The band, which collaborated with some music stars such as Debbie Harry, Mick Jones, Celia Cruz, Rubén Blades and Fishbone, received the MTV Latino Video Music Award in 1994 for the single "Matador", in what probably was the peak of popularity of the band. On September 29 of that year they produced an MTV Unplugged concert. The Cadillacs also won the 1998 Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album, and were nominated in the 2000 Latin Grammy Awards for Best Band and Best Music Video ("La Vida"), which received the now-defunct International Viewer's Choice Award (Southern Region) at the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards.
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Los Fabulosos Cadillacs Lyrics
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Cuando ya esté
Lejos del puerto y la ciudad
Yo ya no sé
Si vengo o voy
Sigo pensando en escapar
Cuando te alejas de todo
Cuando te alejas de todo
Puede reírme así
Reírme así
In Los Fabulosos Cadillacs's song "Cómo Me Voy A Olvidar," the lyrics reflect on the uncertainty of an impending departure. The singer asks a rhetorical question, "What are you going to do when I'm already far away from the port and the city?" implying that the singer will be leaving soon. The singer then acknowledges that they themselves are uncertain about whether they are coming or going - "I no longer know if I'm coming or going, I keep thinking about escaping." The overall sense of the lyrics is one of anxiety and fear, as the singer is faced with the unknown consequences and outcomes of their departure. The repetition of the refrain "When you are far away from everything, I can look at you like this" and "When you are far away from everything, I can laugh like this" creates a sense of distance and detachment from the situation, as if the singer is already preparing to leave behind the love and relationships they have built.
Line by Line Meaning
Qué vas a hacer
What are you going to do
Cuando ya esté
When I'm already gone
Lejos del puerto y la ciudad
Far away from the port and the city
Yo ya no sé
I already don't know
Si vengo o voy
Whether I'm coming or going
Sigo pensando en escapar
I keep thinking about escaping
Cuando te alejas de todo
When you move away from everything
Puedo mirarte así
I can look at you like this
Cuando te alejas de todo
When you move away from everything
Puede reírme así
I can laugh like this
Reírme así
Laugh like this
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: FERNANDO RICCIARDI
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