The group’s 2001 debut, Extrañando Casa (Missing Home), was well received, earning them the distinction of being “the first” Mexican band to play punk’s latter day, slap happy incarnation with Spanish language lyrics. Remarkably, a five-year hiatus ensued, as the members of División Minúscula went back to school to finish their degrees and, in cases, to help with family businesses. This year, the band reunited and released a new record to the instant delight of at least 50,000 fans – the number of non-pirated copies sold to date in a market paralyzed by piracy and file-sharing.
The celebrated new recording, Defecto Perfecto (Perfect Defect) is blessed with crystal clear production on par with anything Dashboard Confessional has ever done. Loud, punchy guitars stay crisp and sharp on well-rounded compositions like “Soundtrack” and Sismo which is currently making the rounds on Mexican “modern rock” radio stations. Notably, it’s the well conveyed sincerity of the acoustic “Cada Martes” (Every Tuesday) and the slower “Me Tomé Una Pastilla” (I Took a Pill) which make the strongest impression upon repeated listening.
In 2008 the band released Sirenas (Mermaids). Javier Blake commented on the album; "We really wanted people to realize that we're growing and evolving with our sound, exploring new territorries."
Todo
División Minúscula Lyrics
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Antes huir que pedir perdón
Sobre el camino de menos resistencia
Velocidad y aceleración
Siempre buscando salidas de emergencia
Antes huir que pedir perdón
Sobre el camino de menos resistencia
Un accidente, yo sin saber
Me llevaría un desvío que
Entre la niebla solo busqué una luz
Y apareciste
Nada se compara
Todo se detiene aquí
Mínimo detalle
Todo me regresa a ti
¿Para qué preguntar?
Pero si quieres en verdad saberlo
Nada se compara
Todo se detiene aquí
Sigo pensando la forma en que el camino
Te da y te quita sin preguntar
Tal vez iluso pensar en el destino
Pero no encuentro cómo explicar
Juré con sangre nunca parar
Y mira como vine a terminar
Pero importante es que al final seas tú
La que me dice
Nada se compara
Todo se detiene aquí
Mínimo detalle
Todo me regresa a ti
¿Para qué preguntar?
Pero si quieres en verdad saberlo
Nada se compara
Todo se detiene aquí
Un accidente, yo sin saber
Me llevaría un desvío que
Entre la niebla solo busqué una luz
Y apareciste
Nada se compara
Todo se detiene aquí
Mínimo detalle
Todo me regresa a ti
¿Para qué preguntar?
Pero si quieres en verdad saberlo
Nada se compara
Todo se detiene aquí
Todo se detiene aquí
es ser libre y nunca volver atras
The lyrics of Division Minuscula's song Todo express a sense of hopelessness and exhaustion. The singer questions the point of running and striving when it seems like they will never reach their destination or achieve their goals. They confess to being tired of pretending and putting up a facade, and have decided to stop fighting and resisting their circumstances. The singer longs for a place where they can escape from the pressures and expectations of society, where they can experience new and exciting things without having to explain themselves or their actions. The song ends with the singer expressing a desire for freedom, and a resolution to never look back or repeat their past mistakes.
One interesting fact about this song is that it was released as a single in 2005, and was later included on Division Minuscula's album Defecto Perfecto. The song was very popular in Mexico and helped to establish the band as one of the premier acts in the Latin rock scene. Another interesting fact is that Todo was covered by the Argentine band Attaque 77, who released their own version of the song in 2014. The song has also been covered by various other artists, including Mexican singer-songwriter Ximena Sariñana.
The chords for Todo are as follows:
Intro: G - C - G - C
Verse: G - C - G - C
Chorus: D - C - G - C
Bridge: C - D - G - C
Outro: G - C - G - C
Line by Line Meaning
De que me sirve correr? si que nunca llegar
What's the point of running if I'll never get there?
Ya no puedo seguir mintiendo mas
I can't keep lying anymore
Mis fuerzas ya se han ido
My strength has already faded away
y esta vez he decidido que no pienso luchar ni un momento ya
And this time I have decided that I won't fight anymore
Para que? Si todo sigue igual, intente o no lo intente
What for? If everything stays the same, whether I try or not
Todo lo que quiero es sonreír una vez mas
All I want is to smile once again
Dejar de buscar explicaciones a todo mi alrededor
To stop looking for explanations everywhere
Desde hoy soy diferente
From today on, I am different
Solo quiero ir a un lugar extraño
I just want to go to a strange place
y lejos donde nadie sepa mi nombre ni mi edad
Far away where no one knows my name or age
Donde busque emociones y nunca mas explicaciones
Where I search for emotions and never again for explanations
Donde podre encontrar ese lugar?
Where can I find that place?
y esta vez no pienso remediar errores o fracasos
And this time I won't fix mistakes or failures
Todo lo que quiero
All I want
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Alejandro Caballero Blake, Alejandro Luque Ayala, Eduardo Vela Rizzo, Javier Caballero Blake, Ricardo Martin Perez Cantu
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