El Cuervo
Cementerio Club Lyrics


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Siempre bajando no hay como parar
circulos negros de un largo espiral
Nos va engullendo despacio en silencio
Boca del tiempo traganos lento
Ves el desierto no hay como escapar
Fiesta de cuervos arenas y sal
Lleva el infierno ardiendo por dentro
buscando el cielo entre ruinas y huesos
Siguete hundiendo sin saber porque
Siguete hundiendo aun queriendo volver
Cada vez mas cierras los ojos
Oh mas cierras los ojos
Oh mas cierras los ojos
Oh mas cierras los ojos
Viejo guerrero levantate en paz
tal vez la muerte nos viene a buscar
oyes el canto del indio jilguero
oyes el llanto, la lluvia y el trueno
Esta llamando y no quieres oir
esta llamando y lo dejas morir
Cada vez mas cierras los ojos
Oh mas cierras los ojos
Oh mas cierras los ojos
Oh mas cierras los ojos
Te estas hundiendo sin saber porque
Te estas hundiendo aun queriendo volver
Cada vez mas cierras los ojos
Oh mas cierras los ojos




Oh mas cierras los ojos
Oh mas cierras los ojos

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of "El Cuervo" by Cementerio Club describe the feeling of being trapped in a downward spiral, represented by the "circulos negros" (black circles) of a "largo espiral" (long spiral). The singer feels like they are slowly being swallowed by the mouth of time and dragged down into a desert landscape where they are surrounded by a "Fiesta de cuervos" (feast of crows) and burning with an internal hellfire. Despite wanting to return to a better place, they can feel themselves sinking deeper and deeper into the darkness.


The second half of the song switches perspective to a "Viejo guerrero" (old warrior) who may be facing the end of their life, hearing the call of death and feeling the natural rhythms of the world around them. However, they resist this call, ignoring the "canto del indio jilguero" (song of the Indian goldfinch) and the "llanto, la lluvia y el trueno" (tears, rain, and thunder) that are trying to wake them up to the potential of the present moment. In this way, the song can be seen as a metaphor for the struggle to live fully in the face of adversity and darkness.


Line by Line Meaning

Siempre bajando no hay como parar
We're always descending and there's no stopping it


circulos negros de un largo espiral
We're stuck in a long spiral of darkness


Nos va engullendo despacio en silencio
We're slowly and silently being swallowed up


Boca del tiempo traganos lento
Time is devouring us slowly


Ves el desierto no hay como escapar
We see the desert and there's no way to escape it


Fiesta de cuervos arenas y sal
A feast of crows in sand and salt


Lleva el infierno ardiendo por dentro
Hell burns within us


buscando el cielo entre ruinas y huesos
We're searching for heaven among ruins and bones


Siguete hundiendo sin saber porque
We keep sinking without knowing why


Siguete hundiendo aun queriendo volver
We keep sinking even though we want to go back


Cada vez mas cierras los ojos
We're closing our eyes more and more


Oh mas cierras los ojos
Oh, we're closing our eyes even more


Viejo guerrero levantate en paz
Old warrior, rise up in peace


tal vez la muerte nos viene a buscar
Maybe death is coming to find us


oyes el canto del indio jilguero
You hear the song of the Indian goldfinch


oyes el llanto, la lluvia y el trueno
You hear the weeping, the rain and the thunder


Esta llamando y no quieres oir
It's calling and you don't want to listen


esta llamando y lo dejas morir
It's calling and you're letting it die


Te estas hundiendo sin saber porque
You're sinking without knowing why


Te estas hundiendo aun queriendo volver
You're sinking even though you want to go back




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