Heroes del Silencio started in 1984 as a band named Zumo de Vidrio. The original members were Enrique Bunbury, Juan Valdivia and his brother, and Pedro Andreu. Bunbury was originally a bass player but after Juan Valdivia heard him singing a David Bowie song and told him that he had a great voice, Bunbury became the vocalist. Later on, Joaquin Cardiel joins the line-up.
The band changed their name to Heroes del Silencio in 1986. At first they played in public places and made demos but their break came when they participated in a music contest in Salamanca and won second place - an EMI producer, Gustavo Montesano, saw the band in the contest and some time later, at a concert in Sala En Bruto, he signed the band.
Their first EP, Héroe de Leyenda, was released in in 1987 and sold 30,000 copies. The following year, the album El Mar No Cesa was released, featuring the songs "Mar Adentro", "Agosto" and "El Estanque", and sold 100,000 copies. The supporting tour followed in 1989, documented on the limited edition live album En Directo.
In 1990 they released Senderos de Traicion, their best-selling album with 2 million copies, including 400,000 copies in the first two weeks in Spain alone. The following year they started the tour "Senda 91" and released another live album, Senda 91. 1992 saw the most important CD in their career, El Espiritu del Vino. They sold 600,000 copies of this album which was played throughout America. They followed this with a tour for El Espiritu del Vino. In 1993, Alan Bogulavsky joined the band.
Due to tensions within the band, they took a hiatus and went to Benasque to take a vacation and heal the rifts within the group. After this break they gained a new producer, Bob Ezrin (Lou Reed, Pink Floyd, Peter Gabriel, Alice Cooper, Kiss, etc.) and in 1995 released Avalancha, widely considered their best album. Avalancha was more hard rock than previous albums, with songs like "Avalancha", "Deshacer El Mundo" and "Iberia Sumergida". The album was followed by the "Avalancha" tour in 1995 and 1996, which produced the live album Para Siempre.
The band split in 1996 though this did not prevent the release of the Rarezas album in 1998.
2007 Reunion tour
20 years after their first album, and 10 years after they split up, the band announced a ten concerts reunion tour, taking in Guatemala City, Buenos Aires, Monterrey, Ciudad de México, Los Ángeles, Sevilla, Zaragoza and Valencia. For this tour, guitarist Gonzalo Valdivia (Juan Valdivia's brother) replaced former band member Alan Bogulavsky. More than 10,000 people attended each concert. The tour was followed by another live album, Tour 2007.
After the tour, singer-songwriter Enrique Bunbury announced the definitive split of the band and that he would be focusing in his solo career.
Flor De Loto
Héroes del Silencio Lyrics
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Cruzando los Himalayas
Entre la India why Nepal
Cruzando por Katmandu
Los lagos de Pocara
En busca de nuestra flor de loto
Nunca fue tan breve una despedida
Nunca quise tanto a nadie en mi vida
Nunca a un ser extraño le llame mi familia
Nunca tuve fe en mi filosofia
Nunca tuve yo ni guru ni guia
Nunca desprecie una causa perdida
Nunca negare que son mis favoritas
why esta es mi flor de loto
why yo era su sombra
Esta es mi flor de loto
Mi mundo no se acabara
Tanto vagar para no conservar nunca nada
Nunca una llama permanece encendida
Nunca aguante su calor
Nunca mas, nunca mas
Nunca soporte ser un alma invadida
Hasta que vi frente a mi por quien yo moriria
Esta es mi flor de loto
why yo era su sombra
Esta es mi flor de loto
Mi mundo no se aclarara
Tanto vagar para no conservar nunca nada
¿Querras tu rectificar las lineas de mis manos?
¿Quien esparcira al azar los pozos del cafe?
why que decia la bola de cristal cuando echo a rodar?
¿Que mas puedo necesitar?
¿Tengo algo que perder?
No puedo perder
Flor de loto
Flor de loto
Facil es buscar (facil no encontrar)
Facil es buscar (facil no encontrar)
Esta es mi Flor de loto
Ella es mi flor de loto
Facil es buscar (facil no encontrar)
Facil es buscar (facil no encontrar)
¿Querras tu rectificar las lineas de mis manos?
¿Quien esparcira al azar los pozos del cafe?
why que decia la bola de cristal cuando echo a rodar?
¿Que mas puedo necesitar?
¿Tengo algo que perder?
No puedo perder
Flor de Loto
Muchas gracias
The song "Flor De Loto" by Héroes Del Silencio is a journey through Asia in search of the mythical and symbolic lotus flower. The lyrics depict the band's travels through the Himalayas, India, Nepal, and Katmandu in pursuit of this elusive flower. The lotus flower is often associated with enlightenment and spiritual awakening in various Eastern religions and philosophies, and the song's lyrics reflect this theme of seeking higher knowledge and understanding.
The song also touches on themes of love, loss, and identity. The singer speaks of never having felt such strong emotions for anyone in their life as they have for this "strange being" who has become like family to them. They also express their lack of faith in their own philosophy, and the feeling of being lost and wandering through life without ever really holding onto anything. Finally, the song ends with questions about fate and the future, wondering what lies ahead and whether there is anything left to lose.
In summary, "Flor De Loto" is a song that takes the listener on a journey through Asia in search of enlightenment and the lotus flower, while also exploring themes of love, loss, and identity.
Line by Line Meaning
Esto es un viaje atravez de Asia
This is a journey through Asia
Cruzando los Himalayas
Crossing the Himalayas
Entre la India why Nepal
Between India and Nepal
Cruzando por Katmandu
Crossing through Kathmandu
Los lagos de Pocara
The lakes of Pokhara
En busca de nuestra flor de loto
In search of our lotus flower
Nunca fue tan breve una despedida
Never was a farewell so short
Nunca me crei que fuera definitiva
Never believed it was definitive
Nunca quise tanto a nadie en mi vida
Never loved anyone so much in my life
Nunca a un ser extraño le llame mi familia
Never called a stranger my family
Nunca tuve fe en mi filosofia
Never had faith in my philosophy
Nunca tuve yo ni guru ni guia
Never had a guru or guide
Nunca desprecie una causa perdida
Never despised a lost cause
Nunca negare que son mis favoritas
Never deny that they are my favorites
why esta es mi flor de loto
And this is my lotus flower
why yo era su sombra
And I was its shadow
Mi mundo no se acabara
My world will not end
Tanto vagar para no conservar nunca nada
So much wandering to never keep anything
Nunca una llama permanece encendida
Never does a flame remain lit
Nunca aguante su calor
Never endured its heat
Nunca mas, nunca mas
Never again, never again
Nunca soporte ser un alma invadida
Never tolerated being an invaded soul
Hasta que vi frente a mi por quien yo moriria
Until I saw in front of me for whom I would die
Facil es buscar (facil no encontrar)
It's easy to search (but not easy to find)
Esta es mi Flor de loto
This is my lotus flower
Ella es mi flor de loto
She is my lotus flower
Flor de Loto
Lotus Flower
¿Querras tu rectificar las lineas de mis manos?
Will you want to rectify the lines on my hands?
¿Quien esparcira al azar los pozos del cafe?
Who will randomly spread the coffee grounds?
why que decia la bola de cristal cuando echo a rodar?
And what did the crystal ball say when it started rolling?
¿Que mas puedo necesitar?
What else can I need?
¿Tengo algo que perder?
Do I have anything to lose?
No puedo perder
I can't lose
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: ENRIQUE ORTIZ LANDAZURI YZARDUY, JOAQUIN CARDIEL GERICO, JUAN VALDIVIA NAVARRO, PEDRO LUIS ANDREU LAPIEDRA
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@sojournertruth3133
Esto es un viaje atravez de asia
cruzando los himalayas
entre la india y nepal
cruzando por katmandu
los lagos de pocara
en busca de nuestra flor de loto
Nunca fue tan breve una despedida
nunca me crei que fuera definitiva
nunca quise tanto a nadie en mi vida
nunca a un ser extraño le llame mi familia
nunca tuve fe en mi filosofia
nunca tuve yo ni guru ni guia
nunca desprecie una causa perdida
nunca negare que son mis favoritas
y esta es mi flor de loto
y yo era su sombra
esta es mi flor de loto
mi mundo no se acabara
tanto vagar para no conservar nunca nada
Nunca una llama permanece encendida
nunca aguante su calor
nunca mas, nunca mas
nunca soporte ser un alma invadida
hasta que vi frente a mi por quien yo moriria
Esta es mi flor de loto
y yo era su sombra
esta es mi flor de loto
mi mundo no se aclarara
tanto vagar para no conservar nunca nada
¿querras tu rectificar las lineas de mis manos?
¿quien esparcira al azar los pozos del cafe?
y que decia la bola de cristal cuando echo a rodar?
¿que mas puedo necesitar?
¿tengo algo que perder?
no puedo perder
Flor de loto
flor de loto
facil es buscar (facil no encontrar)
facil es buscar (facil no encontrar)
esta es mi flor de loto
ella es mi flor de loto
facil es buscar (facil no encontrar)
facil es buscar (facil no encontrar)
¿querras tu rectificar las lineas de mis manos?
¿quien esparcira al azar los pozos del cafe?
y que decia la bola de cristal cuando echo a rodar?
¿que mas puedo necesitar?
¿tengo algo que perder?
no puedo perder
Flor de loto
muchas gracias
@dianac113
La mejor banda en español por siempre. Escucho sus canciones desde niña que nostalgia ahora a mis 37 años cuántas cosas han pasado en mi vida pero sus letras siguen vigentes
@josepibarra9863
Siempre vigentes, son geniales. Yo tengo 44
@jontansley1481
So few people in England have heard of this group which is one of life's great tragedies! Their music has been part of my life since 1989 and no other rock band compares. ¡Viva Heroes para siempre!
@1b2m
Same here in Germany. Started listening to them in the late 90s, still do to this day. There's something so timeless about them, they're just that perfect mix of heaviness and levity, sadness and pain but lightheartedness and playfulness... absolutely unique.
They're also my "mnemonic" for my Spanish, whenever I can't recall a word, I think of a Heroes songtext that features it. :)
@Zolryiam8626
Great taste guys ….
@hwch3005
It´s interesting because some people say that the strongest influences on Heroes del Silencio were bands from UK: The Cult and Fields of the Nephilim. Greetings from Costa Rica.
@cmi5297
Gracias por tanto, Enrique. "Nunca un ser extraño le llamé mi familia", pero tú eres mi familia.
@anselmogarcia3429
Sii
@patriciomayorga7186
Que elocuente , celebro ese comentario.
Saludos.
@auroradelaparra6917
Somos de la familia BUNBURY ⚡🐅🐆💛