DEL is a Norwegian rock band formed in 1996 by Per Gisle Galåen, Lasse Marhaug and Kjell Runar "Killer" Jenssen. The band's music is mostly improvised and heavily influenced by drone music, space rock, psychedelic rock, noise music and obscure horror films.
Although the core of DEL is the aforementioned trio, they often invite guests on recordings and for live performances. Notable guests include Fredrik Ness Sevendal (who is an almost-official fourth member), Tore H. Bøe, Petter Flaten Eilertsen, Audun Eriksen, Campbell Kneale (Birchville Cat Motel), Kai Mikalsen, Antony Milton (A.M.), John Birger Wormdahl and Mr. Cosmonaut (Cosmonauts Hail Satan).
The band releases most of its recordings on labels run by the band members or their friends. Most of the artwork is done by Lasse.
Virus
Del Lyrics
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Y se contagia de tumor a suspiro
Como un hongo crece sin mi permiso
Y desarmado dejo que me envenene
Y yo esculpido en cenizas viendo llegar un huracán
Que irá disolviendo el mineral del alma
Pasa por el abismo de mis miserias
Como si fuera verdad
Que mi debilidad
Le alimentara y fortaleciera
Y yo esculpido en cenizas viendo llegar un huracán
Que irá disolviendo el mineral del alma
Como un virus que se extiende
Y se contagia de tumor a suspiro
Como no me da tregua pensé en mutilarme
Vísceras infectadas fermentaban la carne
Microbios titanes como en conspiración
Ningún sacrificio será bastante
Y yo esculpido en cenizas viendo llegar un huracán
Que irá disolviendo el mineral del alma
Y yo esculpido en cenizas viendo llegar un huracán
Que irá disolviendo el mineral del alma
Como un virus que se extiende
Y se contagia de tumor a suspiro
The lyrics in Del’s song “Virus” explore the idea of being overcome by a force that spreads and grows like a virus. The artist uses vivid imagery throughout the song to convey this concept, describing the virus as a fungus that grows uncontrollably, a ray of moonlight that pierces the darkness of his own shortcomings, and a looming hurricane that threatens to destroy everything in its path. The singer also expresses thinly veiled feelings of helplessness and despair, as he considers the enormity of the virus and its impact on his life.
The refrain, “como un virus que se extiende y se contagia de tumor a suspiro” (“like a virus that spreads and infects from tumor to sigh”), is repeated throughout the song, emphasizing the insidious and all-encompassing nature of the virus. Del uses powerful metaphorical language to convey the sense of being consumed by something much larger than oneself, which is both terrifying and inescapable.
Overall, the song portrays a sense of foreboding and uncertainty in the face of a seemingly unstoppable force. Set to a slow, haunting melody, the lyrics express the artist’s emotional response to a problem that threatens to consume him entirely.
Line by Line Meaning
Como un virus que se extiende
Like a virus that spreads uncontrollably
Y se contagia de tumor a suspiro
And infects from cells to emotions
Como un hongo crece sin mi permiso
Grows without my knowledge or consent
Y desarmado dejo que me envenene
And unarmed, I let it poison me
Y yo esculpido en cenizas viendo llegar un huracán
And me, sculpted from ashes, watching a hurricane approach
Que irá disolviendo el mineral del alma
That will dissolve the essence of my being
Como un rayo de luna sobre los mares
Like a moonbeam over the ocean
Pasa por el abismo de mis miserias
Passes through the abyss of my miseries
Como si fuera verdad
As if it were true
Que mi debilidad
That my weakness
Le alimentara y fortaleciera
Feeds and strengthens it
Como no me da tregua pensé en mutilarme
As it gives me no respite, I contemplated self-harm
Vísceras infectadas fermentaban la carne
Infected organs ferment the flesh
Microbios titanes como en conspiración
Titanic microorganisms like in a conspiracy
Ningún sacrificio será bastante
No sacrifice will be enough
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Pedro Andreu Lapiedra, Alan Boguslavsky Zondowicz, Joaquin Cardiel Jerico, Enrique Ortiz De Landazuri Izarduy, Juan Valdivia Navarro
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