La Bajada
Gepe Lyrics


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Renunciaste a todo por estar aquí
conmigo allá
llevando equipaje, pensando en el sur
lugar final
viento y frío guardan los recuerdos que
entibiarán
lo que para tí, es lo mismo de siempre.
Llegando, posándose, pensándome
sobre el cristal
sobre lo que hablando tanto lloraste
te da pena
que te perdone, no me importa déjalo
ya no se ve
todo lo que sé de tí, es lo mismo de siempre.

El tiempo que corre conversando los ríos sin fin
debajo de la tierra
te espero, estoy yo muerto aquí,
juntando el tiempo en un cerro de sal,
azúcar y cal
y la oscuridad aquí,
es la misma de siempre.

La bajada,
tú arriba, los misterios, la oscuridad
llegando al destino que nos deja solos transformándonos,
secando la tierra para habitar otro lugar,
junto a las cosas
que son lo mismo de siempre.

Conversando, tú afuera
yo debajo de la tierra
las palabras, los gusanos
minerales y las piedras
filtra los mensajes-los
acórtalos, hacen hablar
para que al final
sean lo mismo de siempre.





Para que al final, sean lo mismo de siempre.

Overall Meaning

The song La Bajada by Gepe is a melancholic ballad that tells the story of a person who left everything behind to be with the singer in the southern region. The lyrics describe how this person arrived at their destination with their luggage, facing cold winds and memories of the past that will warm what is the same old story to them. The singer tells this person that they are forgiven, but it does not matter as everything they know about them is still the same. The song suggests that the passing of time changes nothing and that despite our best efforts to change, we end up remaining the same.


The second verse of the song reinforces this idea of stagnation as the singer talks about the passing of time and conversations that they have been having with the rivers that flow endlessly beneath the earth. The singer waits for their companion who is now dead, and together they will collect time on a mountain of salt, sugar, and lime. The darkness that surrounds them is the same as ever, and they continue to inhabit the same world as before.


In the third and final verse, the singer talks about the descent into darkness, where mysteries and transformations occur, and the land is dried up to make way for something new. They talk about the conversations that they have with the worms, minerals, and stones that filter messages, allowing words to be heard, but ultimately, they are the same as ever. The song emphasizes the cyclical nature of life, where everything ends up being the same despite our efforts to change.


Line by Line Meaning

Renunciaste a todo por estar aquí
You gave up everything to be here


conmigo allá
with me there


llevando equipaje, pensando en el sur
carrying luggage, thinking about the south


lugar final
final destination


viento y frío guardan los recuerdos que
wind and cold hold the memories that


entibiarán
will warm up


lo que para tí, es lo mismo de siempre.
what, for you, is always the same.


Llegando, posándose, pensándome
Arriving, settling, thinking of me


sobre el cristal
on the glass


sobre lo que hablando tanto lloraste
about what you cried so much talking about


te da pena
it makes you sad


que te perdone, no me importa déjalo
that you ask for forgiveness, I don't care, leave it


ya no se ve
it's not visible anymore


todo lo que sé de tí, es lo mismo de siempre.
all I know about you, is always the same


El tiempo que corre conversando los ríos sin fin
The time that runs by talking to the endless rivers


debajo de la tierra
under the ground


te espero, estoy yo muerto aquí,
I wait for you, I'm dead here,


juntando el tiempo en un cerro de sal,
gathering time on a salt hill,


azúcar y cal
sugar and lime


y la oscuridad aquí,
and the darkness here,


es la misma de siempre.
is always the same.


La bajada,
Going down,


tú arriba, los misterios, la oscuridad
you upstairs, the mysteries, the darkness


llegando al destino que nos deja solos transformándonos,
reaching the destination that leaves us alone transforming,


secando la tierra para habitar otro lugar,
drying the land to dwell in another place,


junto a las cosas
next to the things


que son lo mismo de siempre.
that are always the same.


Conversando, tú afuera
Talking, you outside


yo debajo de la tierra
me under the ground


las palabras, los gusanos
words, worms


minerales y las piedras
minerals and stones


filtra los mensajes-los
filters the messages-them


acórtalos, hacen hablar
shorten them, make them speak


para que al final
so that in the end


sean lo mismo de siempre.
they are always the same.




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