To answer big questions, sometimes, there's enough with a song. With an alm… Read Full Bio ↴To answer big questions, sometimes, there's enough with a song. With an almost religious meaning, El Petit De Cal Eril delves into the bone marrow of emotions more intimately human and exits with the right balance between nostalgia and optimism, serenity and hope. His latest album, Vol i Dol (2010), combines folk spirit, drops of psychedelia and above all, their own label, maybe it's because of the rural optimism, bubblegum smell and the noise of tractors of the Segarra, which is where Joan Pons was born, voice and spirit of the band.

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cau la neu
El Petit De Cal Eril Lyrics

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Cau la neu damunt seu
Jau mort damunt del llarg temps que ningú sap d'ell
Jau mort damunt del llac gelat
Des que va fugir del seu destí

Fou feliç al mig del bosc
Visqué al marge durant anys
Anys fa que ningú el veu

Només voltors que volen damunt seu
Ara que jau mort damunt la neu del llac gelat.

Cau com neu la pluja damunt seu
Naixen flors al seu voltant
Tant fa que ningú el veu
Que jau cobert de plantes i animals
Que es mengen el seu cor
I en surten més pardals
Que gràcies a ell viuran anys i anys

Al mig del bosc
Sense que ningú els torbi per res.

Overall Meaning

The song 'Cau la neu' by El Petit de Cal Eril tells the story of a once-happy creature who lived in the woods near a frozen lake. The lyrics begin with the statement "Cau la neu damunt seu," which means "The snow falls on it." This is a metaphorical reference to the creature, who has already died and lies buried under the snow that continues to fall on it. The creature had been dead for a long time, and nobody knows about it. It fled from its destiny and suffered a lonely death.

The second verse describes how the creature had lived in the forest for many years, and nobody had seen it for ages. The only creatures that come to visit the creature's resting place now are the vultures that circle around it. The lyrics then shift to describe how the snow and rain would fall on it, and flowers would grow around it. Despite nobody having seen the creature for many years, plants and animals grow around it, including birds who would not exist if it weren't for the creature's body nourishing their existence.

Overall, the song 'Cau la neu' underscores the cycle of life and death, how creatures come and go from the face of the earth, but life continues with the help of the dead's remains. The haunting melody and poetic lyrics bring home the idea of impermanence and transience in life.

Line by Line Meaning

Cau la neu damunt seu
The snow falls on him

Jau mort damunt del llarg temps que ningú sap d'ell
He lays dead for a long time that nobody knows about

Jau mort damunt del llac gelat
He lays dead on the frozen lake

Des que va fugir del seu destí
Ever since he ran away from his destiny

Fou feliç al mig del bosc
He was happy in the middle of the woods

Visqué al marge durant anys
He lived on the edge for years

Anys fa que ningú el veu
It's been years since anyone saw him

Només voltors que volen damunt seu
Only vultures flying over him

Ara que jau mort damunt la neu del llac gelat.
Now that he lies dead on the snow of the frozen lake

Cau com neu la pluja damunt seu
The rain falls on him like snow

Naixen flors al seu voltant
Flowers grow around him