Official website: www.myspace.com/klausandkinski
Muerte en Plasencia
Klaus & Kinski Lyrics
Jump to: Overall Meaning ↴ Line by Line Meaning ↴
que ocupan la conciencia
¿quién tiene la experiencia
de conocer el otro mundo?
¿Es lo que veis
como en Poltergeist?
ya lo dijo San Facundo:
cuídense
de lo trascendental,
compren más
para no pensar…
en los huesos que se quedan
debajo de una piedra,
no quiero estar muy cerca
de mi propia carne muerta,
y casi me convencen
con la eterna respuesta, no,
a mi no, a mi no.
Ni el Gran Tamerlán,
ni el mismo Gengis Khan,
ni el imperio persa,
dan ninguna respuesta.
Véndeme,
farmacéutico,
llevo mal
la mortalidad.
Y los huesos que han quedado
debajo de una piedra
se ríen de mi intento
de llevarlo con paciencia,
si piden voluntarios
para una acción de guerra, no,
yo no, yo no.
Ni un disco de los Beatles
escuchado en reversa,
no encuentro un oráculo
que dé alguna respuesta.
Klaus & Kinski's "Muerte en Plasencia" is a song that delves into the topic of death and the afterlife. The lyrics begin by questioning who among us truly has the experience of knowing what the other world is really like. It is a philosophical pondering that provokes thought and invites us to see beyond what we are used to seeing in our daily lives. The reference to Poltergeist is used to question whether what we see in movies and popular culture is truly what the afterlife looks like. The lyrics proceed to suggest that the idea of death and the afterlife affects everyone, and that we must take care of ourselves and avoid investing too much time and energy in the transcendent, as buying more things can distract us from thinking about the inevitability of death.
The song then takes a turn towards a more existential tone as it describes the fear of being close to one's own dead body, the bones that are left beneath a stone. It is a fear that many of us grapple with, the fear of our own mortality. The reference to historical figures like Genghis Khan and the Persian Empire suggests that no one, no matter how powerful, has any answers when it comes to the mysteries of the afterlife. The lyrics then take on a more personal tone as they describe the fear and anxiety of death, and the desire to find a way to cope with it.
Line by Line Meaning
De todos los asuntos
que ocupan la conciencia
¿quién tiene la experiencia
de conocer el otro mundo?
Out of all the things that people think about, who really knows what happens in the afterlife?
¿Es lo que veis
como en Poltergeist?
Is the other world like what we see in the movie Poltergeist?
Y afecta todo el mundo,
ya lo dijo San Facundo:
Death affects everyone, as Saint Facundo once said:
cuídense
de lo trascendental,
compren más
para no pensar…
People try to avoid thinking about important things by distracting themselves with material possessions.
en los huesos que se quedan
debajo de una piedra,
no quiero estar muy cerca
de mi propia carne muerta,
y casi me convencen
con la eterna respuesta, no,
a mi no, a mi no.
I don't want to think about my own dead body and the bones that are left behind. People have tried to convince me of the idea of an afterlife, but I don't believe it.
Ni el Gran Tamerlán,
ni el mismo Gengis Khan,
ni el imperio persa,
dan ninguna respuesta.
Famous historical figures and empires cannot give us any answers about what happens in the afterlife.
Véndeme,
farmacéutico,
llevo mal
la mortalidad.
I cannot deal with the reality of death, so I ask a pharmacist to sell me something to help me cope with it.
Y los huesos que han quedado
debajo de una piedra
se ríen de mi intento
de llevarlo con paciencia,
si piden voluntarios
para una acción de guerra, no,
yo no, yo no.
The bones left behind after someone dies seem to mock my attempt at accepting death. I refuse to volunteer for a war, even if it means escaping the inevitability of death.
Ni un disco de los Beatles
escuchado en reversa,
no encuentro un oráculo
que dé alguna respuesta.
I cannot find any answers about the afterlife, not even by listening to a Beatles album played backwards or seeking out an oracle.
Contributed by Liliana H. Suggest a correction in the comments below.