There are at least three bands/musicians using this name:

(1) Cornel… Read Full Bio ↴There are at least three bands/musicians using this name:

(1) Cornelius (born Keigo Oyamada (小山田圭吾 Oyamada Keigo) 27 January 1969 in Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese recording artist and producer. His name is a reference to the Planet of the Apes chimpanzee character of the same name played by Roddy MacDowall. Oyamada's first claim to fame was as a member of the pop duo, Flipper's Guitar, one of the key groups of the Tokyo Shibuya-kei scene. Following the disbandment of Flipper's Guitar in 1991, Oyamada donned the "Cornelius" moniker and embarked on a successful solo career, while also producing for Pizzicato Five.

Cornelius's musical style is often described as being similar to Beck's, whom he acknowledges influenced him along with The Beatles, The Beach Boys, The Jesus and Mary Chain, and Primal Scream, among others.

The music of Cornelius could be described as experimental and exploratory, and often incorporates dissonant elements alongside more familiar harmonically "pleasing" sounds. This tension, plus his practice of bringing in sounds and samples from mass culture, pure electronic tones, and sounds from nature (see his Point album) lead him to being sometimes categorized as an "acquired taste."

He chose his pseudonym in tribute to the character of the same name from the movie Planet of the Apes. He commissioned a song, about himself, on Momus's 1999 album Stars Forever.

Oyamada married fellow musician and collaborator Takako Minekawa in 2000. The couple later divorced in 2012.

(2) Cornelius is also an emotional/blackmetal/hardcore band from Mainz, Germany.

(3) Cornelius was also a mid-90's hardcore / emo band from North Carolina. They released a Discography, "Sounds Like Summer," on Assorted Porkchops. Recorded 1994-1996, .

Gum
Cornelius Lyrics

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Solitario por el mundo siempre voy
pues no tengo quien me juzgue ni me quiera,
solamente es mi amigo Dios
oh, oh, oh, solitario.

El colegio de la vida me educo
pues el polvo del camino me ha formado
solamemte el invierno cruel

oh, oh, oh, solitario
oh, oh, oh, solitario.

A veces sue

Overall Meaning

ño con tener amor
pero el miedo siempre me ha controlado,
quizás nunca encontraré consuelo
oh, oh, oh, solitario
oh, oh, oh, solitario.

Estos pasos nunca se detendrán
pues mi destino no lo conozco todavía,
sigo adelante con mi corazón
oh, oh, oh, solitario
oh, oh, oh, solitario.

Las letras de esta canción hablan de un hombre solitario que viaja por el mundo sin la presencia de nadie que lo juzgue ni lo quiera. Para él, su único amigo es Dios. Él dice que ha sido educado por la vida, que lo ha moldeado como el polvo del camino. A pesar de que a veces sueña con encontrar el amor, el miedo siempre lo hace retroceder y quizás nunca llegará a encontrar la paz y la felicidad que tanto anhela.

Es una canción muy emotiva que refleja la tristeza y la soledad de una persona que se enfrenta al mundo sin la compañía de nadie. La letra es muy poética y se puede interpretar de muchas maneras, pero en general habla de la lucha de uno mismo por encontrar su lugar en el mundo, por encontrar el amor y la felicidad, y por superar el miedo y la incertidumbre que pueden acompañarnos en nuestro camino.

Line by Line Meaning

Solitario por el mundo siempre voy
I traverse the world alone.

pues no tengo quien me juzgue ni me quiera,
For I have no one to judge or love me.

solamente es mi amigo Dios
Only God is my friend.

oh, oh, oh, solitario.
Oh, oh, oh, I am lonely.

El colegio de la vida me educo
The school of life has taught me.

pues el polvo del camino me ha formado
As the dust of the road has fashioned me.

solamemte el invierno cruel
Only the cruel winter.

oh, oh, oh, solitario
Oh, oh, oh, lonely.

oh, oh, oh, solitario.
Oh, oh, oh, lonely.

A veces sueño que mastico goma
Sometimes I dream of chewing gum.

y que siempre me queda pegada
And it always sticks to me.