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.

Demasiado tarde
Enrique Bunbury Lyrics

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Eh, sí, de cuando en cuando
Nos preguntamos qué demonios hacemos aquí
Eh, sí, está muy claro:
Antes que nosotros lo dijeron otros y mucho mejor
Cuando la racha que ya nos tocaba,
Las horas más bajas nos lo hicieron pensar
Y cuando quisimos ni cuenta nos dimos
No tiene sentido ahora mismo abandonar

Es demasiado tarde para poder parar
Pasó nuestro momento y pudimos bajarnos a tiempo
Esto es lo único que es cierto:
Es demasiado tarde, demasiado tarde
Para poder parar

Eh sí, no me cabe duda
La verdadera fortuna es poder sobrevivir
Eh sí, estamos de acuerdo
Y, aunque no lo recuerdo, sé que fuimos así
Cuando los excesos nos tuvieron presos
Caímos enfermos de estrella-ficción
Cuando los celos malditos, hablaron a gritos
Ni cuenta nos dimos de la situación

Es demasiado tarde para poder parar
Pasó nuestro momento y pudimos bajarnos a tiempo
Esto es lo único que es cierto:
Es demasiado tarde

Es demasiado tarde para poder parar
Pasó nuestro momento y pudimos bajarnos a tiempo
Esto es lo único que es cierto:

Es demasiado tarde, demasiado tarde
Para poder parar

Overall Meaning

The lyrics in Enrique Bunbury's song Demasiado tarde are reflective of the passage of time and the choices that people make in their lives. The song begins with the singer questioning what they are doing with their life and whether they are on the right path. They acknowledge that others have expressed these same sentiments before them but in a much better way. The singer then talks about a time when they were forced to consider their future during a difficult period in their life. However, despite wanting to change direction, they realized it was too late to do so.

The refrain of the song emphasizes this point that it is too late to change course. The singer acknowledges that they had an opportunity in the past to make a different decision, but that opportunity has passed. The song then reflects on the idea of survival being the ultimate success, rather than the pursuit of fame or celebrity. The singer remembers a time when they were caught up in the trappings of success but ultimately realized that what matters most is the ability to keep going.

Overall, the message of the song is one of acceptance of one's choices and the consequences that come with them. It emphasizes the importance of surviving in a difficult world, rather than the pursuit of fleeting moments of glory.

Line by Line Meaning

Eh, sí, de cuando en cuando Nos preguntamos qué demonios hacemos aquí
Occasionally we ask ourselves what on earth we are doing here

Eh, sí, está muy claro: Antes que nosotros lo dijeron otros y mucho mejor
Yes, it's very clear: others said it before us, and much better

Cuando la racha que ya nos tocaba, Las horas más bajas nos lo hicieron pensar Y cuando quisimos ni cuenta nos dimos No tiene sentido ahora mismo abandonar
When our luck turned and we hit rock bottom, we thought about giving up but now it doesn't make sense to abandon everything

Es demasiado tarde para poder parar Pasó nuestro momento y pudimos bajarnos a tiempo Esto es lo único que es cierto: Es demasiado tarde, demasiado tarde Para poder parar
It's too late to stop now, we had the chance to get off earlier, but we didn't. This is the only truth: it's too late to stop

Eh sí, no me cabe duda La verdadera fortuna es poder sobrevivir
Yes, I have no doubt, the true fortune is being able to survive

Eh sí, estamos de acuerdo Y aunque no lo recuerdo, sé que fuimos así
Yes, we agree, and even though I don't remember, I know we were like that

Cuando los excesos nos tuvieron presos Caímos enfermos de estrella-ficción Cuando los celos malditos, hablaron a gritos Ni cuenta nos dimos de la situación
When excess held us captive, we fell ill with celebrity fiction. When the cursed jealousy spoke up, we didn't even realize the situation.

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