Enrique Ortiz de Landázuri Izarduy, better known as Enrique Bunbury, was bo… Read Full Bio ↴Enrique Ortiz de Landázuri Izarduy, better known as Enrique Bunbury, was born August 11, 1967 in Zaragoza, Spain. He got involved in music in the early 1980s, making his debut in a high school band called Apocalipsis, and later played along with Proceso Entrópico. In 1984 Bunbury joined a group called Zumo de Vidrio, debuting as a lead vocalist. After adopting the nickname of Bunbury, taken from an Oscar Wilde novel, the musician teamed up with Héroes del Silencio, becoming a major number in the Spanish rock scene.

The band eventually broke up in 1996 and Bunbury started his solo career in 1997 with a techno album, Radical Sonora with his new band: Copi (piano), del Moran (bass), Ramón Gacias (drums) and former Héroes del Silencio guitarrist Alan Boguslavsky.

Recognized by his wish to always reinvent himself, Bunbury released in 1999 the album Pequeño, which sounded much different than anything he did before. His band also suffered changes, Boguslavsky was replaced by Rafa Domínguez, and the new faces, Ana Belén Estaje (violin), Luis Miguel Romero (percussion), Javier Iñigo, Javier García Vega & Antonio Ríos in the metal instruments.

This band was known as the "Huracán Ambulante" ("Rambling Hurricane") and recorded with Bunbury the rest of his solo discography, (except Antonio Ríos).

In 2005, after 8 years together, Bunbury dissolved the band and declared that will record a new album in 2006 only with his voice and a piano. Nevertheless, in early 2006 he recorded an album with spanish artist Nacho Vegas by the name of El tiempo de las cerezas.

His old band, Héroes del Silencio, reunited in 2007 for a short tour which visited Latin America, United States and Spain.

Contradictorio
Enrique Bunbury Lyrics

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Ciudadano del mundo entero
A Zaragoza llevo en mi corazón
Me aburre lo más cotidiano
Quizás no valgo para algo mejor
De día te ofrezco la luna
Pero se me esfuma
Y de noche tendré que invitarte a cenar

Me levanto con una sonrisa
Y con tantas prisas en casa la olvido
Un pensamiento interesante
Qué miserable cuando me explico
Te prometí amor eterno
Y hoy te entrego
Este infierno que te va a matar
Y si ayer dije blanco
Y mañana de un salto me paso a lo negro
No lo veas extraño
Aún ando buscando dónde me quedo

Contradicción
En el mismo centro
De la contradicción
En el mismo centro
Y si ayer dije blanco
Y mañana de un salto me paso a lo negro
No lo veas extraño
Aún ando buscando dónde me quedo

Contradicción
En el mismo centro
De la contradicción
En el mismo centro
Contradicción
En el mismo centro

De la contradicción
En el mismo centro

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Enrique Bunbury's song Contradictorio convey a sense of confusion and conflicting feelings within the singer. The opening lines suggest that the singer is a citizen of the whole world but carries a place called Zaragoza in their heart. However, they seem to be bored with the mundane routine of life and feel that they may not be good enough for something better. The following line "De día te ofrezco la luna, pero se me esfuma" (I offer you the moon during the day, but it disappears from my grasp) speaks to the idea that the singer may have good intentions, but they are not always able to follow through.

Later in the song, the singer talks about their tendency to contradict themselves. They promise eternal love but then give their partner something that will kill them. They shift from white to black without warning and can't seem to find where they belong. The repetition of the phrase "en el mismo centro de la contradicción" (in the same center of the contradiction) emphasizes the theme of conflicting ideas and the singer's inability to find a stable place in their life.

Overall, the lyrics of Contradictorio highlight the internal struggle of the singer as they navigate their place in the world and their relationships with others. The contradictions and conflicting emotions that they experience make it difficult for them to find a sense of stability and certainty.

Line by Line Meaning

Ciudadano del mundo entero
I see myself as a global citizen, but my heart always belongs to Zaragoza

A Zaragoza llevo en mi corazón
Zaragoza is where I come from and where I feel at home

Me aburre lo más cotidiano
I am easily bored by the mundane things in life

Quizás no valgo para algo mejor
Perhaps I am not fit for something greater

De día te ofrezco la luna
During the day, I promise you the world

Pero se me esfuma
But my promises are always broken

Y de noche tendré que invitarte a cenar
And at night, I will have to make it up to you by taking you out to dinner

Me levanto con una sonrisa
I wake up with a smile

Y con tantas prisas en casa la olvido
But in the rush of the morning, I forget that smile at home

Un pensamiento interesante
I have an interesting thought

Qué miserable cuando me explico
How miserable I feel when I try to express that thought