Mudanzas
Hazte Lapón Lyrics

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Las cosas que hay bajo el lavabo
Las piedras que te cogí del mar
Y libros con título extraño que no recordaba haber comprado
Que seguramente son regalados
Que tienen valor sentimental
Aunque no recuerde quién me los ha regalado. ¿Qué más da?

Maletas llenas de revistas

Que no voy a releer jamás
Podemos hacer una lista
De cosas que no soy capaz de tirar.

Como un maletín de cedés verbatim
Con la obra completa de Bill Callahan
Seguro que están rayados, nunca los he cuidado. ¿Qué más da?

Zapatos, zapatos, zapatos, zapatos
Maceta, calceta, manta, edredón
Electrodomésticos que hacen la vida más fácil, la vida más fácil, la vida más fácil. La vida...

Según los test más avanzados es un factor de estrés vital

Cuatro mudanzas equivalen a la muerte de un familiar
¡Qué más da!

Overall Meaning

In Hazte lapón's song Mudanzas, the lyrics are about moving houses and the attachment we have to the objects we accumulate over time. The first stanza talks about the things found under the sink, stones picked up from the beach, and books with strange titles that have sentimental value despite not remembering who gave them. The things we keep that don't have any practical use or value, yet hold emotional significance. The singer questions whether it matters if we don't remember who gave them to us since they are still important.

The second part of the song is a list of things the singer is not ready to throw away- magazines that will never be read, CDs that are probably scratched, and a collection of shoes. The chorus brings in a different aspect, electrodomésticos that make life easier- things that can't be left behind. The songwriter reflects on the stress of moving and makes a passing reference to research suggesting that moving houses is equivalent to losing a family member. The final lyrics express the futility of worrying about these things when life goes on despite the upheavals of moving.

Mudanzas is a reflective song about the emotional attachment we have to our possessions, and how our accumulation of things defines us. The song is a commentary on consumer society and the need to hold onto things, but it also has a more personal aspect, dealing with the process of moving and all the emotions that it entails.

Line by Line Meaning

Las cosas que hay bajo el lavabo
Various items found under the sink

Las piedras que te cogí del mar
Pebbles picked up at sea

Y libros con título extraño que no recordaba haber comprado
Unusual books that were probably gifts

Que seguramente son regalados
Books that were probably given as presents

Que tienen valor sentimental
Books that hold sentimental value

Aunque no recuerde quién me los ha regalado. ¿Qué más da?
Even though the giver is forgotten, it doesn't matter

Maletas llenas de revistas
Suitcases filled with magazines

Que no voy a releer jamás
Magazines that will never be read again

Podemos hacer una lista
A list can be made

De cosas que no soy capaz de tirar.
Things that cannot be thrown away

Como un maletín de cedés verbatim
As a suitcase of Verbatim CDs

Con la obra completa de Bill Callahan
Containing the complete works of Bill Callahan

Seguro que están rayados, nunca los he cuidado. ¿Qué más da?
They are probably scratched, but it doesn't matter

Zapatos, zapatos, zapatos, zapatos
Shoes, shoes, shoes, shoes

Maceta, calceta, manta, edredón
Flowerpot, sock, blanket, duvet

Electrodomésticos que hacen la vida más fácil, la vida más fácil, la vida más fácil. La vida...
Appliances that make life easier, easier, easier. Life...

Según los test más avanzados es un factor de estrés vital
According to advanced tests, it's a vital stress factor

Cuatro mudanzas equivalen a la muerte de un familiar
Four moves are equivalent to the death of a family member

¡Qué más da!
But it doesn't matter!

Writer(s): Manuel González Molinier

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