Normal One
Fito Páez Lyrics


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Un mundo de hadas frente al ataúd
Un rosario roto sobre la mesa de luz
La llave del piano, la corbata siempre azul
Solo radicura para el bien de la salud
La licorería dentro del placard
Para ahogar los tiempos que ya nunca vendrán
Y te miré cuando llegabas al normal
Al normal

Uno nunca sabe, uno buscará
lleno de esperanzas, los caminos del azar
Uno normal uno, siempre volverá
Si uno se mirase desde afuera sin piedad

Sin llorar, sin bondad
Sin jamás dejarse engañar
Sin hablar, sin pensar
Sin tocar las flores del mal

Algo llegó a su fin
Y no hay caso
Debería romper la ilusión
No volveré a salir
De tu mano
Todo pasó por un Marshall

Cuando el uniforme generaba frenesí
Cuando la bandera idolatrada
Cuando la Fernández se peinaba el peluquín
Cuando no creíamos en nada
Cuando vos cruzabas esas piernas para mí
Cuando simplemente me mojaba
Ringo ya afinaba el tambor de "Let it be"
Mientras todo esto se esfumaba

La licorería dentro del placard
Para ahogar los tiempos que ya nunca vendrán
Y te miré cuando llegabas al normal
Al normal





Tururu-tururu
Tururu-tururu

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Fito Paez’s song Normal 1 describe a person’s struggle to come to terms with the passing of time, the end of things and the need to accept that life goes on. The first stanza describes the person’s world as a fantasy, a romanticized world of magic and beauty, but the reality is that it’s all just an illusion. There is a rosary broken on the bedside table, representing loss and sorrow, and a piano key that is always blue, representing sadness. The only thing that keeps the person going is the radicura, a medicinal plant used for its health benefits. With the world he imagined gone, there is only the liquor store in the closet to drown out the realities of life.


The chorus suggests that people search for hope in the unpredictability of life and that it’s normal to keep returning to the same monotonous routine (normal 1). The person wishing to gain perspective on life looks at their own life without mercy, without crying or being kind, and without being fooled into believing that everything is perfect. Instead of indulging in the darkness of life, the person is resigned to accept things as they are, without speaking, without thinking and without touching the flowers of evil. The second stanza speaks of a failed relationship that the person is struggling to get over. The relationship has ended, and the person is struggling to come to terms with the separation. They know they should let go of the illusions they had, but they can’t. The chorus repeats the idea that it’s normal to return to their regular routines.


Line by Line Meaning

Un mundo de hadas frente al ataúd
A world of fairy tales in front of the coffin


Un rosario roto sobre la mesa de luz
A broken rosary on the bedside table


La llave del piano, la corbata siempre azul
The piano key, the always-blue tie


Sólo radicura para el bien de la salud
Only root vegetables for good health


La licorería dentro del placard
The liquor store inside the closet


Para ahogar los tiempos que ya nunca vendrán
To drown the times that will never come again


Y te miré cuando llegabas al normal
And I watched you arrive at normal


Uno nunca sabe
One never knows


Uno buscará, lleno de esperanzas
One will search, full of hope


Los caminos del azar
The paths of chance


Uno normal 1 siempre volverá
One will always go back to normal 1


Si uno se mirase desde afuera sin piedad
If one were to look at oneself from the outside without mercy


Sin llorar, sin bondad
Without crying, without kindness


Sin jamas dejarse engañar
Without ever being deceived


Sin hablar, sin pensar
Without speaking, without thinking


Sin tocar las flores del mal
Without touching the flowers of evil


Algo llegó a su fin
Something came to an end


Y no hay caso
And there is no other option


Debería romper la ilusión
I should break the illusion


No volveré a salir de tu mano
I won't leave your hand again


Todo pasó por un marshall
Everything went through a Marshall


Cuando el uniforme generaba frenesí
When the uniform caused frenzy


Cuando la bandera idolatrada
When the idolized flag


Cuando la fernández se peinaba el peluquín
When the Fernández combed his wig


Cuando no creíamos en nada
When we didn't believe in anything


Cuando vos cruzabas esas piernas para mí
When you crossed those legs for me


Cuando simplemente me mojaba
When I simply got wet


Ringo ya afinaba el tambor de let it be
Ringo was already tuning the drums of Let it Be


Mientras todo esto se esfumaba
While all of this was fading away




Lyrics © Peermusic Publishing
Written by: Fito Paez

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