Gal became one of Brazil's foremost Tropicália counterculture movement singers during the late 1960s and early 70s, quickly earning the title as one of the best and most acclaimed singers in Brazil, following a very succesful career with many hits and prestige over the years. During Tropicália, she became a political activist, coming into conflict with Brazil's government when dissent in music was censored, and later coming to represent the movement all alone in her country when her fellow Tropicália members and friends were exhiled to London due to the heavy dictatorship that was going on at the time.
Fellow musician Caetano Veloso, introduced her to Gilberto Gil and Tom Zé in 1963 (and later Maria Bethânia), who managed to secure her a recording deal in São Paulo for her debut album Domingo with Caetano Veloso. A bit before recording her first album, "Father of Bossa Nova" João Gilberto, met her and after a couple of hours hearing Gracinha (as she was known at the time) sing for him as he was playing the acoustic guitar, he said: "Gracinha, you're Brazil's greatest female singer". In the following years, Gal would prove his statement right with a fruitful and rewarding career, and with the encouragement of João Gilberto himself; her biggest idol.
Gal has recorded songs composed by a number of Brazil's most popular songwriters such as Antônio Carlos Jobim, Jorge Ben Jor, Chico Buarque, Rita Lee and especially her close friends Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil. She was also a member of the supergroup Doces Bárbaros, active in 1976, 1994 and 2002.
Caminhos cruzados
Gal Costa Lyrics
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Encontra um coração também cansado de sofrer
É tempo de se pensar
Que o amor pode de repente chegar
Quando existe alguém que tem saudade de alguém
E esse outro alguém não entender
Deixe esse novo amor chegar
Mesmo que depois seja imprescindível chorar
Nas coisas do amor que ninguém pode explicar
Vem, nós dois vamos tentar
Só um novo amor
Pode a saudade apagar.
The lyrics to Gal Costa's song Caminhos Cruzados explore the theme of love and its ability to heal and bring happiness to two tired hearts. The first two lines set the tone for the rest of the song, describing two hearts that are weary from suffering. The next line introduces the idea that when two such hearts meet, it is time to consider the possibility of love suddenly appearing. The lyrics emphasize the importance of someone longing for someone else, and the other person not understanding. The singer encourages the listener to let new love into their life, even if it may lead to eventual heartbreak. She admits that she was foolish to try and rationalize love, as it is an emotion that cannot be explained. The final lines encourage the listener to embrace the possibility of new love and all of the happiness it can bring, even if it means saying goodbye to past pain.
Overall, the lyrics to Caminhos Cruzados are bittersweet, acknowledging the risk of vulnerability that comes with new love, while also celebrating its potential for healing and joy. The singer's voice is emotive and heartfelt, and the lyrics are poignant and poetic.
Line by Line Meaning
Quando um coração que está cansado de sofrer
When a heart that is tired of suffering
Encontra um coração também cansado de sofrer
Meets another heart that is also tired of suffering
É tempo de se pensar
It is time to think
Que o amor pode de repente chegar
That love can suddenly arrive
Quando existe alguém que tem saudade de alguém
When there is someone who misses someone
E esse outro alguém não entender
And this other person doesn't understand
Deixe esse novo amor chegar
Let this new love arrive
Mesmo que depois seja imprescindível chorar
Even if it is necessary to cry afterwards
Que tola fui eu que em vão tentei raciocinar
How foolish was I to try and reason in vain
Nas coisas do amor que ninguém pode explicar
In matters of love that no one can explain
Vem, nós dois vamos tentar
Come, let's try
Só um novo amor
Only a new love
Pode a saudade apagar.
Can erase the longing.
Contributed by Charlie W. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Fafa Fly
Quando um coração que está cansado de sofrer,
Encontra um coração também cansado de sofrer,
É tempo de se pensar,
Que o amor pode de repente chegar.
Quando existe alguém que tem saudade de alguém
E esse outro alguém não entender,
Deixa esse novo amor chegar,
Mesmo que depois seja imprescindível chorar.
Que tolo fui eu que em vão tentei raciocinar
Nas coisas do amor que ninguém pode explicar!
Vem, nós dois vamos tentar...
Só um novo amor pode a saudade apagar.
Tom Jobim / Newton Mendonça
Marthita
Serge Stodolnik
When a heart that is tired of suffering,
Finds a heart also tired of suffering,
It's time to think,
That love can suddenly come.
When there's someone who misses someone else
And this other one does not understand,
Let this new love come,
Even if it is necessary to cry.
What a fool I was in vain I tried to reason
In the things of love that no one can explain!
Come on, we're both going to try...
Only a new love can erase missing somebody
Fafa Fly
Quando um coração que está cansado de sofrer,
Encontra um coração também cansado de sofrer,
É tempo de se pensar,
Que o amor pode de repente chegar.
Quando existe alguém que tem saudade de alguém
E esse outro alguém não entender,
Deixa esse novo amor chegar,
Mesmo que depois seja imprescindível chorar.
Que tolo fui eu que em vão tentei raciocinar
Nas coisas do amor que ninguém pode explicar!
Vem, nós dois vamos tentar...
Só um novo amor pode a saudade apagar.
Tom Jobim / Newton Mendonça
Raimundo Reygran
Fafa Fly 1qq
Fafa Fly
Oh!
lao almeida
Fafa Fly como seria bom esse pensamento...
Adriano Dantas
É sempre tempo de recomeçar outras histórias quando uma história já acabou, renovar, recomeçar, ressignificar. Deixar para trás as dores e deixar o destino para ser cruzado com o caminho de outro alguém especial, assim é a vida. Fim de laços, o começar de outros. Tom Jobim e Maria da Graça (Gal), eternos !
Laurence Mondadori
Carícia na alma! 👏👏👏
Nádia Carvalho
Laurence Mondadori carícia na alma e no coração, estava precisando disso.
Luís Fernando Brasil
Que maravilha que Deus permite que saia do ser humano: o Tom, a Gal. E eu, que sorvo com emoção...
Laura Revello
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Laura Revello
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