out of you
Intoxicado loco
Intoxicated crazy
Sin humor
Without humor
Si hoy te tuviera aquí
If I had you here today
Cuando hago esta canción
When I make this song
Me sentirías raro
You would feel strange to me
No tengo sueño, mi panza vibra
I'm not sleepy, my stomach vibrates
Tuve un golpe energético
I had an energy boost
Milagro y resurrección
Miracle and resurrection
Y eso que estaba tieso
And that, even though I was stiff
Bajo control
Under control
El poder siempre manda
Power always commands
Si para tenerte aquí
If to have you here
Había que maltratarte!
I had to mistreat you!
No puedo hacerlo, sos mi dios
I can't do it, you're my god
Te veo, me sonrojo y tiemblo
I see you, I blush and tremble
Qué idiota te hace el amor
Love makes you an idiot
Y hoy quiero darle rienda
And today I want to give free rein
A esta superstición
To this superstition
Un pacto para vivir! Un pacto para vivir
An agreement to live! An agreement to live
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